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I would like to teach second graders once i get my teaching degree. I think a good lesson using technology would be using power point, whether it is to present an item or just do a fun review. I feel doing a review on powerpoint would be fun and you could make it a game. Lets say I am teching math one week, and i do all my lessons and we have a test on friday, thursday i could split the class up into groups and do a game review with buzzers to go over what might be covered on the test.

Factmonster.com
When I was younger i used Fact Monster a lot for help with math, history or to look up research information. Its a fun educational website for kids of almost any age to use. I feel it covers some of the criteria for rule 1: Use general design principles. It does have some pictures, but mainly does not give to much info on one page. The website has a good way of laying stuff out and giving clear definitions and descriptions.

I have not had much experience with copyright much in education. I have seen plenty of things with copyright on them which clearly means one cannot copy or steal it is illegal. Im not really sure how i would deal with these concepts and make my own instructional materials since i have had no exerience with it.

Post #2

Microsoft Word has been very helpful to me throught my educational career. I use it very often wether it is for an essay, notes, or letters. I have also recently learned how to use MLA in word so I do not have to put references and and cite everything by myself. Most of my teachers have used word to type notes, sylabus, or any information they are going to passout.

I never really though about copy and paste as they explained it in the book. When kids draw on a paper and then cut the shape out and glue it to something, it is just like what someone on a computer does but without the mess of paper and glue.
I think the "Making Links to the Internet" is a very good idea no only so that the teacher may see the sources online and see if it may be a scholarly article but also because it is a very good way to check for plaigarism. If i choose to teach any grade other than elementary I would definetely use the third option of having them electronicly send me their sources in a file.

I have used the mail merge once before at my job, but they way Tatyana showed us really helped. Also making the newsletter will be very helpful to send out information to sutdents parents. I feel both these items will be of great use for me since I hope to be teacher third grade and below, so I will probably be mailing alot of things out instead of counting on the kids to take things home.

Post #1

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.