Module+4+Reflection

Reflection of my week as a technology user:

**Description**: Attended the 2010 FETC Virtual Conference on October 7th and viewed some really impressive technology for the classroom.

**Impact**: On October 7th I attended the FETC virtual conference. I thought it was a nice layout. When you enter the exhibit hall you see a bunch of booths and hear busy talking and the noises you would hear if you were actually in a conference center. At first I found that by visiting the different booths you could enter into different drawing for prizes like flip cams and cameras and Fiddleheads.

What's a fiddlehead? I was curious, so instead of jumping to different booths to sign up for the drawing I wanted to learn more about was this was. I had never heard of it before. A fiddlehead is a tool that you hook up to a computer, and from this you can run 4 individual computers. So basically, with one tower, you can run 4 individual computers. They can even have different operating systems, like one could have XP while another uses Vista.

The conference offered many tools and information about using technology in the class, but I really liked the fiddlehead. With schools not having a lot of funding for technology, this might be a great option when a school does decide to obtain new computers in their lab(s). It would save the district a lot of money, and perhaps the money that they save could go towards other tools like clicker systems or Smartboards.

[|Fiddlehead calculator]



**Intent**: I hope to use the information from this conference in a future place of employment. I intend to help the organization make wise purchases in technology purchases so the money can go further or money can be saved.