As I look back at the things I have learned in IT465, the one thing I know is that I still have more to learn! It is hard for me to narrow down what was the one thing I learned the most about. I would say that having patience and just letting go of the fact that there were somethings I just couldn’t fix (like the problem with the google group assignment), also I think just trial and error with things that I wasn’t quite sure of.
I would like to say I have some strong points when it comes to using technology, but I feel that somehow they are buried below my weaknesses! I feel that I am good with computers and if i try hard enough, I can usually (not always) fix most problems I encounter. I also love to learn new projects so I can say this was a fun class
to be in, although it was hard. My weaknesses would be that I get discouraged easily and I wanted to quit like a million times! There were so many times I just sat at my computer and cried because I just couldn’t figure out how to fix a problem I had, but I just calmed down and stuck to it and before long I usually had it fixed.
This class was mostly doing it on our own, so I really enjoyed doing this blog. It really helped me see that I wasn’t the only one having trouble or struggling and I could email my pe
ers with any questions I had. We had a few live chats and that really helped us get to know Dr. Wang. She is always just an email away with any help we might need.
The communication tools I used the most in this class would be email and this blog. I would email my group members anytime I had any questions. It was also helpful to read each others blogs and respond in helpful ways.
My experience with blogfolio was zero before I started this class. I have learned so much in doing this blog. First I didn’t even know how to blog, second, I didn’t even know this site exsisted. After navigating my way through the site, I found it very user friendly and have enjoyed it very much.
e problem when doing the assignment, I found out by trial and error that I could not use Google Chrome to do the slide where you had to turn on high contrast. I struggled with this for a good hour before I finally decided to try it through Internet Explorer. After that I was back on track and got finished with no problems. I would hope to be able to use these things I have learned doing this assignment in my own class someday.
uite hard to cut and paste and not worry about the flow and line up of paragraphs. I can honestly say I have never cut and pasted on a paper before, I am quite good at making sure I quote my sources so this part was hard. I did encounter problem at the end when I couldn’t figure out how to get the last page with the percent but after playing around a little I got it. I was impressed with this assignment and would like to check my papers with it in the future just to make sure I am doing alright.
in any classroom setting. Physical Education teachers can use sites like pecentral.org and mrgym.com to create lessons for grade level physical education and learning. Technology can also be useful in Phys Ed class to help teach students about obesity and body mass. There really isn’t a reason not to integrate technology into the Phys Ed class.
rning. My son is in a special ed classroom and he uses technology constantly. Whether he is taking a test, playing a game on pbskids.org, or doing morning calendar, he is using technology all the time. There are other forms of technology being used other than computers, students with disabilities use text to speak devices, ipads, and apps designed to meet the needs of all types of disabilities.
little outdated but it wasn’t hard to find out where to go. Once I got into google sites, it was smooth sailing. I did have to play around a little to figure out the footer and banner but I think I did okay. Overall this was an enjoyable experience and would definitely use it in my future classroom.
ts we have done have been to prepare us for using technology in our own classrooms someday.
my student career so I did have to look at a few online to get a feel of how I wanted mine to look. I really enjoyed using rubistar and I would recomend it to anyone looking to create an easy rubric. The next step was creating the test using the easytestmaker. This was the only area I had trouble with, and even then it only took me a few minutes to figure out my mistakes and fix them. I had no idea that a test could be made that quick and painless! The trackstar sight was the last thing I did and I still am not sure I did it correctly! I did input all the websites I needed for my lesson, but I felt like mine didn’t look quite like the example in blackboard. Overall I enjoyed this assignment and am pleased with my work.
nts who can’t get into the classroom for what ever reason also benefit from distance learning. Teachers can use web cameras to pre-record or have live chat lessons through the internet without ever coming face-to-face with their students. In such a technological era, I can’t imagine going even a day without the internet!
I have to say that this assignment really made me realize that I am not as “tech savy” as I thought I was! The overall project was easy and Google+ really is a great tool, it was just understanding how to navigate it all. I have a great working group and we all stuck in there and got the job done. The problem I encountered as group manager was trying to figure out how to make our group public. I am still not even sure I got it right! Thank you Laura for not letting me go too crazy and walking me through it step by step. This was a great learning experience for me as a teacher. I hope to use all the tools I have learned about in my own classroom in the future.
allows you to add pictures, video, and audio to create a type of slide show that others can view. I encountered many problems along the way, but overall I enjoyed making my story. My movie maker didn’t look anything like Dr. Wang’s did so I did a little research and found that it was the same thing, mine was just a more updated version. I was able to easily get my pictures uploaded and change the way they looked, but I had trouble getting the narration to go over the music. In the end, although my pictures weren’t quite the size I would have liked, and my narration wasn’t quite long enough, I was pleased with my story and would like to do this in my classroom.
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