Wk1-2 DB Quickies: DIY Classroom/Presentation Solutions

Topic #2: Tech in your workplace: How has your workplace kept up with tech or not kept up with tech? What kinds of tech things have you bought to use in your classroom/presentation? Please give examples (and have a little fun with the idea…).

My District here in Florida is three years behind in technology. We just received Microsoft Office 2007 at the end of 2009-10 school year. There is simply not enough money in the budget to keep up with technology. I personally haven’t bought any technology equipment to use in my class but I attended a workshop at another school last year and saw that they had SmartBoards. I requested a SmartBoard from my district through a letter stating how I would use it in the classroom and how it would better engage student learning. I received one a few months later after I wrote the letter.