I was viewing my goals from the first class. I remember when I took a quiz on Atomic Learning and noted that I didn’t have any knowledge of how to do anything concerning editing and creating a movie. Now I know how to create movies, how to input movie effects and transitions, rolling credits , and how to edit movies.
I have also learned how to use Database. Now I can send individualized letters home with student’s with their specific data. At the beginning of the MTT program I did not know much about a number of technology applications. Now I am mentoring others about how to use various software and programs. Audacity has helped me create books on tape. That is important because the school that I am currently employed in does not have much money. Also a large majority of the students are reading below grade level. Books on tape can help them improve their fluency. I have also learned how to create graphs in Excel. That was another area that I experienced problems with at the beginning of the program.
I am excited that at the end of the program I have reached the goals that I set in the beginning. I am looking forward to applying more of my knowledge of technology into my own classroom. I am also excited about sharing this knowledge with others.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Goals
My personal goals are to graduate from Southern Methodist University in 2010 and obtain my Masters in Education with a specialization in reading and technology. I am very interested in teaching children to read and have learned a great deal in my reading classes. Integrating technology in the class room is also an interest of mine. I think it is important to introduce children to technology. For some children at school is the only time they will be able to use technology.
Over the next few years I will work at achieving my goal of becoming an online professor. While living in this technolgy era learning to teach online will be an asset to my aspirations later in life. I would like to do something in administration and believe that my various experience will help me get there.
I believe that the degree received from Southern Methodist University will help me achieve these goals. Until then I will continue to be a mentor to novice teachers. Integrating technology into learning is essential for student learning and engagement. Our student’s will be the leaders of the future and they will need to know how to use technology and most importantly know how to read.
Over the next few years I will work at achieving my goal of becoming an online professor. While living in this technolgy era learning to teach online will be an asset to my aspirations later in life. I would like to do something in administration and believe that my various experience will help me get there.
I believe that the degree received from Southern Methodist University will help me achieve these goals. Until then I will continue to be a mentor to novice teachers. Integrating technology into learning is essential for student learning and engagement. Our student’s will be the leaders of the future and they will need to know how to use technology and most importantly know how to read.
Almost Over
This is my last technology class and the semester is almost over. I am very excited. I think from here on out I will only take one class. I have alot going on and two classes are a bit much for me. I have learned so much in these project based learning classes. However, some things were so much trial and error that I can't remember the correct way to do them.
For instance, I had to relearn how to do Database. Using Database was an assignment we had to do in our first class. I did so much trial and error that I could not remember how to do it. Trial and error can be good for somethings, but for this assignment I would have preferred an in class example.
I am ready to start using my knowledge of technology in the classroom and to help others. The mentoring experience was also a learning experience as well. You learn something more in depth when you teach it. I enjoyed mentoring others.
For instance, I had to relearn how to do Database. Using Database was an assignment we had to do in our first class. I did so much trial and error that I could not remember how to do it. Trial and error can be good for somethings, but for this assignment I would have preferred an in class example.
I am ready to start using my knowledge of technology in the classroom and to help others. The mentoring experience was also a learning experience as well. You learn something more in depth when you teach it. I enjoyed mentoring others.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Fixed my Eportfolio
I figured out how to fix my eportfolio. It was all created on Power Point and figured out how to get everything working on a DVD. Yes! At first I was going to create it the web, but I did not want to pay for a page and I did not want to lose the information after the trial period. Also some web pages did not have enough storage. I tried saving it to a cd as well, but they were not large enough. Alot of trial and error, but I finally got it!
Mentor project
My mentoring project was very interesting. I enjoyed my experience with helping someone become more knowledgable about technology. I have posted my journal below.
Mentoring Journal
All training sessions were conducted on Tuesday’s from 3:05 to 4:05. They were all informal.
