Tech Task #1

a) My name is Tawna. I come from a “medium” sized town with about twenty-five hundred people. In my graduating class there was forty-five people so not too small but not too big. I do not have any hobbies, except that I like my cat, Simba, and I like to hang out with him. In my family I have a little brother who is not that little, rather tall and three stepsisters.

b) I like computers and feel somewhat familiar with them, however I like to learn new things as well that will help me out with whatever I am trying to do. I basically only use computers for school use and for connecting with friends and family.

c) I feel that computers could potentially take education to new levels, especially since we watched those videos of other schools using technology today, I know its possible. However, I do feel there are limits towards students privacy and well being that needs to be protected and become first priority. I feel that in the younger grades such as K-6 it is important that their family members as well as friends and relatives can potentially see what they are doing at school. I think that there is a way to use computers in the classroom for the older students and I am willing to learn these methods. I think the technology should be used to help the students and families connect and learn with each other. I do not feel that such things as Facebook are helping students learn in anyway, but more of a distraction keeping them from things that they should be doing.

d) I hope that this class teaches me things that I can use within the classroom to help me teach students. I hope that Alec can teach us things that he has learned that would benefit us within our teaching proffession as well. My experience with technology is not outstanding but I have always been able to acomplish what I needed to with what I already know.