Week 1 Assignment

Friday, February 4, 2011

Week 1 Assignment

As far as technology background, I really do not have much experience. As far as computers go, I am only familiar with PC technology. Although my recent switch to Apple's Iphone and love for Itunes does make me tempted to switch over to MAC for my next laptop. I feel as though technology has come so far over my lifetime. As I have been interested in video games since the first Nintendo Entertainment System came out it is mind-boggling to look at the image my Playstation 3 puts out on my 1080p HD TV. This upgrade was only 20 years of technological advances. I can't even fathom what is to come over the rest of my lifetime.

Technology I feel will soon eliminate any need for paper information, both in, and out of the classroom. On buses and in the subways I see people carrying around electronic books. All that can be purchased and downloaded online. Libraries and information resources are now all cataloged online making for instantaneous retrieval. 

In this course I will expect to gain further knowledge about how technology can be used as a teacher to enhance a classroom experience. I have already learned more about blogging and creating websites in these first two weeks than the past 10 years I've been around computers.