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I used to think that I was pretty up to date on all of the new technology out there. I felt that I had could handle and understand the majority of technological aspects in the education field. In my previous teaching position, I was apart of the newly hired and younger teachers in that district. When we had professional development meetings that addressed our Smart Boards, updating our grading system, and creating and editing our class web pages, I understood and could follow the presenter clearly. At my current job, I am the 'more experienced' of two teachers in the music department. Throughout my first year at this job, I quickly realized that I wasn't as 'tech savvy' as I thought. I have had to ask my assistant director multiple times how to use our interactive whiteboard, how to pair to our Bluetooth speakers, and how to use other more advanced technologies. In the first chapter of the reading for this week, Bauer had a section that discusses the technology in