Hello!

My technology background is not as big as I would like it to be. Although I have had exposure to many different technologies, I do not feel like I know enough about them to be able to use them effectively. In highschool I took a word processing class which helped me learn many things about Word that I never knew exsisted, but becuase it has been so long since I took the class, and I do not use these skills all of the time, I have forgotten many of the things that I learned. This is the only real structured class I have taken that deals with technology. During my school years I have seen such things as overhead projectors, elmos, and smart boards be used, but I have never personally used them. This past year in one of my classes the prof was really big on using technology, and he did many things to get the class used to working with different technologies. Some of the different things we had to use were a class wiki and skype. It was my first time using both, and although I was able to get some expierence, I still wouldn't call myself an expert.
During this class I hope to become more knowledgeable about different types of technologies and be able to better understand how I can incorporate them into my classroom. In many of my previous classes we have talked about how important it is to use technology in the classroom, but we have never really learned how we can do this or with what types. This is something I am very interested in learning and being able to do.