Technology and MeTechnology and MeA personal timeline A personal timeline

of educational technologyof educational technology

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OverviewOverview

LeeAnna KobayashiLeeAnna Kobayashi

Started school in the 1980s Started school in the 1980s first in California then in Nagoya.first in California then in Nagoya.

Graduated from University of Graduated from University of Rochester in the 2003.Rochester in the 2003.

My personal definition of My personal definition of educational technologyeducational technology

……is the use of technology is the use of technology to teach or facilitate to teach or facilitate

teaching/learningteaching/learning

Web sites on ed tech historyWeb sites on ed tech history http://www.tcet.unt.edu/weblibrary/ppt/techist.ppthttp://www.tcet.unt.edu/weblibrary/ppt/techist.ppt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_technologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_technology

http://www.slideshare.net/randommind/a-brief-http://www.slideshare.net/randommind/a-brief-history-of-educational-technologyhistory-of-educational-technology

http://cgi.duke.edu/~frankbo/edtech02/main.pl?http://cgi.duke.edu/~frankbo/edtech02/main.pl?userChoice=historyuserChoice=history

http://www.myplick.com/view/1PsTtfSckr_/HISTORY-http://www.myplick.com/view/1PsTtfSckr_/HISTORY-OF-EDUCATIONAL-TECHNOLOGY-TIMELINEOF-EDUCATIONAL-TECHNOLOGY-TIMELINE

Kindergarten technologyKindergarten technology Speak & SpellSpeak & Spell The originalThe original Nintendo Nintendo was was

replacing Atarireplacing Atari Etch-a-sketchEtch-a-sketch

High School TechnologyHigh School Technology

HTML programmingHTML programming Power Point presentationsPower Point presentations Floppy disks & CD-RomsFloppy disks & CD-Roms TI-80 Graphing CalculatorTI-80 Graphing Calculator

College technologyCollege technology

TI-80 Graphing TI-80 Graphing CalculatorCalculator

Dell ComputerDell Computer Creative Nomad MP3 Creative Nomad MP3

Player Player Docomo cellphoneDocomo cellphone

(while studying abroad (while studying abroad in Japan)in Japan)

Early teaching technologyEarly teaching technology

The Okayama The Okayama school I taught in school I taught in had had laptops laptops hooked up tohooked up to projectorsprojectors

I used them to I used them to makemake power points power points andand read read digitized digitized children's books children's books to to the classthe class

A vivid technology A vivid technology learning experiencelearning experience

The world watched and listened The world watched and listened through through Internet sitesInternet sites such as such as cnn.com, youtube.com and cnn.com, youtube.com and podcastspodcasts to the Obama campaign and the to the Obama campaign and the election of Hawaii-born President election of Hawaii-born President Obama.Obama.

A technology I want to use A technology I want to use in my classroomin my classroom

I want every student to have an iPod to I want every student to have an iPod to listen to audio recordings of required listen to audio recordings of required readings or lectures. This can readings or lectures. This can accommodate students with different accommodate students with different learning styles as well as be used as learning styles as well as be used as assistive technology for students with assistive technology for students with various disabilities.various disabilities.

A Challenge for TeachingA Challenge for Teaching

I think that a greater challenge than keeping up I think that a greater challenge than keeping up with technology will be finding the financial with technology will be finding the financial backing to purchase any devices or software that backing to purchase any devices or software that can be used to teach in the classroom. It will take can be used to teach in the classroom. It will take a lot of creativity to stretch the dollars we get or a lot of creativity to stretch the dollars we get or to just come up with unconventional forms of to just come up with unconventional forms of technology that cost less.technology that cost less.

My vision of the classroomMy vision of the classroomof the futureof the future

I want a team of software programmers to I want a team of software programmers to be available to program any educational be available to program any educational software that my students can come up software that my students can come up with the idea for. The ones who are the with the idea for. The ones who are the learners might be able to come up with learners might be able to come up with the best ideas of how to learn any given the best ideas of how to learn any given subject.subject.

Words of wisdomWords of wisdom

““The future The future belongs to belongs to those who those who believe in the believe in the beauty of their beauty of their dreams.”dreams.”

Eleanor Eleanor RooseveltRoosevelt