This week was my first week student teaching and it was very informative for me.  Last semester, the classroom that I was a part of did not have a working smart board so I never saw one being used.  The classroom that I’m in this semester does have a more functioning smart board, however it does not always work and it gives the teachers great difficulty to use it.  During a teachers meeting in a different classroom, the smart board was being used and I thought it was so interesting and I can see how a smart board can greatly effect a classroom.  Being that I have not been in the classroom when the smart board is being used, I can only imagine that a smart board makes a huge difference when it comes to having the students  digest and understand material being taught. 

                Other than the smart board, disappointingly, I did not see much technology being used in the classroom.  There is one computer in the back of the room and the students have not used that.  I hope that once the smart board is fixed, it will be working and the students will be able to benefit from all that it has to offer. 

                Something I read in the book which I thought was interesting was that there are now standards that teachers have to meet in regards to technology.  I think the emphasis on technology in the classroom is very important and will only be beneficial for the students.