Technology is great when it works, and a huge devastation when it isn't. In the teaching world, this can be especially hurtful for each day's lesson when a server goes down, the smartboard pen breaks, or maybe just the calculators need batteries. Sometimes we can get more dependent on it than we need to be.
For example, in my big lesson at Finneytown (the one for which my evaluator was present), the powerpoint turned into Promethius presentation had trouble opening. I had counted on the powerpoint to help keep me on track and to have examples for the students to work on. However, because we checked before class began, I had time to improvise. I still used the Promethian board, but came up with the examples on the spot, and got the students involved. My evaluator, my cooperating teacher, and my students all thought it was part of the plan.
In this case, you can see I was not incredibly dependent on technology. It would have been helpful to have it, but I was flexible enough in the creation of my lesson for something like this to happen.
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