Wow!

I can not believe the technology that is now available for school classrooms. It has advanced so much over the past years, it is incredible. What happened to overhead projectors and T.V's on carts? I know this may not be the latest, but Smarboards are the coolest things ever! Last week I visited the classroom I will be observing for the year and I could not believe the technology available in the room for elementary school students. There was not one chalkboard in the classroom. There was a dry erase board and a Smartboard. Someone told me that Smartboards have been around for a while but that was the first time I have ever seen one. Not only can a teacher display his/her computer screen on it, but movies can be shown on it, writing can be done on it and then saved to be printed off as a handout.