IntroductionsCurrent Enrollment: • Faculty of Education, University of Regina• Major in Mathematics and a Minor in Chemistry

Experience in Education:• A swimming instructor - two and a half years• Basketball Teacher Assistant - four years

Experience with Technology:• Studied computer language programs such as Visual Basic and Java• Knowledgeable in hardware and computer specifications

Preparing for the Unknown

Potential in the Unknown

Technology: The Power Source

Education in the Future

Educational Hierarchy

• Mathematics and Sciences• English and Languages

• Industrial Arts and Mechanics

• The Arts

- Music and Art

- Drama and Dance

Today’s Teachers:

• Have a lack of knowledge in a lot of free educational software

• Are not aware of the inspiration students can attain from technology

• Do not comprehend the amazing things students can do with certain educational programs

Free software:

Sketchup

Google Earth

Google Reader

Gapminder

School is just not a process of learning, but also a process of empowerment.

Applying subject areas to real life applications during the teaching process

When students see real companies use these programs seriously, a student’s opinion of them increases drastically.

Google SketchUp• Presents real life

applications to Mathematics, Physics, Shop and Design, and much others

Offers students very real examples

of applications

Has the potential to inspire students or

inform them of possible careers

Model cars made by students:

Integrating these real life

applications during the

teaching process creates an

importance to learning.

Social Networking

Information flow

Teachers have to recognize the potential

that’s within the internet.

The internet: A plethora of knowledge. An informative giant.

“Intellectual growth should

commence at birth and cease

only at death” – Albert Einstein

The key to teaching is to present these tools tostudents, and show them the power that can be unlocked using them.