This document summarizes the author's personal experiences with educational technology over time. It begins with biographical information about graduating from high school in 2002. Next, it describes the technologies used during the author's college education in the early 2000s, including PowerPoint, podcasts, and an online learning platform. The document concludes by speculating on future educational technologies like virtual reality that could replace physical classrooms.

1. A personal timeline of technology

2. My name is Melanie Marciel I graduated from Waiākea High School on the Big Island in 2002 I first went to college at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa in 2002 When I finish my degree, I hope to become an academic counselor at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo

3. “ Incorporating various technologies in classrooms in order to optimize individual learning as well as collaboration learning between peers and those worldwide.”

8. movies give us a small look at the possibility of future technology Minority Report (2002) Current technology

9. 3-D Imaging ‘ Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai‘i

11. I think students and parents are eager to use technology in classrooms, but school budgets pose a problem

12. What I hear, I forget. What I see, I remember. What I do, I understand. -Kung Fu Tzu (Confucius)