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To support the ‘hands on’ method to new technologies my teaching goals in view of students learning must first be evaluated. ‘Closely connected to the speed and complexity of the cultural changes associated with the growing presence of digital technologies is the widening gulf between students and teachers’ (New Literacies 2007). Firstly my teaching goal is to close the gap between students and teachers. Both teachers and students have access to new technologies, therefore students become familiar with the new, whereas some teachers stick with their traditional knowledge which is unfamiliar to students. As I the educator, I want to be up to date with all new technologies that can be implemented for my students benefit. This means attending professional development days based on technology and including ‘Learning in an online world’ (Jones 2003) strategies. These strategies are published by the Australian Government for schools and teachers to understand and effectively include technology in school curriculum (Jones 2003). I believe in providing a supportive and productive environment for my students. This will be done by providing students to learn in a ‘hands on’ environment that will actively involve them. Students will be challenged to develop new levels of thinking and for them to reach higher levels in that thinking than what they first anticipated. With an enthusiastic approach I will support students learning of new technology as I can too learn with them. Working as a whole we can learn together the trails and errors of new technology. I will introduce technology in a variety of ways so that it can be the centre of many educational domains.