This document provides a personal timeline of the author's experiences with educational technology from kindergarten through college. It describes some of the earliest technologies the author encountered, such as the Apple II computer in kindergarten. In high school, the author was introduced to the internet, chat rooms, and email. In college, social media became prominent. The author hopes to become a technology resource to help address challenges like teachers' fears of unfamiliar technologies. The author's vision is for accessible distance education on any mobile device.

1. Technology and Me
A personal timeline
of educational technology

2. Overview
My name is Kealii Zeppelin Ballao
Elementary School:
Kihei Elementary
High School:
H.P. Baldwin c/o 1998 – Wailuku
College:
University of Hawaii Maui College –
c/o 2009 – Kahului, AA
University of Hawaii West Oahu –
c/o 2011, BA Social Sciences
When I finish my degree, I hope to become a
technology resource for The Learning Center

3. My definition
of educational technology
Methods and tools that are
used to effectively enhance
one’s learning through
engagement, participation,
and encouragement

4. Web sites on ed tech history
Shepherd, C. (2007). A brief history of Instructional
Technology and the ideas affecting it. In M. K. Barbour
& M. Orey (Eds.), The Foundations of Instructional
Technology. Retrieved 10 July 2012, from
http://projects.coe.uga.edu/itFoundations/
Saettler, Paul (1968). History of Instructional Technology.
New York: McGraw-Hill. Retrieved 10 July 2012, from
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/history_isd/
saettler.html
Merrill, M. D. (2009). M. David Merrill. M. David Merrill.
Retrieved July 13, 2012, from
http://mdavidmerrill.com/Papers/papers.htm

5. Kindergarten technology
Apple II
First Sold in 1979
Unique “Green Screen”
We learned proper ways
to handle floppy disks
First Computer Game:
Odell Lake where I
learned the word
“osprey.”

6. High school technology
Internet Access
Introduced Chat Rooms, a
new way to meet people
of similar interests
Access to many forms of
information,
Emails expands
correspondence and
instantaneous
communication.

7. College
technology
Social Media
Introduced the web
blogger, online
profiles, and social
connections with
others in different
places.
Dissemination of
news and current
events facilitated by
non mainstream
media sources.

8. A vivid technology
learning experience
Hired as a web designer
No web design skills or background
Wasted money on design books and
software manuals
Unable to finish web design, but learned
better web design techniques

9. A technology I want to at my
job
Skype for face to face online tutoring

10. My vision of the classroom
of the future
Distance education
that is platform
independent and
accessible on any
mobile device
http://www.prlog.org/11807465-mobile-in-
education-is-focus-of-momodetroit.jpg

11. A challenge for teaching
Teachers are so
curious of the
different forms of
technology but are
too afraid of the
unknown to even
experiment its use
with learning
http://replacefearoftheunknownwithcuriosity.blogspot.com/

12. Words of
All I really need to know about how to live
wisdom
and what to do and how to be
I learned in kindergarten.
Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain,
but there in the sand pile at school.
Robert Fulghum
All I Need to Know
I Learned in Kindergarten
1988
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FULGHUM.jpg