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Computers are a very vital part to the education field. They are not only used for teaching methods but also for students to use for assignments in and out of the classroom. The computers are used more by teachers with older students because they can give PowerPoint's for students to take notes or even do quizzes instead of passing out papers or doing it orally. It has come to a point today where students are only allowed to use computers, in high school and middle school, either in the library or classroom. The reason for this is because the high risk of students going onto inappropriate websites which could bring viruses into the school computer systems.

In college computers have been used in my classrooms for presenting the material for the class and for the lectures. Today most teachers do not right on chalk boards anymore and a lot of classes or online. So when in the classroom the teacher will usually have a PowerPoint up for the students to take notes off and for online classes all the work is typed and posted to the course web page.

I love to type and prefer it over writing. I carry my laptop with me to almost every class I am allowed to have it in. I am a very good typer and am very good with doing word documents and PowerPoint. I do have experience with Excel, even though I do not use it often I still know my way around it. My only weakness would be with Access which I have worked with but never really grasped it. I think this class will benefit me in my future career, because it will give me more options and methods of teaching. I would like to teach 2ND graders preferably and i hope that by that time the will be more familiar with technology in the classroom.

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I have taken a few computer classes some prior to college and one in college. I took typing class and a business class in high school and I took a basic computer class my first year of college at a Community College. I have worked with Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. I am very skilled at most of them but Access is my weakest of the four.

Since I have learned how to used and work with a lot of the programs I hope to learn how to incorporate them into the education field. Also which are best to use and with what age groups. I also hope to get a little more help with Access since it is my weakness but it seems to be a helpful program.

I feel I learn many ways it really depends on the subject and the instructor. I love to do hands on and group assignments because I feel you get to hear and learn about others ideas and ways of doing things. I do not enjoy lectures because I feel that i am not getting to work on the information and just listening and writing down what the person is saying doesn't benefit me.

In my classroom I would try to involve all three learning styles by not only lecturing but trying to maybe show a video to explain the information given, maybe a cartoon or book, but also do a hands on group assignment. This way all of the students would get a chance to learn the material a different way.