My First Day

This past week I had my first visit to our middle school. It was a nice size classroom, a little smaller than I remembered. They did have a lot of upgrades in the classroom. They use a smartboard to take notes. When I was in school we used an overhead projector where the teacher would write with a marker and roll the plastic to a clean sheet to start new notes. They use the smartboard to have a PowerPoint on the screen. The teacher also gave them a PowerPoint project that will be due next week. When I was in middle school we had never heard of PowerPoint. They were also going to get to use ipads in class next week to work on their PowerPoint. They were cautioned about the slow wireless connections though. I know in our middle school we only had computer lab that was able to get internet service for us. It is amazing how much new technology is used in schools and how much it affects what is taught in school.