Technology and Me

A personal timeline of educational technology

Overview

My name is Travis OhI started school in 1990 in Honolulu.I graduated from high school in 2004 in

Honolulu.I first went to college at UH Manoa in ‘04When I finish my degree, I hope to

become an educator or something that revolves around music.

My definition of educational technology

- Is a tool to help students in whatever subject area they are studying. However, students

need to have a firm grasp of the subject before technology can be

integrated.

Web sites on ed tech history

• http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/780

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_technology

• http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/res.cgi/Educational_Technology

Kindergarten technology

• Didn’t use computers in the class

• Computers used in classrooms back then would be apples.

High school technology

• We used Mac computers

• Learned to design web pages

• Mostly used to type papers

College technology

• By now most students own a lap top computer, either an apple or pc

• Some classrooms use “smartboards”

• Over heads are still used

A vivid technology learning experience

• Instead of writing music notation, a program can be used• “Music slowdowners” to hear every detail of a song• MP3’s• audio clips can be accessed from a Class homepage

A technology I want to use in my classroom

• I would like students to have access to a MP3 device that can also record

• Students can hear what they sound like as well as listen to music geared towards the classroom

My vision of the classroom of the future

• Every student will be assigned a personal Mp3 player as well as a laptop.

• Programs on the laptop will be geared towards music content

A challenge for teaching

• Advances in technology are rapid and new technology will be outdated sooner than expected

• Getting students to use a program that they never heard about.

• Having access to these programs so students can improve their technological skills

Words of wisdom

• One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. ~Elbert Hubbard, The Roycroft Dictionary and Book of Epigrams, 1923