Red Group

My experiences have shaped the way I view technology. I feel that when I am taught how to use a certain technology I feel more comfortable using it then when I am just handed something and told here figure it out. I took computer graphics in high school and was taught how to use Photoshop, by the end of the semester I felt that I learned a lot and could make some pretty decient projects. I have never really been taught how to use all the functions on a TI-83 graphing calculator, so I don't really feel comfortable using it to try and find an answer because I don't know if what I did was correct, so my answer may not be correct. I feel thats how a lot of teachers are with technology, they know bits and pieces and that is all, so that is all they use. They have this fear of being out done by a student or doing something wrong and being embarrassed. Most of my positive experiences with technology have come from the teachers who are younger and know more about technology and how to use it. I had an english professor last semester who was a bit older who still used a slide projector to show pictures and then I had a history professor who was younger who used the projector and digital images. I got more out of the history lesson then the english lesson because the quality was much better. I feel like I am exactly like these teachers, use the technology that I know and forget about what I don't know.