Technology and Me

A personal timeline of educational technology

Overview

My name is Eva Jurate Strickland.I started school in 1990 in Seattle, WAI graduated from high school in 2003 in

SeattleI first went to college at the University of

Illinois in the Fall of 2003 and graduated in 2007.

When I finish my Masters degree…..actually trying to figure that out now!

My definition of educational technology

Is making use of the resources available in order to enhance the overall learning environment and

preparing students for a new type of learning as the future progresses.

Web sites on ed tech history

• Texas Center for Educational Technology http://www.tcet.unt.edu/weblibrary2/overview/?id=33

• The Evolution of American Ed Tech - Paul Saettler http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=s1ThX5

61Z58C&oi=fnd&pg=PR21&dq=History+of+educational+technology&ots=yFTBhUkEZa&sig=oF4T5BcqEf7-fKbn0Bp0Fi-c-yc

• Cool Timeline from Duke Univ. Ed Tech home page http://cgi.duke.edu/~frankbo/edtech02/main.pl?userCho

ice=history

Kindergarten technology

• I think I remember having access to really old Mac computers that had DOS.

High school technology

• I attended a private high school so we always had the newest gadgets including even an ELMOs.

College technology

• Going to college afforded me many opportunities to experience new technology like the ones to the left

• As a business major I used Excel and Power point extensively with presentations and my Econ stats classes

A vivid technology learning experience

• A unique experience I had was this past Spring semester when I enrolled in an online class exclusively through Laulima. I had taken online classes before but what was different about this class was that it was completely interactive between teacher and student. On my monitor I could listen to my professor while she clicked through a power point presentation. We also were put into chat rooms to discuss topics in the class.

A technology I want to use in my classroom

• I am looking forward to getting a Smart Board in my classroom this next year. I hope to get my students more involved with online projects as well.

My vision of the classroom of the future

• I would like to see education flourish into a real technologically smart classroom. I think everything could and would be done electronically like kids being able to write on tablet PCs as their notebooks. That would be awesome!!!

A challenge for teaching

I think the two main challenges of teaching with technology are having to face computer illiteracy as well as battling traditional teaching models. Many people are inept when it comes to new technology so training capable individuals is key to having overall success with technology in the classroom.

Words of wisdom

• We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.Ralph Waldo Emerson

• The best way out is always through.Robert Frost