Prompt #6

From the age I started school until now, I can remember numerous changes in technology. One huge change that I remember clearly is chalkboards to whiteboards to Smartboards. I had chalkboards throughout grammar school and then in 6th grade, our school got whiteboards. I went to a Catholic high school, so we had chalkboards again, all the way until my senior year. Senior year we got whiteboards, and a few of my classes got Smartboards. Now in college, almost all my teachers use Smartboards.
Another thing I remember that has changed is when I was little, I remember watching movies in class through a big television and VCR player. As I got older, VCRs started turning into DVDs and now you can find most videos online somewhere through a computer. A lot of lessons and extra help can be given through YouTube videos now, too.
Right after computers were invented, my school had an Accelerated Reading (AR) program where we would check out a book and read it, then take a computerized test on the book. Now libraries are all mostly through computer, you can check to see if books are available and sometimes even check them out through a computer. Going along with AR, I noticed especially in college, a lot of tests are given online. There are online assessments, tests, and a few of my teachers require us to turn in papers via Internet.
One last major thing that I remember changing a lot as I was growing up is resources. For research papers, when I first started learning the basics of them, it was always through textbooks. Now, most of the sources we need for research papers can be found through online journals, articles and webpages. Textbooks are definitely being outdated by the Internet. A lot of my classes have online textbooks and homework assignments.

Reflection
As a future teacher, I will have to evolve and adapt to these changes with the rest of the world. Technology is always advancing and I know that by the time I am a teacher, I will have to use technology to teach my classroom in ways that are not even invented now. It moves and grows so fast, we will never know what is next to come!