Berna Souza earned degrees from Kauai Community College and UH West-Oahu. She hopes to earn a Master's in Educational Technology to better support her students and fellow teachers by learning to implement new digital tools and media in authentic ways. Souza's personal timeline details her early computer experiences in 1987 and keyboarding class in 1994. She notes challenges in balancing technology integration with hands-on learning.

1. A personal timeline
of educational technology
ETEC 442- Summer 2012

2.  Berna Souza
 Started school in 1984 at Kipapa Elm. in Mililani.
 Graduated from Mililani High School in 1997.
 College degrees:
-Lib Arts AA (2004) and ECE AS (2006) from
Kauai Community College
-BASS ECE from UH West-Oahu (2011)
 When I finish my Master’s in Educational
Technology degree, I hope to become a better
resource to my students and fellow teachers.

3. . . . Learning to use technological
tools that enhance the methods and
resources used in teaching and
learning. It involves the
implementation of new digital media
and software in authentic ways.

4.  An Overview of Progress and Problems in
Educational Technology by J. Michael Spector
http://greav.ub.edu/Der/index.php/der/article/view/39/126
 Educational Technology Research Past and Present:
Balancing Rigor and Relevance to Impact School
Learning by S. Ross, G. Morrison, & D. Lowther
http://cedtech.net/articles/11/112.pdf
 Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology: The
Digital Revolution and the Schools by A. Collins & Halverson
<http://mit.kku.edu.sa/courses/media-arts-and-sciences/mas-714j-technologies-for-creative-learning-fall-
2009/readings/MITMAS_714JF09_read03_coll.pdf

5. Apple Macintosh:
* We had to use commands to
1987- First computer draw a straight line from one
experience in 3rd grade. point to the next- no mouse!
(http://schools.4j.lane.edu/davinci/history.html)

6. Electronic Typewriter of 1994:
Keyboarding class my freshmen year.
 (http://ebay.com)

7. There were a
number of options
for distance
learning available.

8.  Hokulea: A 1976 voyage to Tahiti . . . sailing
into the traditions of the past.
 Hokulea:1999 call to the future via satellite
phone to Kamehameha students.

9. Promethean Board:
 Interactive
 Collaborative
 Age-appropriate
 Informed
decision-making

10. iPads in the
preschool and
kindergarten
classrooms for
students to use
to design their
own creative art
and media clips.

11. BALANCE
The biggest challenge I
will be facing is the
balancing act between
the technology
integration and the
hands-on learning
experiences my students
thrive on.