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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.