Week+9

 __**Photoshop Elements**__ 
 * __Week 9 __**
 * __What if? Technology in the 21st Century Classroom Article __**
 * technology will make learning more fun for students it seems
 * only limit to lessons and learning is the budget for tech resources and the teachers imagination
 * need to be careful, since tech can be tricky or not always work so as a teacher you should have a more traditional plan as a backup
 * allows a more student centric learning environment where students can create their own basis for knowledge and work at their own speed
 * allows the teacher to act even more as a facilitator of knowledge, and is appealling to students since they are being born seemingly with technology in their hands



Photoshop Elements is an excellent program I have found that has a wide variety of tools. These tools include some very technical and professional ones, but at the same time has some very simple ones. As a result of this wide variety you can import a picture and let the program automatically fix them for you, or choose to make your own adjustments which is a nice ability to have. In addition I am sure there are even more tools that I was not able to find, which intrigues me to explore even more and produce even better products.

__**Interactive Whiteboard **__ I would use an Interactive Whiteboard, as a history teacher, to import pictures of famous battle landscapes and show the students how the battle progressed with animations and diagrams. After the lesson I would be able to save the new annotated pictures to make available for students to use in their studies. In previously trying out Interactive Whiteboards I have found there is no prepackaged resources for history, other then easily found historical photos. Therefore in order to make the best use of this, I will have to learn to use the software to make my own resources or find alternative sources of resources for Interactive Whiteboards. As well I feel that the Interactive Whiteboard does not fully free a teacher since they are still tethered to the front, and will therefore look for alternative means such as an e-tablet or e-slate to assist me in teaching, since I feel that these hardware's are only that, they will not make a bad teacher any better they will just be able to mask or hide it better.

__** Photostory ** __ Due to the slow computers at school, and technical issues I was never able to get an example of Photostory completed and rendered. As well our guest instructor chose not to review it with us for some reason, and I am unable to get a copy of it at home to try and use.