my experience with technology in school

Starting in elementary school i was introduced to technology, i can't remember what grade, but i remember the software still to this day. It was the best part of my week usually, when we got to go use the computer lab with Mr. Plueler. Although everyone thought he was a little weird, he was always the well liked teacher in the school. The software was mostly games, but they had a lot of education behind them. I always played the one with the cooking games in it, and had to find the letters throughout the kitchen. Obviously that was the younger grades. So moving up in grades the computer technology became more typing based, and learning how to type and hold our hands and fingers, although that wasn't as much fun, it was still the best part of the week. I have always tried to find the software since, because i loved being able to play those games and get the education behind it, and also i really wanted it for my students when i open my own preschool.

Going from elementary school to middle school i thought that i would lose out on all that computer based time weekly, but i was wrong. At the beginning of middle school the first thing i started doing based on technology was go to the library with my class for research, that was 6th grade. In 7th grade though technology started to become more frequent, there was never computers in the classrooms just in the library section, but for my math class she usually had us down in the tech room, which we used for taking tests or practicing math online, or doing homework. Not my favorite thing considering i really don't like math, Although, i wasn't a huge fan of doing the math, it really helped me for college which i also used a computer based math program, oddly enough. Then in 8th grade i was taught how to use Peapod which was the virtual grocery store, My teacher has us get assigned a "job" and then with our virtual money we had pay for our house and loans and cars, and then use Peapod online and learn how to use online for things you can do in your everyday life, and i still remember how to use the website.

In high school computer time was way less frequent after freshman year. Freshman are usually forced to take a computer class which helps you with using all the Microsoft software, and how to keep track of your school work and how to type papers correctly and type the write way with your hands. That class was honestly a drag, but i did get some things out of it. As for after freshman year for me computer time was based on the teacher and the only other computers in the school were only in the library and them along with the computers in the computer class were slow and ancient to be honest. The teachers really tried to stay clear of the library at all times unless they gave us time for a research paper or other projects. Some other computer classes were available throughout high school but i did not take them.

In the first college i was at i didn't really use a computer in class except for my math class which was all on computers, as far as i was told we usually were not allowed to bring computers to class, but that was based on the professor. Obviously i was using my computer on my own to do papers and homework, but not a lot of computer time was offered throughout the classes. Now in Southern New Hampshire though there are certain teachers who want you to use your computer and some that really don't want technology in the classrooms at all.

All in all i have had a really great time with technology and being allowed to use it throughout my childhood and i am very grateful for the experiences i have had to help me now with learning more about technology and how to bring it into a preschool classroom if i open my own. I hope that everyone else has had the same or better experiences than me!

Moving into college

My name is Katelyn Oliver and I am a transfer student from North Shore Community College, which I recently just got my associates degree from. I am 23 years old, and thought it would be so weird to come to college and live here at an older age than a lot of people. It was also my first time ever leaving home and my comfort zone of family and friends, and I thought I would never be able to handle it. In my first week at school I have already learned a lot about myself, surprisingly. It has been extremely tough for me to make friends and cope with the fact that I don't have all my comfort stuff that I did at home, like being able to walk downstairs and have my whole family right there, or my friends not even 10 minutes away ever. Already I have learned that I can live on my own, and that moving on to bigger things in life just means for amazing things to start happening all together for me. I would love to open up my own preschool and I have been trying everything in my power to keep up with my goals and keep on track of what I have to do to do to keep on track of getting exactly what I want for myself. SNHU 235 is one class that is on my list of things that I needed for myself. I have tried to force myself to understand technology better, for future references and the job I want. I feel as though things for me will be extremely easier if I have more of a technology background added to what I already know! I have come extremely far from where I was freshman year of college at North Shore Community College, I have grown a lot not only about myself, but also about what I really want to do in my life!

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