My experience with technology when I was growing up is much
different than it is today. When I was in elementary school, I do not remember
using computers until I was in about 4th grade. There were a few
computers in the library when I was in 4th grade and once I reached
middle school the next year, there was a lot more technology.
When I entered middle school in 5th grade, there
was much more computers in the library and we took library classes and were
taught how to use them as well as learning how to type. I remember when I was
in 7th grade and our class was introduced to the schools first Smart
Board and we all thought it was the coolest thing ever. Throughout middle
school we continued to learn how to use technology.
After middle school, I started attending a small private
school as a freshman in high school. At this private school, they knew a lot
more about technology than I did from the school I was coming from. Everything
was done on laptops including all of our class work and it was sort of like a
mini version of Blackboard. I became very informed on how to use technology in
the classroom and my teachers were really aware of how to use this technology
as well.
When dealing with technology, I want to be able to teach
people how to do certain things appropriately and the difference I will make is
to know exactly what I am doing if I am teaching people what to do.
I think its extremely helpful that your high school used so much technology. I feel like at that age, its crucial to know how to operate websites like blackboard to help you prepare for college. I really wish my high school gave us the chance to do everything electronically like yours did. Most of my teachers were in the process of being taught how to use the latest technology at the time so they were learning just like we were, which made it almost more difficult and confusing. It caused a lot of disruption and made it harder to learn.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is awesome that you used so much technology in high school. In my high school there we really no computers in the classroom to speak of and if there were then they probably did not work very well. In my classrooms most of the material being taught was taught by a overhead not even a projector.
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