Blog for January 30th

This week in class we are discussing power point presentations. I have done power points before so I feel fairly confident doing one for class. I have never added music before though which may be a challenge. Hopefully I will be able to do it because sometimes I am computer illiterate. Hopefully by doing these projects I will know how to use power points even better.

I think power point is helpful in the classroom because you can put notes on them for a lesson and put pictures to emphasize your point. I think that it is a good idea to show your students how to do power points because when they get older they will probably have to do them for class. It would be a good idea to show them proper procedures such as not reading directly off the slide, which a lot of people make the mistake of doing. Even a lot of people in college that I went to school with made this mistake. I think it is a good idea to show students how to use them even if they are not going to use them that often.

Paiges week of January 23

This week I learned a lot more about copyright issues. I thought I basically knew what was legal or illegal, but I guess I was wrong. There are a lot of things you have to think about before you can just use a picture or even use something in quotations and cite it. It is kind of exhausting thinking about all of the different issues when using something.

As a teacher I would use this information on plagiarism to teach my students that you can not just look up something and use it as your work. Everyone has to give due credit to the original authors and as students they must know that and use that information. I would teach the students all of the stipulations they must follow to use something in a report or presentation.

My experience with computers

I would say that I have a fairly normal experience with computers. I know how to type in word processor, make power point presentations, work in excel, and work with pictures in photo shop. I also know how to check my e-mail, do searches, download music, and other easier tasks. I have never done anything very hard on computers and I think it will be a good experience to take this class so that I know how to do these things. I work with computers now the same way I have always worked with them basically.
Hopefully, when I become a teacher I will be able to implement some technology into lesson plans on a daily basis or at least a couple times a week. A possible assignment would be to have an essay sent out to the class on the computer and they could type it up and send it to me. There is an example of a way technology could be used in the classroom.