This project turned out to be the most difficult of all the projects we’ve done in our Educational Technology classes. I honestly could not think of a piece of technology that I needed to learn and could then implement in my classrooms. I really was interested in Promethean boards, but none were available to me for use; I had already learned how to use iMovie because of my Philosophy of Education and Digital Story projects; consequently, I had no access to any Adobe programs I would have liked to learn either. I realized, after having Word, Powerpoint, and Excel crash on me at inadvertent and terrible times, that I really needed to learn how to use Apple’s iWorks. My fiancé had been telling me for years that I needed to make the transition, and that I would love it once I got used to it, but I stubbornly refused, intending to continue using my Mac Office. However, my Powerpoint presentation crashed one day while I was saving four hours’ worth of work for a lesson unit that I was using the next day. At that moment, the choice had been made for me.
My example of a Keynote presentation was based on my Rural Practicum with Shannon Hendricks in McGrath, Alaska. I created six lesson plans using Keynote in various ways, and the rest of my overall reflection of the experience can be located here.