Over the past semester I've seen quite a bit of technology used. But, it wasn't in my cooperating teachers classroom. In order to fulfill my practicum hours I had to spend all of my technology time in the computer lab. I wasn't sure how varied the lessons would be or how behaved the students would be at the repetition. I was also curious at how much the content areas would be integrated into the technology lessons. I was also concerned about just sitting around being extra furniture in the room, but the computer lab teacher quickly fixed that the first day. She told me to jump right in helping the students as necessary whenever necessary. I had so many questions at the beginning of the semester that have been slowly answered as the semester went along. The computer lab teacher really amazed me at how efficient she was with the time she had the students, only 45 minutes for a 6 day cycle. She quickly moved them in for review and explanation of the day and then straight to individual computers. She rarely had discipline issues. But, the one time I did see a discipline issue, the computer lab teacher, gave the boy one warning, then removed him from his computer, and then removed him from the computer lab. She wasn't playing around! I was also amazed at how easy the content areas meshed with the technology. It's just like we've been learning in our technology class, the technology should be "invisible". I definitely think that the computer lab teacher was doing this, the students were learning the states and capitals in 5th grade but were learning how to insert and use a table! It was great! I do wonder about one thing concerning the computer lab. I was there for many different grade levels and during the kindergarten level, the aide would stay in the lab for the lesson. But, for all of the other grades, the students were essentially "dropped off". I understand that this is usually how centers work. I'm more curious however, if there should be a lab assistant during some hours of the day of the entirety of the day?? The computer lab teacher told me what a relief it was to have another person help open windows, adjust font, refresh pages, etc. And I was only there for a few lessons. I wish that I could seen more technology integrated into my own cooperating teacher's classroom to see how I would be able to use it more when I become a teacher. Overall, I have learned a lot from spending time in the computer lab and think these practicum hours have been very valuable.