Technology in the Classroom #7

This week in my practicum I saw the negative side of using technology in the classroom. My cooperating teacher had prepared a PowerPoint at home and emailed it to her school account so she could use it that day in a lesson. The PowerPoint she sent was missing slides she had made at home and wouldn't play correctly. She had to remake some slides but still had the problem with presentation not playing correctly. She tried it on another computer and ended up having to copy and paste the whole thing into a new presentation. That did the trick but she had no backup so if it didn't work she would of had to make it up as she went. Technology is great but its not always reliable. As teacher you need to always have backup and plan days ahead incase something you do at home doesn't work at school.