Internet Safety!

I have learned a lot this week in class.. internet safety is something that is getting more and more important as the use of technology increases. It is vital for our students to be familiar with the dangers and risks of a simple web page. it is important to teach them what to look for when researching a topic, or using a safe search engine. it was very helpful to learn some tips that we, and our future students, can use to be internet safe. I also realized that if we teach our students in a fun and entertaining way that they are more likely to enjoy it as well as learn. I learned how to create my own web activity using webquest. I was surprized how easy it was to set up and i really think this will be useful as a teacher

Learning more about websites!

This week I was able to create my own website about me. I think this will be helpful in my future classroom because it is available to students and their parents to get to know me not only as a teacher but as a person. I would also like to teach my students how to create their own website, to express themselves and to become familiar with today's technology. Also, we learned about UEN. This will be extremely helpful to me as a teacher and also my students. It is awesome that we can have a web page available to our students to let them know what to expect and due dates for assignments. It is also convenient for the teacher to organize not only the public page but our own personal page as well. We learned about Pioneer Library also and i was amazed at how many resources to online journals and articles that will be extremely beneficial to our students. This week was fun and i cant wait to see what is in store for next week!

You learn something new EVERY DAY!!

Although the past few days have been beyond crazy i really enjoyed class this week, on tuesday we learned about microsoft word. I already love this program for it has helped me countless times in writing papers and assignments, so learning new things about it really got me excited! Dr. waters taught us how to insert pictures, columns, word art an a lot more... i think these tools will really be helpful when i become a teacher to make assignments, handouts, quizes or even help my students create projects.
On thursday we learned how to use microsoft excel. this program was very new to me, i never knew how useful and easy it was. I think this will be helpful in my future classroom because keeping track of 35 students assignments and grades can be pretty overwelming. I think this program can keep documents organized and also saved on file.
Learning all these new tools and programs has made me really anxious to learn even more and become a teacher someday! ta ta for now!

My 1st reflection...

Ok so my first week of computer tech class was awesome, i have already learned so much that will help me in my future classroom. I never would have thought facebook and blogs would be useful to teachers and students, but the more i learn about it, the more sense it makes! I have enjoyed this class so far and cant wait to see what else it has to offer.. oh and we also learned how to make wikis, it is an awesome feature i will post one soon!

test post

this is my first post... yay!