Changing

When I started this year, my team had a smartboard. I had never heard of this piece of technology before. What made it so smart? I had created a blog for my students to use and the math teacher on my team told me that the smartboard would be a great tool to help me show the kids how to use the blog. She and the computer lab teacher showed me various things I could do with the smartboard. I could circle pages in red, green, blue, or black! I was so excited to use it. Then, we came to the issue of moving the board from the math room to my room. There was also an issue of where to put the projector. On top of that, the cables and cords were too short to actually reach the outlets and computer and projector all at the same time. We literally had to fidget with it for two days. But we got it to work. It was great. I was able to pull up the blog, write the address bigger on the screen for the students to type into their laptops, and show them on the “big screen” exactly what it is they needed to do and where they needed to go. It was a great experiment into a new technology for me. I want to learn even more about the possiblities it can give me in future classes.

Technology Autobiography