This document discusses Phillip Foster's experiences with technology in the classroom from kindergarten to college. It provides a brief overview of educational technology and links to timelines showing the history of technology integration in education. Phillip describes the limited technologies used in kindergarten in the 1990s and the more advanced technologies like LCD projectors and high-speed internet he experienced in high school. By college, technologies like laptops, smart boards, and online videos were commonly used. The document concludes by discussing Phillip's vision of using an iPad lab in his future music classroom and his belief that classrooms may become digital spaces where students learn remotely from anywhere.

1. Technology and Me
Time Line of Experiences with
Technology in the Classroom
~Phillip Foster~

2. About Me
• My name is Phillip Ikaika Foster
• I started Kindergarten in 1994 at Normandy Elementary,
then moved to Stoney Creek Elementary then, Ken Caryl
Middle School all in Littleton, Colorado.
• I graduated from high school in May 2007 from
Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.
• I first went to college at The University of Northern
Colorado August 2007, transferred to Windward CC
Spring 2010, and then finally transferred to UH Manoa
Fall 2011.
• When I finally graduate, I plan to teach music and choir
in High School.

3. What is
Educational Technology?
Educational Technology?
Educational Technology is the use of
powerful electronic tools like
computers, projectors, audio, video,
images, speakers, the internet, and
many other digital and an analog
technologies to augment and assist
an instructor’s lesson.

4. Web Sources of the History of
Technology in the Classroom
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Edutopia’s Short history on Technology integration
in the classroom.
http://www.edutopia.org/technology-integration-history
An Educational Technology Timeline from 1999,
making predictions on the future of technology in
the classroom.
http://people.lis.illinois.edu/~chip/projects/timeline.shtm
The New York Times Interactive timeline of
Technology in education from the early 15th
century to the present.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/09/19/magazi

5. Kindergarten Technology
Back in Kindergarden
technology was sparsely
used only in a
entertainment setting.
Mainly televisions,
overhead projectors,
audio tapes, slide
projectors, filmstrip
projectors, and other
technologies of the late
80’s and early 90’s.

6. High school technology
When in High School I
used, Flat Screen
Monitors, LCD
Projectors, Computer
Labs, PA Sound
Systems, High Speed
Internet, DVD Players,
and many other
contemporary
technologies were
employed in the
classroom.

7. College Technology
By the time I entered
College, Technology
had taken off
affordable powerful
laptops, high speed
wifi, Smart boards,
clickers teacher
websites and
internet video.

8. •
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A Vivid Technology
Learning Experience
Technology is growing at an exponential
rate.
Everyday the world changes and grows.
New technologies, websites, and
methods are created that make learning
faster and easier.

9. Technology I will use in my Classroom
Portable iPad Lab
The iPad Lab is very much like a mobile computer lab. The
iPad is a great and powerful tool. As a music teacher, I can
use the iPad to teach students how to read and write music.
I can also use the iPad as musical instrument that is simple
to learn and perform with.

10. My vision of the classroom
of the future
The classroom of the future
may not be a classroom at
all. I see students learning
at their own pace from the
comfort of their homes.
Students digitally traveling
to school from all over the
world. Everything powered
by the internet and
connectivity.

11. A Challenge For Teaching
As technology
keeps it ever
progressive march
forward, It is
important for
teachers to keep
well versed on new
technologies to
keep up with our
students.

12. Words of Wisdom
“We need technology in
every classroom and in every
student and teacher’s hand,
because it is the pen and
paper of our time, and it is
the lens through which we
experience much of our
world.” – David Warlick,
Teacher and earlier adopter
of technology in the
classroom.