Prompt #8: When using technology with your students, what are your challenges? Strengths? What could be done to increase your usage of technology in the classroom?

Unfortunately, the computers in the class room are very old and some do not have Office products to enhance the learning experience. This is the weakness of my classroom. There are portable computers that students can go and check out from an office, but if we did that from the start of the classroom it would take 20 minutes to initially get and about 20 minutes to put back. The only technology I use is just the more traditional projector connected to my laptop where I use it for students to take notes. This is a strength because I can better observe the class for signs of struggle with the material, move about the classroom and monitor behavior, and discuss the material as it is being recorded.

If the computers were lent out to students so that they had them from the start of the classroom (which doesn't happen in my school but all the district school do) and update software\office to help me prepare lessons to help with going to the next educational level.