Tell us about your greatest success with technology and about a time you would like to forget.

I would have to say that my greatest success with technology would have to be using 
                                    power point presentations as teaching tools.  Even with young students, the presentations 
                                    help grab their attention during a lesson and keep them focused.  They are easy to 
                                    create and very helpful.
                                    
                                    On the other hand, my biggest failure with technology would have to be the time when I 
                                    erased my whole research project.  I was in high school and not so sure of computers 
                                    just yet.  I still don't know what I did, but I lost everything and had to start over.  It was 
                                    a disaster!!!
                                    
                                    Amy G.
                                    

I'm becoming more and more grateful for technological advances.  Even minor ones!  
                                    Now, we don't have to worry about losing entire research papers since most programs 
                                    can now auto recover our work.  
                                    
                                    I agree with you about powerpoint.  My sisters, who are now teaching, use this as an 
                                    important tool in their teaching process and I know that it will be imperative that I use it 
                                    too.
                                    

I have to agree with you Amy! Power points are a great tool in the classroom and I really am proud of some of my presentations. I am especially proud of my math review power points. I keep the power point scrolling all day to display important math facts and procedures. I find that if the kids are not going to pay attention to me, then they can at least drift off into the scrolling power point and maybe learn a thing or two. I don't really have a big technology failure, most of my big mistakes are usually solved with system restore. I do however worry about that big failure that will be irreparable.

Hello, 
                                       I have to agree with Amy and Monica. Power point has been the most reliable, 
                                    successful and creative program that has help students, teachers and other professionals 
                                    during a presentation. I can only speak for myself, but when it comes to understanding 
                                    the content  of a subject a porwer point presentation ALWAYS! help. 
                                      One of my bad experiences have been the time that I lost my final research paper the 
                                    day that was due. I was terrible!! Oh well enough about sad memories. Hopefully that 
                                    would never happen again...I hope!
                                                
                                    

I have very limited knowledge of computers so I hope to learn a lot in this class!  I know 
                                    how to use the computer for writing papers and internet browsing.  Beyond this, I am 
                                    completely computer illiterate!  I guess my success on computers would be that I use it 
                                    to research anything and everything.  I can't imagine how I could have written research 
                                    papers in undergrad without the internet.  My failures on computers is that I haven't 
                                    taken the time to maximize the efficacy of computers.  I still don't know how to put 
                                    together power point presentations, make Excel spreadsheets, etc. 
                                    

I can relate to Janey.  Although I have taken required computer classes and learned how 
                                    to do plenty of things with computers, I still feel computer illiterate.  Maybe I know my 
                                    than what I think or its just an anxiety issue. 
                                    

The greatest success I have had with technology was using computers to teach math in 
                                    my 4th and 5th grade combination class.  A mentor teacher helped me develop lessons 
                                    and it was great.  I was able to teach many levels of math and break away from the 
                                    traditional math assignments.
                                    However, my greatest failure with technology was sending an email to a parent that was 
                                    intended for a teacher.
                                    Laugh all you want 
                                    Tricia
                                    

I have had some great times on the internet. I guess the most memorable
                                    moment was when my daughter went off to college, in Europe. I missed her
                                    so much and telephone calls were expensive. One night I logged on and
                                    there she was. It was so cool. 
                                    An embarrassing moment was just the other day. I was typing a reply and
                                    tried to write in referring to principals"...they need focus more" 
                                    Well, I missed spelled one of those words. I hope no one noticed. I am a
                                    terrible speller.