0 - Day One of Ed Tech

I have been using technology all my life. From the early days my parents exposed me to the new and upcoming technology, which was not too much considering I was born in the late 90s. But, starting in pre-school all the way up through middle school and into high school I was in and out of "Computer" classes. I learned and covered all the basics using all programs from Paint to Excel. I grew up in an age of technology with Apple and Microsoft constantly at each other's throats trying to come up with newest and next best thing. In high school, I was given the opportunity to work in "SMART classrooms" and on "SMART boards" and was handed over an IPad to access all my textbooks and notes. I have learned, prospered and grown in a world full of technology, and I would not change a thing about it. 

In Introduction to Educational Technology, I hope to expand my knowledge of ways to use technology to benefit my future career as a teacher. I remember finding myself so much more interested and actually learning in classes when a teacher was able to present information in ways that were creative and innovative. I want to learn how to do just that and push the limits of what I will be able to do technologically in my future classroom. I do not want to be a teacher that always has to ask their students for help with their classroom technology. I will hopefully learn to be the teacher with the "next best thing", and how to never have a student put their down on a desk in boredom.

The results of my learning styles test did not surprise me. I was never one to be set on one style of learning, because for me it varies based on the subject I am being taught. However, I have been labeled as active, sensing, visual and sequential. What did actually surprise me was that the only one I received a high score in was that I am a "sequential" learner. I have taken this test at the beginning of many courses, and the results have been very consistent. I am an indecisive person and although my learning styles remain the same, the results are low enough to go either way.