Week 16

I think this class has been very helpful and I'll use a lot of the things when I teach. I was happy that we learned how to save documents as a pdf file because I never knew how to do it before. Using pdf documents would be good when I'm posting things online like class assignments or newsletters. I will use google documents and powerpoint in the classroom to make presentations for my class and also to work with other teachers. I think it's important to work with other teachers because they can have good ideas that you would not otherwise think of.

With the video I think it's fun to use variety in teaching and I will use Schoolhouse Rock to help enphasize nouns, verbs, etc. Using a song and a video is a creative way to help students remember concepts learned in class. When they have trouble remembering something the songs might help them to remember, for example, the difference between nouns and pronouns or verbs and adverbs.

Week 15

I think that it's good that we learned how to use powerpoint and google presentations in the class. I had never done a powerpoint before this class and now I realize it's really simple. The google presentations are really good for working on group presentations. I will difinitly use powerpoint and presentations in the classroom to make lessons and visuals for my students.

I couldn't get the video to work.

Week 14

I think it's important to use videos like Schoolhouse Rock in the classroom because it makes learning more fun. It puts it into a song and most people can learn better through visuals and especially through songs. I remember watching Schoolhouse Rock when I was in school and the songs stuck with me. It made it a lot easier to remember nouns, verbs, etc.

So far this semester we've learned a lot of useful technologies we can use in the classroom to help make learning more fun. When you're having fun you learn more because you don't think of it as bookwork. I will use a lot of the things we've learned in class when I teach. Technology is an important part of the way society is today and learning to teach from it is very important.

Video

It's important to realize that today's world is different than it was even when I was a kid. I didn't have the internet when I was little. Kid's now days learn how to use the internet when there 2 or 3 years old. Kid's even do homework different now. When I was a kid if I had to do a report for school I went to the library and looked through encyclopedias. Now it's so easy just to open up the internet and any topic of information you want is at your fingertips. Technology plays a major part in our lives and it's important to incorporate that into the classroom.

Week 13

I think Kidspiration and Inspiration would be very fun and useful tools in the classroom. I could use them to have the kids brainstorm or to teach them how to make graphs and tables and how to cluster. I think the kids would like the fun pictures and graphics and it would be a fun way to learn in a different way than normal.

Week 11-Video

I thought the video was funny but he also had a lot of good points too. I've had a lot of teachers who have done just what this guy says not to do in a powerpoint. I think it's important to at least be aware of the things not to do. If you've never been told you might not think about it. You might think that the more information or the more colors you use in your powerpoint the better it will be, but that is not always true. You have to realize how it looks to the audience viewing it.

Week 11-Picasa and Powerpoints

I think that powerpoint's will be a really helpful tool to use in the classroom. It's an easy way to use visuals in your presentation. You can post pictures that go along with the presentation and also links to videos you might want to show. They're really easy to make. The google presentations would especially be helpful if you were collaborating with collegues to make a presentation. Powerpoints could be used to teach almost any kind of lessons and you could also use them for presentations to collegues or parents. Picasa is a very easy and helpful way to edit photos. This would be really helpful to cut or manipulate images to make them more useful in your powerpoint or to use in the classroom.