Download - Nikki Kinoshita Timeline
Technology and Me
A personal timeline of educational technology
Overview
My name is Nikki Kinoshita
I started school in 1989 in Kahului, Maui
I graduated from high school in 2002 in Kahului, Maui
I first went to college at Maui Community College in 2002
When I finish my degree, I hope to become professional facilitator of technology
My definition of educational technology
• Having the ability to keep seeking, gaining and learning the theories and methods of a constantly changing technological world; integrating many technology tools to help educate others
Web sites on ed tech history
• History of computers in educationhttp://www.csulb.edu/~murdock/histofcs.html
• Influences of Theory on Educational Technologyhttp://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Campus/7941/paper2h.html
• Trends in Education Reformhttp://www.edwebproject.org/edref.html
Kindergarten technology
We used a DOS system in the classroom, to play a game called “Word Munchers”
• A few years later, we used Apple computers.
High school technology
- Instructors had those Apple computers in the classroom
- Yearbook and Video classes we had these CPU’s
College technology
- In 2002, at Maui Community College students used these computers
- In 2009, Information Computer Science classrooms received these computers for students to use.
Overall, I learned how to use Adobe programs (Photoshop,
Flash, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign)
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint)
Database management (SQL, Visual Studio)
A vivid technology learning experience
• Video and voice chatting, having the ability to see up to 4 live video chatting of individuals
A technology I want to use in my classroom
• No need for tables or desks! Desk computer notebook (all in one)
My vision of the classroom of the future
• Hewlett Packard - TouchSmart
A challenge for teaching
• Money - will always be the biggest challenge• Technology - always changing, challenging to
keep others up with it
Words of wisdom
• “Education must be based on the fundamental rhythm of life itself-the wish to grow, to extend oneself, to break out of one's shell.” - Daisaku Ikeda (Buddhist Philosopher)