Technology+Autobiography

For a majority of my life computers have been used primarily for word processing, e-mailing and internet browsing. However, over the past five years technology has made a dramatic increase in my personal life as well as my career. I am married to a web designer who also pastors a church and it is a core value of ours to engage our culture in a meaningful way. In order to do that technology is a primary medium. On Sundays we incorporate a wide range of media presentation from the start to finish including a program called pro-presenter for slide presentations, various video lead ins, a fully functioning online service that allows viewers to converse while watching the service and even cell phones. We use cell phones to give money online, text questions about the sermon and even read scripture through a smart phone app called You Version. Because of the use of technology in that arena I feel I will be able to translate many of these elements into my classroom. For example having students text in questions that they may not want to ask in class, or possibly create a class webpage that allows student to dialogue and turn in assignment through the web. I know that technology and even exposure to technology is vital in students' lives because they are going to use computers to some extent for the rest of their lives. My biggest fear is that my students will actually know more than I do about technology and I want to stay current in the possibilities that technology provides.