This document provides an overview of Erica Colon's experiences with educational technology from kindergarten through college and her vision for technology in the classroom. It describes the technologies she used at each level of her education, including scanners, LeapFrog products, and digital cameras in kindergarten. In high school, she highlights the technology available at High Tech High. In college, she notes the common technologies of email, course websites, and presentation software. The document concludes with her vision of an interactive smartboard-equipped classroom of the future and challenges of funding and outdated technology.

1. Technology and Me A personal timeline of educational technology Erica L Colon

2. Overview My name is Erica Colon - Attended Westfield Academy and Central School (1990-1996) in Westfield, NY - Graduated from SUNY Oswego in 2000 with a teaching degree in secondary science Moved to Hawaii and earned M.Ed for Education Administration from UH Manoa in 2007 Currently working on Ph.D in Curriculum and Instruction at UH Manoa to earn a position as a teacher educator someday and work on science education research

3. My definition of educational technology replace this with your personal definition - think carefully about what you read and don’t just use the one you learned in the lesson or found on the web

4. History of Education Technology History, the History of Computers, and the History of Computers in Education http://www.csulb.edu/~murdock/histofcs.html A Brief History of Distance Education http://www.bsu.edu/classes/nasseh/study/history.html Computer-based Technology and Learning: Evolving Uses and Expectations http://www.ncrel.org/tplan/cbtl/toc.htm

5. Kindergarten technology Scanners - scanning pictures of students or other items (environmental print - i.e. cereal box) into the computer. Leap Frog Products - has a variety of educational products to promote early literacy and math. Digital Camera - take pictures of students, of student work, environmental pictures (building, staff members, field trips) to create books.

6. High school technology High Tech High is the epitome of technology in education – please check out this website to watch more about it! http://www.edutopia.org/collaboration-age-high-tech-technology-video I feel this video is more powerful to show educators what students have access to more than a list I could compile

7. College technology The most common technologies used by college students are e-mail, CMS (Content Management System), course web sites, spreadsheets, and presentation software Some common CMS systems are ANGEL, WebCT, Blackboard, Desire2Learn, FirstClass, Sakai, and Moodle

8. A vivid technology learning experience Me sitting in my college “classroom”!

9. A technology I want to use in my classroom I have always loved the idea of using IClicker to help engage my students I would also like to have smartboards for the students

10. My vision of the classroom of the future My textbooks on Kindle Interactive smartboards between me and the students Students having Blackberries or some device to upload work directly to my computer

11. A challenge for teaching The greatest challenge I see for using this kind of technology in the classroom is getting the funding for resources As of now, I can’t even get each student their own Chemistry textbook Another challenge that I have already discovered is that by the time DOE gets us technology, it’s already outdated 

12. Words of wisdom Students that learn using technology have an advantage in the “real world.” I believe that technology enhances classroom instruction. It also seems to help engage students and capture their attention. What teacher or parent wouldn’t want that for their digital native?