This is
my first blog post! I am a Spanish
teacher in Ashland, MA. I would like to
comment on the shift of technology since I first started teaching. I only started teaching 9 years ago and there
have been so many significant changes.
I first
started teaching in 2003 on Long Island, NY.
I taught in a large school with about 2500 students. I taught in 3 different classrooms and there
was not a single computer in any of the classrooms. I did not communicate with my students,
colleagues or with parents via email. We
did most of our communicating in person or via “memos.” I used the one office phone to communicate
with parents. I never used email.
Now, I
can’t imagine my life as a teacher without a computer in my classroom. I don’t know what I would do! I use email for everything and countless
other websites to communicate with my colleagues, students, friends and
family. I am never without my smart
phone and I am almost always connected to some sort of technology. I have not had much of chance to reflect on
these changes and I look forward to hearing some of your comments. Would you be able to survive without a
computer in your classroom??
