Technology & Me

  What is an ePortfolio?  In simple words, and ePortfolio is an electronic portfolio.  But what is a portfolio?  A portfolio is a systematic collection of work that represents activities, accomplishments, and achievements over a specific period of time in one or more areas of the curriculum. Essentially, it is like a resume that includes more details about that person. Why is it important? Why should I worry about having an ePortfolio? Having an ePortfolio can be beneficial in many ways. First off, learning to make an ePortfolio in itself is a good skill to have. While you create one it allows you to think about the skills and achievements you have gathered over time and reflect over what you might've achieved in school and other activities. Aside from learning to create one, and going through the process of creating an ePortfolio, it is good to have all of those achievements and information about yourself put into one organized place.  What can I use it for? On...

  Do you ever think about what kind of technologies we may have in the future?  I remember growing up watching the movie "Back to the Future", and seeing all kinds of things thinking that I would grow up and see flying cars and hoverboards in the future. Although that did not come true, many of those predictions did, such as video phones (facetime calls), wearable technology, such as apple watches, mobile payments, and more.  I'm sure technology is a fun thing to think about and predict as there is a wide variety of things that can be done with technology, and is still being discovered today. There are many things that have already been done with technology that we have seen happen before our eyes as well!  Education and Technology  I think that the biggest thing for me is how technology has played a big role in education, especially today, we see a lot of laptops and iPads at school. I still remember the time when we were not allowed to have phones in class, bu...