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Technology Interview Reflection

I chose to do my technology interview at Springville High school, where my dad teaches. He arranged the interview for me with one of the computer technology teachers. Her name was Shauna Binkered, and was very helpful and knowledgeable.

The one piece of technology that Mrs. Binkerd was very excited about that I didn't get to put into the form online was what she called a 'Mobi". These Mobi pads are electromagnetic digitizing technology which delivers high resolution, providing superior performance for fine annotations, manipulating of images/resources and handwriting recognition. Mrs. Binkerd said that they were going to receive these Mobi pads in their classrooms next year, and were attending conferences on how to use them. They seem to be a really awesome tool for teachers and for students that can greater expand the use of their current technology.

Looking at what was available to teachers in the classroom made me really reflect on what I could use in my own classroom as a teacher. Here is a list of a few things that I think would be useful for me to have as a Health, Anantomy and Biology teacher:

Projector
Laptop
Demonstration table camera, connectable to the Projector
Interactive whiteboard
Microscopes
Microscope cameras
pH measurement probes
Electronic thermometers
Electronic blood pressure cuffs
Manual blood pressure cuffs
AED
this is just a short list, but I am sure there is more that I could utilize in my classroom. Having technology such as this would be very helpful in my classroom in making what could have once been complicated demonstrations much easier. Using this technology in my classroom could also help me address many more different kind of learning intelligences within my classroom.