Technology through my School Years

  • Desktop computer

    Using a desktop computer in the computer lab for the first time - computer classes each a couple times a week
  • SMART boards

    Electronic SMART boards teachers and students could write on like in math class drawing equations on the board or the readings/text shown on the board that can be highlighted with a SMART pen
  • Parents first iPhone

    My parents got an iPhone - had a calculator on it to do math homework in the car after soccer practices
  • Ipad at school

    Ipad provided for school/class everyday by my school - had to leave them at school when the bell rang to be dismissed from school for the day
  • My first iPhone

    Got my first iPhone - could email teachers off of it, text classmates for missed assignments, could Google questions I had, etc
  • TI-84 calculator

    Ordered my first TI-84b calculator my for high school math classes - had them programmed to do formulas, etc
  • First Zoom class (COVID)

    Senior year of high school was COVID so we finished the year online/Zoom - still had class every day with the same schedule as if we were in person
  • Enrolled in online college classes - no in person (COVID)

    My freshman year of college at the University of Notre Dame had about half of the classes fully online so some of my first college classes with fully Zoom