Week 1: Tuesday October 6, 2009- Today the individual wanted to know how to create a spread sheet with names on it in Excel. She was trying to create a sign in sheet for an organization that she was a part of. We also focused on how to format each cell correctly and how to get the final project to print with the grid lines showing.
Week 2: Tuesday October 13, 2009- Today we focused on how to create graphs in Excel. She wanted to graph her students TPRI results for the Beginning of the Year (BOY) and compare them with the upcoming Middle of the Year (MOY) results.
Week 3: Tuesday October 20, 2009- Today we created a homework grid for each child. For this she only needed minimal assistance. I refreshed her memory on how to bold all lines so that they would appear when the document is printed and assisted her with inputting names. We also talked about the next mentoring section. She wanted me to assist her in setting up her room so that all students would be able to view the projector screen for the future Power Point lessons.
Week 4: Tuesday October 27, 2009- For the next three weeks we are going to focus on Power Point. Today we went over the basics of Power Point such as how to select slide design and color. Also we focused on how to insert bullets and animation and how to delete or change the location of a slide.
Week 5: November 3, 2009- Today we created a Power Point over drawing conclusions for her second grade class. I assisted her in inserting pictures to help the students visualize the written text. I also refreshed her memory about how to add animation.
Week 6: November 10, 2009- With the last session she wanted to know how to make a podcast. With the winter months coming she figured she might get sick and having a podcast to fall back on would be a good idea. I assisted her with inserting the image of a worksheet on a Power Point slide and how to record her voice. She thought the idea with being able to record her voice on Power Point was really great and had no idea it could be done.
Mentoring Journal
All training sessions were conducted on Tuesday’s from 3:05 to 4:05. They were all informal.
Week 1: Tuesday October 6, 2009- Today the individual wanted to know how to create a spread sheet with names on it in Excel. She was trying to create a sign in sheet for an organization that she was a part of. We also focused on how to format each cell correctly and how to get the final project to print with the grid lines showing.
Week 2: Tuesday October 13, 2009- Today we focused on how to create graphs in Excel. She wanted to graph her students TPRI results for the Beginning of the Year (BOY) and compare them with the upcoming Middle of the Year (MOY) results.
Week 3: Tuesday October 20, 2009- Today we created a homework grid for each child. For this she only needed minimal assistance. I refreshed her memory on how to bold all lines so that they would appear when the document is printed and assisted her with inputting names. We also talked about the next mentoring section. She wanted me to assist her in setting up her room so that all students would be able to view the projector screen for the future Power Point lessons.
Week 4: Tuesday October 27, 2009- For the next three weeks we are going to focus on Power Point. Today we went over the basics of Power Point such as how to select slide design and color. Also we focused on how to insert bullets and animation and how to delete or change the location of a slide.
Week 5: November 3, 2009- Today we created a Power Point over drawing conclusions for her second grade class. I assisted her in inserting pictures to help the students visualize the written text. I also refreshed her memory about how to add animation.
Week 6: November 10, 2009- With the last session she wanted to know how to make a podcast. With the winter months coming she figured she might get sick and having a podcast to fall back on would be a good idea. I assisted her with inserting the image of a worksheet on a Power Point slide and how to record her voice. She thought the idea with being able to record her voice on Power Point was really great and had no idea it could be done.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Digital portfolio
Developing a digital portfolio was more difficult than I thought it would be. I tried to find a website big enough to store all of my files without having to pay, but I was unsuccessful at doing so. I have created it using Power Point, with links but now I am having trouble saving everything to a disk even after I published it and packaged it to cd everything did not transfer. Live and learn.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Train the Trainer
I thought this program contained a wealth of information. I learned that alot of things concerning databases are already created and there is no need to reinvent the wheel. Instructional handouts and evaluations are already done for you.This is helpful because teachers do not have alot of time. The trainings are also asynchronous which also is a great for on the go teachers. There are also free trainings offered monthly. I now have to delete things out of my folders because I had to save the information to view it. I think there should be a way to view the information without saving it. I think this waste time.
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