Stacy Davis provides a personal timeline of her educational experiences and how educational technology has changed over time. She started school in the early 1980s when there were no computers in schools yet. By the late 1990s, when she graduated from college, computers were being used more widely with PowerPoint presentations and computer labs. Now in graduate school, she sees technologies like tablets, Skype, and smart boards being used to enhance learning.

1. Stacy Davis ETEC 442 A personal timeline of educational technology

2. Stacy L. Davis Started school in Los Angeles County, CA in the early 80’s, Graduated HS in Boulder, CO in the mid 90’s Graduated Naval Hospital Corpsman School in the late 90’s Graduated from Regent University in Virginia Beach, VA elementary education Presently attending UH for grad degree in Educational Technology

3. … is the process of using the latest and greatest technologies/tools to solve problems and enhance learning.

4. AECT Association for Educational Communications and Technology http://aect.site-ym.com/? page=aect_in_the_20th_cen Capella University (By RA Reiser) http :// www.capella.edu/idol/HistoryofIDTPartI.pdf Indiana University Department of Instructional Systems Technology http://www.indiana.edu/~ idt/shortpapers/documents/ITduring20.html

5. No computers in schools, they were being used but were VERY expensive Overhead Projectors Watched film strips We watched TV with “ bunny ears” when the Challenger exploded

6. Everyone had a desktop computer at home. Laptops were cumbersome and few had them Received lectures with PowerPoint projected on a screen

7. Laptop carts Computer lab Portable SmartBoards with a digital projector They were large and took up a lot of classroom space Document projector Online streaming of videos 2 desktops in the classroom

8. My elementary school opened its first computer lab in the 4 th grade, we used floppy disks My Father developed software for IBM and he taught the students and teachers how to use them

9. Skype- to interview professionals, meet students from other countries, and take virtual field trips.

10. Tablets for each student that interacts with a central teacher’s tablet providing immediate feedback and re-teaching opportunity

11. “ The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” ~Alvin Toffler Flickr photo by I_yudai