A personal timeline of educational technology

My name is Sally Sorte.I started [pre]school in 1988 in Corvallis,

OR.I graduated from high school in 2004 in

Corvallis, OR.I first went to college at Whitman College

in 2004.When I finish my degree, I hope to

become some combination of writer, director, educator, and activist.

Educational Technology = The purposeful incorporation of technology through

instruction, authentic tasks, and student-interface with the educational material.

The technology is selected and implemented in order to specifically

prepare students for personal, academic, and professional success, and

meaningfully engage students through 4-dimensional, life-like learning mediums.

3D Reading – Teach students to LEARN from reading here.

Get to know the authors you’re reading, i.e. Paulo Coelho (The ALCHEMIST) here.

Make reading interactive through Reader’s Theatre here.

An online, individually differentiated reading program, check it out here.

Ideas for nowadays: Photo / Paint / KidPix slideshows Interact with a SmartBoard Computer “Treasure Hunts” (simplified) Visual Teaching – PowerPoint slideshows,

SHOW concepts (i.e. Metamorphosis sped up) Auditory Learning: Voicethread, Recorders,

iMovie

In Kindergarten, I remember listening to songs about all the letters… that was about it for us.

Ideas for Nowadays: TeenBiz – online differentiated reading program Txt Msg Polling- http://www.polleverywhere.com/ Paperless – Google Docs Practice Vocab for a Cause – www.freerice.com Characterization through MySpace or Facebook. YouTube

We went to the Language Lab for Spanish, learned Excel/PPT in the Computer Lab, programmed conic cartoons on our graphing calculators, and went to the library to use Microfiche… and, eventually, the internet.

Ideas for Nowadays: Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, BlogSpot, Ning SmartBoard / Promethean Global Collaboration (Skype, e-mail, etc.) Visual Storytelling (digital or video cameras)

From the Planetarium, to programming C++ in the math lab, to analyzing films in the RFS theatre, to laying out pages for the Whitman College newspaper– as I grew, so did the technology I interacted with.

Color, variety, cutting edge Alternative Literacy Teaching students where they’re at Interactive: New students find their voice through

technology.

For example: ICED, a videogame that educates the player about the immigration & deportation process.

Twitter Cell Phones Video Cameras

Desks will double as touch screen computers.

Teachers will be able to selectively ‘tune in’ to individuals’ & groups’ progress.

Reduction of purchase power: computers cost more than pencils.

Technology is simply another manifestation of cultural capitol; not everyone is equally endowed.

Technology is always changing, it costs to keep up.

Ben Sweetland: “We cannot hold a

torch to light another's path without brightening our own.”