Spreadsheets

I think very highly of using spreadsheets. I didn't use them much growing up but they can be very useful in education as well as a great teaching tool. When using spreadsheets that can help you recalculate information quickly to get a project done. I would ultimately use this program in a classroom setting.

As teachers, the reason we would use spreadsheets is to calculate our class' grades quickly and easily like that assignment we did earlier in the week. As soon as a number is placed in a slot it is easily recalculated to another number due to a function. The three primary functions of a spreadsheet are storing, calculating and presenting information. When you store information with calculated form you can present the information in a spreadsheet or even in a graph.

As stated above spreadsheets are a great organized program that can get work done efficiently.  With spreadsheets you can make averages that can allow you to post graphs to see even better. Using spreadsheets can be useful  in a math class as well as a typical classroom.

Citations:
Jonassen, David, Howland, Jane, Marra, Rose M, Crismond, David. (2008). Modeling With

Technologies, Meaningful Learning With Technology, pp. 88-89, Columbus, OH: Pearson

Prentice Hall

Week 3: Word (Citations was late)

According to the website I found a way to make my outlines more efficient and faster. This is a great creation to conducting a better form to writing a paper. I was very intrigued by how many different ways you can go about formatting a paper. I found a map, diagram and a tree like way of outlining a word document.  The tree like diagram interested me the most because of how you can move a “branch” to another “branch”. You can use this in any form of classrooms not just English or language arts classroom. I would find this program very beneficial to a student in all grade levels.     

            The best type of writing activities would be the brainstorming writing activity.  Most students have trouble with coming up with ideas to write about, with this program it allows you to be at a computer that may be accessible to the internet which you can browse the web for information about a particular topic.  Having one teacher revise and edit so many papers at a time is an issue. To organize time management you will need to implement peer editing. This will not only allow the teachers to do more of what they need to but it will increase responsibility for students for their own learning, and improve writing skills. You can use the tool that was introduced in this program. It’s easy and it doesn’t allow you to use pen and paper which could be beneficial to the younger kids with poor hand writing.  From past experience teaching on hand to my fellow classmates always helped me.  If you can teach something that means you are well aware of the material enough to teach someone else.  I knew the material well enough to teach it but I knew it even more after I taught it.  When teaching something it’s not only repetition but you may pick up on a step you might have missed doing it yourself.
            The program that was introduced to me today is an amazing program that I feel should be used on all levels of education.  Education technology is something we need in our schools and this program is one that I feel will be a big part in bettering or youths education.

Citation: Video that was given, Chapters 4-6 in textbook.

I think blogs can be very informational.  They can be useful to education by allowing students to view blogs that teachers post in case of a missed class. I would respond to the comment by saying this, technology education is at an all time high.  We don't necessarily need blogs but the can be helpful to keep a document of whats being taught for that class day.

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