Creative Technlogies

     It is very common for me to question the new advanced technology that is constantly being introduced into our world, whether it connects with education or not. When I see a new technological tool for the first time, I'm afraid to use it because of how foreign it may seem. However, I have already been exposed to SmartBoards throughout high school, so a new and improved SmartBoard, an "8070i" SmartBoard to be exact really captured my attention. This new SmartBoard allows for things like multiple touch technology as well as a much clearer screen with more features. I would happily use this new technology over the others shown in the video simply because it is not completely foreign to me. Whether that is a fair or smart way to think, who really knows. But I do know that frankly, I would rather try something out that I have some insight on first instead of trying a completely foreign tool in which I have had no experience with whatsoever. This SmartBoard would allow for multiple students to interact and write at the same time in my classroom, which wasn't possible before. Competitive games are also more available with this tool as well, but the old SmartBoard would not allow for that. With this new technology, students will now be able to collaborate and complete group or team assignments more effectively, as everyone has the ability to document their specific input.