Laptop Program Success

Walking through the halls of school and watching teachers in front of classrooms of children looking at laptops makes me excited. Knowing that the countless late nights and hours of planning has paid off makes what I do exciting. I love hearing the excitement in a teacher's voice as they learn something new or realize how much further they will take their students this year. Hearing a teacher that has taught for 15-20 years excited about something new with his/her subject because of technology is just exciting. I will detail more on the laptop program we started this year at PBS in a further post. I will say that it has gone off well, and watching children learn in the way they were wired to do so makes me excited!

First Techied Post

I decided to start a blog for all of my amazing thoughts on technology in education. A little about me, I have grown up around technology. I know they say that the millenial generation begins in birth year 1980, but I am 1978 and have a dad who was a little ahead of the curve with technology. My first program was on a Vic Comodore 64. I learned to program that, then take it apart and put it back together. I bought an atari with coins from my piggy bank and played quite regularly. I owned the original Nintendo and everyone that has come out since. I love Mario games!

I believe that technology has the power to transform the education of our youth. I believe that by using a platform that can differentiate for each and every child we, for the first time in history, have the power to truly engage and educate every single child that comes through the education system in America. It is for that reason that I have devoted my career to technology in the educational setting.