Teaching & Technology

As a future educator I know that technology is a very important factor for learning. Technology is changing everyday and the traditional teaching and learning methods are now being continuously challenged. I believe there are many advantages and disadvantages to the growing mix of technology and education. The more traditional methods I seem to favor as of now, but that is only because I haven't experienced anything different. Technology is so vast. I feel like as a teacher, it will be hard to keep up with all the technological advances as well as make sure the students are still learning. I know that several forms of technology today can become a distraction for students (i.e. cellphones). So is using more technology going to truly help educate the students? Or will it become a bigger distraction?
Going further technology is obviously becoming more and more integrated into the classroom experience. Talking with my group members today, I found out that Canada's school systems had each student use computers up through high school. For me that did not happen. At the time I was in school Maine did not have the lap top program. So I was not really taught using much technology. I can tell now (with my little 13 year old sister) that the educational system is a lot different now-a-days.