Christine+Tan

I hope to learn more about classroom technology as I am somewhat unfamiliar with it. When this course ends, I hope to have gained sufficient knowledge that will enable me to select the appropriate technology for use with children with autism to improve their literacy skills, especially reading and reading comprehension as these are areas that they face most difficulties with.
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I fear that my unfamiliarity with educational technology and jargon will perhaps set me a little behind the other students in this class who are teachers and have hands-on experience using technology in their classrooms.
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__**Educational technology means to me:**__

I chose this picture because my first encounter with educational technology was with a SMART Board. It occurred not in a classroom but in a small conference room located within the office suite of the School of Criminal Justice in Dyer Hall, a few years ago. At the time, I wasn't even aware that such technology existed and was being used in classrooms all over the country. To me, it represents the evolution of the use of technology in the classroom, from the use of chalk and blackboards to ink markers and whiteboards, projectors and projection screens, as well as television sets and video players, to computers, SMART boards and internet tablets such as the iPad. With educational technology, teachers can enrich the learning experience with engaging and interactive content in addition to improving learning outcomes by addressing some, if not all the different learning styles of students in the classroom.