Technology and Me

A personal timeline of educational technology

Erica L Colon

OverviewMy name is Erica Colon- Attended Westfield Academy and

Central School (1990-1996) in Westfield, NY

- Graduated from SUNY Oswego in 2000 with a teaching degree in secondary science

- Moved to Hawaii and earned M.Ed for Education Administration from UH Manoa in 2007

- Currently working on Ph.D in Curriculum and Instruction at UH Manoa to earn a position as a teacher educator someday and work on science education research

My definition of educational technology

replace this with your personal definition - think carefully about

what you read and don’t just use the one you learned in the lesson or

found on the web

History of Education Technology

• History, the History of Computers, and the History of Computers in Education http://www.csulb.edu/~murdock/histofcs.html

• A Brief History of Distance Education http://www.bsu.edu/classes/nasseh/study/history.html

• Computer-based Technology and Learning: Evolving Uses and Expectations http://www.ncrel.org/tplan/cbtl/toc.htm

Kindergarten technology• Scanners - scanning pictures

of students or other items (environmental print - i.e. cereal box) into the computer.

• Leap Frog Products - has a variety of educational products to promote early literacy and math.

• Digital Camera - take pictures of students, of student work, environmental pictures (building, staff members, field trips) to create books.

High school technology

• High Tech High is the epitome of technology in education – please check out this website to watch more about it!

http://www.edutopia.org/collaboration-age-high-tech-technology-video

I feel this video is more powerful to show educators what students have access to more

than a list I could compile

College technology• The most common

technologies used by college students are e-mail, CMS (Content Management System), course web sites, spreadsheets, and presentation software

• Some common CMS systems are ANGEL, WebCT, Blackboard, Desire2Learn, FirstClass, Sakai, and Moodle

A vivid technology learning experience

Me sitting in my college “classroom”!

A technology I want to use in my classroom

• I have always loved the idea of using IClicker to help engage my students

• I would also like to have smartboards for the students

My vision of the classroom of the future

• My textbooks on Kindle• Interactive smartboards

between me and the students

• Students having Blackberries or some device to upload work directly to my computer

A challenge for teaching

• The greatest challenge I see for using this kind of technology in the classroom is getting the funding for resources

• As of now, I can’t even get each student their own Chemistry textbook

• Another challenge that I have already discovered is that by the time DOE gets us technology, it’s already outdated

Words of wisdom

Students that learn using technology have an advantage in the “real world.” I believe that

technology enhances classroom instruction. It also seems to help engage students and capture their attention. What teacher or parent wouldn’t want

that for their digital native?