This document provides a personal timeline of Patricia Brandenburger's experiences with educational technology from kindergarten through college. It outlines the limited technology available during her early education and how access expanded over time, now central to her college experience. It also shares her definition of educational technology, a vivid learning experience using Civil 3D software, and her vision for the technology-enabled classroom of the future, including using tools like Vernier Logger Pro.

1. Technology and Me A personal timeline of educational technology

2. Overview My name is Patricia Brandenburger I started school in 1993 in Plato, MO I graduated from high school in 2006 in Rolla, MO I first went to college at East Central Community College in 2004 When I finish my degree, I hope to become a High School Physics Teacher

3. My definition of educational technology The use of creative means to interact with life and society, which when used properly can enhance the educational environment.

4. Web sites on ed tech history http://americanhistory.si.edu/teachingmath/ http://www.docstoc.com/docs/426986/History-of-Educational-Technology http://www.eduref.org/Resources/Educational_Technology/History.html

5. Kindergarten Technology One of few families who owned a computer No computers in the school Only technology was at home

6. High School Technology Graphing Calculators Computers for research and presentations, some math programs Drafting Classes using AutoCAD & 3D drafting programs

7. College Technology Computer, phone, and the tools on each are my life!!! Used for homework, keeping in touch with family & friends, research, communicating with teachers, accessing assignments

8. A vivid technology learning experience I never knew such amazing things could be done on a computer till I learned a small bit of Civil 3D

9. A technology I want to use in my classroom Vernier Logger Pro along with other Vernier Products. Vernier makes simple, easy to use tools for demonstrating how things move and measuring the acceleration, momentum, etc of objects

10. My vision of the classroom of the future I would like to see education bring people, places, things, and ideas to the classroom. Even if it is only digitally.

11. A Challenge for Teaching Web 2.0! It can be a huge distraction to students and help them copy others’ ideas rather than create their own.

12. Words of Wisdom from Anonymous “ Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.”

13. http://images4education-ning.pbworks.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/oceanflynn/315385916/ http://www.inds.co.uk/education/index.htm http://www.pulsarmedia.eu/r_technology_wallpapers_8_socket_1600x1200_technology_wallpaper_10331.html & http://kuler.adobe.com/#themes/mostpopular?time=30 For the color theme Things I used…