Technology Interview Reflections

1. What did you learn from this interview?
I learned just how much is available for teachers! It is so great that they have so much available for the whole school, that you don't need to have everything in your classroom, but that you can have access to cameras and projectors. It must be hard however to try to get as much exposure as possible to technology when there is only one lab to share between 500 students.

2. How will this experience affect you as a teacher?
I now know that technology can be a great tool, but you need a back up plan and you need to make sure everything works the day of! There were so many times that we had a great plan set up, but because of Mr. Wyatt's computer not reading our file or the change in format etc, the lessons did not move as smoothly as we had hoped.

3. How did this experience change your thinking about the use of technology?
I thought it would be a lot harder to integrate technology. The idea of a PowerPoint in the classroom just made me think of a lot of extra work, but it really is very easy to put together a quick PowerPoint of images and information and it is great because it is a way that all students can see. I do know that getting their hands on the technology is very important as well but hard to come by at times. That is why when you get to have time in the computer lab, you need to take advantage of that time because it is precious.