Rebecca

It was with excitement that I embarked on the conference journey. I knew that my knowledge of technology use in the classroom was limited to data projectors and youtube. The opening speaker was engaging and made me see the light. I started to understand that I could do so much more in my classroom teaching. In fact students were already using technology far beyond what I had imagined. I went to a variety of workshops which were interactive and showed me how I could better use ICT. I gained more of an understanding of the vast opportunities for learning that the internet could provide students and the resources that teachers could incorporate in their pedagogy. The conference was a useful way to network with other schools and see what they were doing in their schools. I felt that Fairfield could incorporate more ICT in teaching as it was a resource that was under utilised. One of the issues that I was faced with in the classroom however, was the limited access to technology through the school. I believe that with a significant investment in technology Fairfield could be leading edge in terms of using technology in the classroom. Students could definitely be using their own devices but a clear policy around this would need to be developed. Another thing that would be useful would be having wireless across the whole school so that students could go on whenever they needed to. I guess it would be about changing attitudes towards technology and getting students to see them as learning tools not just as entertainment. There is a real future in technology and it is constantly updating all the time. I realised that I needed to make sure I keep myself constantly up with where technology is heading.