A very intriguing observation I made after reading everyones blogs is that most people wrote about how audio and video media enhances a presentation. I think that it allows students to learn more effectively.
Next, I would like to learn moe about excel. Excel seems so useful and so efficient. I feel that it is do detailed that there is alot more that I would like to learn about it.
In the future, I believe that I already know how to achieve my technology goals as a teacher. Aside from learning how to use excel better, I already know how to do power points, videos, animations, word and the basics of excel.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Post prompt #9
A really interesting web-based tool that I found is on the discovery education website. The link is http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/. With this website you can create many different puzzles and educational tools.
This website is very easy to maneuver through. It seems like it would be a very hassle free and effective tool for teachers to use to make a wide varity of puzzles and worksheets. They cold make math puzzles, word searches, crossword puzzles and much more. It also allows you to customize the puzzle.
As a teacher, I think that excel is going to be a great tool. I would like to teach second grade. I would use excel to organize and calculate the student's grades. And I would also use excel to record their different reading levels throughout the year so I can help them reach improvement goals.
For the final project my group and I are planning to create a buisness department at our school. Since we already have one computer lab at our school, we are going to create a second, smaller one. We will do this so that we can expand the number of teachers and students that are able to be a part of this department. We also want to get marketing and accountin software along with microsoft office and smart boards for the students. We are going to do 4 different levels of courses so students can go through all of high school progressing and competing for their spot in this prestigeous and extremely educational department.
This website is very easy to maneuver through. It seems like it would be a very hassle free and effective tool for teachers to use to make a wide varity of puzzles and worksheets. They cold make math puzzles, word searches, crossword puzzles and much more. It also allows you to customize the puzzle.
As a teacher, I think that excel is going to be a great tool. I would like to teach second grade. I would use excel to organize and calculate the student's grades. And I would also use excel to record their different reading levels throughout the year so I can help them reach improvement goals.
For the final project my group and I are planning to create a buisness department at our school. Since we already have one computer lab at our school, we are going to create a second, smaller one. We will do this so that we can expand the number of teachers and students that are able to be a part of this department. We also want to get marketing and accountin software along with microsoft office and smart boards for the students. We are going to do 4 different levels of courses so students can go through all of high school progressing and competing for their spot in this prestigeous and extremely educational department.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Post Prompt # 8
I really liked my power point number two. I think that the game was very interactive and I think that the sound helped to add a little extra. I also used a picture on every page and that heped add to it. If I could do anything to improve my powerpoind, I would improve the aesthetics and I woulg have spent more time on each page and maybe add some animations in.
If I wanted to create a lesson to integrate peripherals and non-computer-audio-visual technologies I could bring in a magic school bus or Bill Nye the Scince Guy video that the class could watch that related to the lesson. They could take a school bus trip through outter space and then have a coordinating worksheet.
I think that the skills I learned last week will be extremely useful to me in my educational carreer. It is great to know how to use the resources on a computer to the fullest. I am excited to be able to create really good review games for my class in the future. I would love to make learning alot of fun for my students and what I have learned is going to help me accomplish this.
If I wanted to create a lesson to integrate peripherals and non-computer-audio-visual technologies I could bring in a magic school bus or Bill Nye the Scince Guy video that the class could watch that related to the lesson. They could take a school bus trip through outter space and then have a coordinating worksheet.
I think that the skills I learned last week will be extremely useful to me in my educational carreer. It is great to know how to use the resources on a computer to the fullest. I am excited to be able to create really good review games for my class in the future. I would love to make learning alot of fun for my students and what I have learned is going to help me accomplish this.
Post Prompt #7
The biggest advantage to using presentation software in the classroom is that it keeps your information really organized and allows the students to see an ouline of what exactly youre giving your lesson on. A disadvantage that I have found is that using presentation software sometimes gets monotinous for a student if its not accompanied with a really good lecture.
I would use powerpoint to make a game over material right before a test. When I was in school, I enjoyed reveiw games on powerpoint. I would do it for a history test and use different battles and dates in my game.
I kind of like writing on the board because I feel like its a little more interactve and I would like to mix things up and not be one of those teachers that just does power point. I hope that technology doesnt completely take over the classroom.
I would use powerpoint to make a game over material right before a test. When I was in school, I enjoyed reveiw games on powerpoint. I would do it for a history test and use different battles and dates in my game.
I kind of like writing on the board because I feel like its a little more interactve and I would like to mix things up and not be one of those teachers that just does power point. I hope that technology doesnt completely take over the classroom.
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