TECHNOLOGY AND ME

A personal timeline of educational technology

OVERVIEW

Renee Edwards.I started school in 1995 in Georgia.I graduated from high school in 2009

in West Virginia.I first went to college at UH Mānoa in

2009.When I finish my degree, I hope to

become a high school math teacher as well as an elementary marine educator.

MY DEFINITION OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

Educational technology is the use of different types of technology in the classroom; not only to provide an alternative means to presenting/exploring information, but also to make our students more technologically literate in an advancing world.

WEB SITES ON ED TECH HISTORY

Slide ShareA Brief History of Educational Technology .docstocHistory of Educational Technology EduTech WikiEducational Technology Discovery EducationWeb 2.0 Tools

KINDERGARTEN TECHNOLOGY

Played games with my brothers on Sega Genesis or on our old Macintosh computer

Giga Pets! Addicted to Mavis

Beacon Teaches Typing!!! But had to get my older brother to help me pass some of the games :)

HIGH SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY

Had owned 3 personal computers by this time, cell phone, and PDA. I would have considered myself fairly technologically literate

My job required the use of a computer

First experience with an online class

COLLEGE TECHNOLOGY

5 cell phones, 3 computers, and numerous gadgets later…

Able to access the internet from phone, computer, ipod, and tv

Fourth online course 90% of my non-online courses still ‘require’

use of internet and technology of some form.

A VIVID TECHNOLOGY LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Determining a fake doctor note???Yellow Pages vs. Google

A TECHNOLOGY I WANT TO USE IN MY CLASSROOM:

MY VISION OF THE CLASSROOM OF THE FUTURE

I would like to see every classroom have a blend of in-class and online components, providing students with flexibility and an opportunity to become self-disciplined

A CHALLENGE FOR TEACHING

Besides the obvious (technical difficulties), I think keeping up with new technology that my students are going to inherently be familiar with will prove to be a challenge

WORDS OF WISDOM

“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.”-Zig Ziglar