Confessions of an ITIT
ITIT is an acronym for Information Technology Ignorant Teacher. This is an appropriate acronym to describe myself. I am an English teacher at Ashland High School in Ashland, MA, and this blog is meant to discuss, share and rant about the attempted use of technology within my classroom. Hopefully you ITPT (Information Technology Professional Teachers) can help me!
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Shift in Technology
When I began teaching seven years ago, we were preparing to move into a newly constructed building. However, for the first half of the year, I was a traveling teacher moving from classroom to classroom. I didn't have access to a computer, projector or even an overhead. My desk was a rolling cart. I could use books and a chalkboard as tools for teaching. When we moved into the new building, all of a sudden I had a computer with a projector in my classroom. It was such a drastic shift for me, but I felt I didn't have the proper training in the use of all this technology. I didn't know how to use it, and therefore I didn't take full advantage of all that was in front of me. seven years later, much of the technology is beginning to fail or even become obsolete, but I feel I never even mastered that, yet something new will be coming along eventually.
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