First Post!

I am so excited to enter the world of blogging. I know this is where technology is taking us next and I can't wait to learn all the tricks and trades. I am Taryn Lougee and I was raised in Provo, Utah and just barely graduated from Snow College which is located in the small town of Ephraim, Utah. It was a great experience to live down there, but I am so excited to be back here in Provo and continue my education with UVU.

In the summer I took the first computer technology class, so all the new things I learned are still fresh in my mind...hopefully. I had so much fun learning new things that we could incorporate into my own classroom. I never realized how much the current technology could be used in the schools. I am thrilled that I get to learn even more ideas to enhance the learning in my own class someday.

When I think about using technology in the classroom, I think about using overheads, powerpoint presentations and television monitors. I never thought about using digital cameras, smartboards, and computer editing programs. I definitely think that using current technology in our classes will help engage the students and really bring them into what we are learning about. The way our society is headed is technology driven. Soon everything we use will be digital and better yet, everything will have a touch screen. I believe that using technology is one the most important things we can learn in this program. The children that we will teach, their basic knowledge and foundations will be based about electronics and digital imaging. That is why we as the teachers need to be prepared to teach the children of the future.

Some of my goals of this class are to become more familiar with using Microsoft Excel programing, and become more familiar with web quests. I know that I can learn a lot just within this class. The thing that is crazy, is that after we graduate all this knowledge that we are acquiring now will be old news. That is why it is important for me to realize that I always need to continue learning and updating my knowledge of current technology trends.