1. Your Tech Past
In my K-12 education experience, I used computers a lot. Ever since Kindergarten we would have a specific time during the week, in elementary school, that we would get to go into the computer lab. While in the computer lab we would play educational games and practice our spelling and mathematics. A big thing that was really stressed in elementary school was our typing. We would play games on the computer to improve our typing skills. Once I got into Middle School, that's where we really started to move away from computer games and into certain programs that the computer offers, such as PowerPoint and Microsoft word. In this class we learned how to make a PowerPoint presentation, but just learned the basics of it. We also learned how to search for specific things on the computer and how to use specific websites, such as our school libraries to search for books and articles. In High School there was no required computer class we had to take, so we were pretty much left on our own with school projects and researching.
2. Tech for Teachers
If I were to begin teaching tomorrow, I would use a various amount of technology tools to communicate with others. The first thing that I would use is PowerPoint. I think that when teaching students, PowerPoint is a very good interactive way to teach. It makes it more visual for the students and it will make it easier for kids to understand things because you can organize it in a simple way. I personally learn better when I can see what I am learning, and that is something that I think all students could benefit from. I would also set up a class blog or website so that the parents could follow along with what their children are learning in class. I also think that websites like YouTube are very good to use because they have a big variety of different videos that I feel many students can benefit from.
