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In this article, Ferriter (2009) reveals many benefits from the use of technology in the classroom with our 21st-century learners. The resources and suggestions mentioned throughout this reading will assist teachers in ways to avoid problems and becoming engaging instructors by using technology in innovative ways. What I found was so innovative by this approach was by creating a network of innovative co-learners where collaboration takes place regularly, Ferriter (2009), is able to experiment with digital connections without ever meeting other teachers in person. Not only is this beneficial for students and teachers all over the world, but also simple. What I found was unique and useful was the worldwide collaboration that helps teachers explore skills and dispositions that assisted with the network cooperation by creating shared content. These are the type of skills our students must develop and need to become contributing parts of our society where they will thrive on the collaboration and learning from others, with the use of technology our 21st-century learners will be able to network with all ages. …show more content…

By joining an online community of educators who are all teaching and learning, we can post questions about our struggles and benefit from the suggestions given from other educators who may have experienced similar circumstances in their time of teaching. The topic of collaboration and the community of the school does relate well in the reading of this article by sharing how digital connections can engage and enhance your knowledge because the key to becoming a 21st-century instructor is to become a 21st-century learner (Ferriter,

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