class #5

I really had a fun time learning how to edit pictures. I found a picture on my flash drive of my brother Wes and decided to have fun with it. I could have a lot of fun using this for a digital photo album.

Class #4

Today in class I learned how to make a PowerPoint. This is something I already knew how to do, but it was a good review of all the functions. I had fun creating a story with PowerPoint and learning how to link them.
I learned how important copyrighting is. There are rules that go along with it that you need to know, but when in doubt only use 10%.
Learning about the web quest was interesting. There are so many different kinds of learning such as project based, problem based, and inquiry based learning.

Class #3

Lesson Plans & Articles: Technology can help a simple lesson plan and enhance it to help keep kids interested. Children love to use computers and smart boards or anything that doesn't involve writing with a pencil. My daughter Jessica's fourth grade teacher used PowerPoint's on a weekly basis. He made sure all his students knew how to create one and had them do a few reports using a PowerPoint. Every time my daughter would learn something new she would come home so excited about the new things she learned how to do on a computer and drag me to a computer and ATTEMPT to teach me and amazingly not losing patience when it would take 5 time for me to learn it..

Having technology helps students in their learning, but some of the old ways of teaching need to be keep ed around. Too much technology makes students a zombie of the outside world. When visiting with a friend, how many times do they actually hear their voice.

I defiantly don't have a problem with multitasking, but have become more aware of how many times I am doing homework for two different classes at the same time.

I am not a fan of lesson plans. Hopefully this one will be easier.

It is amazing how many resources are out their. I love the site that had the opportunity to have so many free ebooks. I am a reader and love the idea of free books.

How Awsome! I just learned how to blog!