My name is Kathleen Wong. I started school in 1994 in Honolulu. I graduated from high school in 2007 in

Honolulu. I first went to college at UHM in Fall 2007. When I finish my degree, I hope to

become an elementary school teacher.

is educating people of various generations about all the new and different types of media that exists in today’s society.

http://www.teachertube.com http://www.eduhound.com/ http://www.teachers.tv http://www.kidsknowit.com http://www.mathatube.com/

I remember there were book tapes (plastic bags that contained a book with the matching cassette tape) hanging around in the corner of my classroom› In order to listen to them, you had to put the

cassette tape in a cassette tape player and put on those massive metal earphones.

Those original Macintosh computers (rainbow colored apple logo)

Resources used at home or at school:› Projector screens with transparencies › Cell phones› Desktop Computers (PCs and Macs)› Bulky Laptops› Digital Cameras (3 – 8 MP) › Video Camcorders › Cars› Televisions (not much flat screens yet)

Resources used at home or at school:› Projector screens connect with computers› Slimmer and touch screen cell phones› Lighter desktop computers (PCs and Macs)› Slimmer and lightweight laptops› Digital Cameras (8 – 12 MP) › Handheld simple camcorders › Hybrid electric cars› Televisions (flat screens and plasma screens)

In high school, I took a digital media course that taught me the basics of:› HTML web design› Video production and editing› Microsoft Word and Excel

…which I still use all of the above today.

Flip video cameras for every student.

It’s something that I personally want but do not own yet.

These handheld video cameras would allow me to see from their perspective and then at the end of the year, the whole class could help put all of the footage together to create an classroom mini movie.

http://www.megagadgets.nl/images/FLIP_MINO_HD_CAMERA.jpg

Ideal classroom of the future› Every classroom will be equipped with white

boards and smart boards. › Each student would have a tablet where

they can write their assignment on something and then it automatically transfers to an electronic copy to save paper. (example: Livescribe Smart Pen)

Technical difficulties during lessons Power’s out/down No wireless internet Run out of resources Not enough resources for everyone New technology always arise therefore,

constant changes.

Learn Something New Every Day- Origin Unknown