Bekah Coelho

Module 3

Introduction•M

y name is Bekah Coelho•I

started school in 1995 in Minneapolis, Minnesota•I

graduated high school in 2008 in Longmont, Colorado•I

first went to college at Metropolitan State College of Denver in 2008. Then UH Manoa in ‘10.

•When I finish my degree, I hope to travel and teach English abroad for a few years. Then possibly get my masters and teach back on the mainland.

Educational Technology ?•I

believe that educational technology is a way for teachers, students, and parents to improve the overall learning environment. Fortunately technology is rapidly changing for the better, and is a tool for everyone to learn information fast and effectively.

Websites onEducational Technology history

• History on Educational Technology

http://www.slideshare.net/fvsandoval/history-of-educational-technology

• The History of Computers in Education

http://www.csulb.edu/~murdock/histofcs.html

• A brief History of Technology in Education

http://www.viddler.com/v/eac65668

Kindergarten Technology •W

hen I was in kindergarten it was 1995 and internet was just starting to boom and mobile computers/technology had launched.

•I remember watching VHS movies to facilitate in learning

•Alphasmart’s in middle school to help typing skills

•Games to improve spelling skills on mac computers

High School Technology 2004-2008

• Began implementing a lot more technology:Microsoft was more widely used but Apple

friendly • Courses on PowerPoint, excel, word,

spreadsheet etc.• Learning about social networking &

education:MySpace, Facebook, blogging, • Use of cell phones became popularHowever not very useful in classroom.

College Technology•U

se of laptop and cell phone was a necessity•N

ote-taking on laptops•O

nline presentations: PowerPoint•O

nline databases for students was efficient: blackboard, laulima•O

nline journaling, or blogging, became popular•I

clicker became useful•U

se of Google Docs to do group presentations!

Vivid Technology Learning Experience

•Google Docs group work!

•Helpful for busy

students

Multiple users

simultaneously!

Technology I want to use in myclassroom…

•I

would love for my students to be able to use webcams to ask and answer questions. Face to face interaction is important and could be useful for future jobs that use webinars.

•Ipads: easy and very mobile!

•Collaborative note-taking

My vision of the classroom in the future

•All students will have access to Ipad or laptop which they can bring home with them.

•No text books, everything online.

•Classrooms where the desks aren’t the focus of learning. Students can roam about freely and be creative in the way they learn!

A challenge for teaching•F

UNDING! If we work in a place where money isn’t abundant, these online resources are limited.

•Too much reliance on technology:

if students are constantly “googling” something or spellchecking words, then are they really learning? There needs to be a balance!

Words of Wisdom• “

You can’t start The

next chapter Of

your lifeIf you

keepRe-

readingThe

last one.”-

unknown.