This document provides an overview of Amber's experiences with educational technology from kindergarten through college. It discusses her definition of educational technology as using technology to supplement the curriculum and enhance 21st century skills. Amber hopes to one day use PowerPoint in her elementary school classroom to help students synthesize ideas, identify main topics, and professionally present their work. Her vision for the future classroom is one that allows all learning types to flourish through multi-media expression of student interests.

1. Technology and Me A personal timeline of educational technology

2. Overview My name is Amber. I started school in 1993 in Sacramento, California. I graduated from high school in 2006 in Mililani, O’ahu. I first went to college at Leeward Community College in 2006. When I finish my degree, I hope to become an elementary school teacher.

3. My definition of educational technology Educational technology to me is: the use of technology for educational purposes in order to supplement the curriculum and enhance technological skills needed for success in the 21 st century.

4. Web sites on ed tech history http://www.edwebproject.org/edref.connection.html http://coe.csusb.edu/scarcella/Article/History/index.html http://www.csulb.edu/~murdock/histofcs.html

5. Kindergarten technology

6. High school technology

7. College technology

8. A vivid technology learning experience Students complete meaningful tasks. Students become fluent in using many types of digital software (PowerPoint, iPhoto, Wikis, iWeb, etc) Students can take digital pictures, transfer them onto a computer, and print them.

9. A technology I want to use in my classroom PowerPoint in my future classroom: to prepare students for career opportunities to help students synthesize their ideas to help students identify main ideas to help students present their ideas in a professional manner

10. My vision of the classroom of the future I would like to see education allow for each and every learning type to flourish in the classroom. I would like to see an environment in which students have more choices to express their true interests in a range of multi media outlets.

11. A challenge for teaching Emphasizing digital effectiveness will foster a decrease in other sources of creativity.

12. Words of wisdom “ Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C. Clarke