Educational Technology Experience(s)

Experiences (Or lack there of)

From what I could always remember is that my educational technology experience was either minimal or absent. It wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, for me, I’m extremely traditional- pen and paper with written assignments type of student. That may be because I was raised from two parents that grew up without technology and were very detail oriented when it came to writing everything down with a pen or pencil. Technology, for me, is somewhat difficult to wrap my head around. 

 In middle school up into high school the only use for computers that I can recall is typing any paper or document that we needed for class.  If I needed a computer to do research on, for the most part, it was done at home either on my mom’s computer or my old, run-down, brother’s hand-me-down college computer that was used when the wheel was invented. 

It first came to me once I arrived at SNHU. Never have I heard of online assignments and places where you can turn in documents to the teacher via the internet. As a senior, it took me practically all 4 years to somewhat grasp the technology experience. This class, to me, is already filling my head with different tools, resources and applications not only for my own use, but if I have students down the road.