Post 10

In Post #7, I talked about the difficulties in incorporating technology with a kindergarten through second grade lesson. However, I read one of Morgan Blogs, I believe it was #9, and she posted a web site full of activities for kindergarten and beyond: http://www.picadome.fcps.net/lab/currl/kindergarten . I viewed the website and it is AWESOME! Although it will probably take a while for my students to learn how to access it, the site can definitely help me with daily lesson plans and guidelines to follow in teaching early developers. In addition, to Morgans blog, I read another students blog who mentioned PowerPoint as a resourceful tool for presentations because of the vast range of graphics. I totally agree with their statement.

I would like to learn how to work podcast next. This semester, we were not forwarded enough time to cover it, but hopefully I will learn how to access it in the future. In addition to podcast, I think it would have been a benefit for my future in education to learn how to construct a letter to a parent in a "proper" format. We covered how to do a newsletter in class, which is great, but I think we could have touch more on the professional aspects of a newsletter. For Example, obviously you would not send home the same newsletter to an elementary parent and high school parent. Microsoft Excel was a great thing to learn. This class was my first experience with Excel and it was very informative yet tedious with all the formulas we have to include.

When I was in the 12th grade, my high school implemented pinnacle to help us check our grades everyday. The teachers were responsible for posting the grades. I observe allot of my teachers who were not technology savvy primarily because of age or they just never took the time out to learn. The students were putting in grades for the teachers who did not know how to work pinnacle. I definitely want to avoid being THAT teacher once I start my career. Practice makes perfect, so by me teaching my students the skills I know about computers, it will help me to improve and learn more.