June 30th Class

Today in class we had to opportunity to learn how to use the program Picasa. You can crop and improve all of your pictures with this. You can download it for free from picasa.google.com Try it out it is easy and most importantly it is free!

Technology Class 4 Topics

Today in class we talked about using power point in our classroom. I think that this is a great tool to use as a teacher. They help make a great story with an outline. We also talked about copyrighting. I think that the rule that you should only use ten percent of someone else's work if you don't know if it is copyrighted. This is a good rule of thumb. We also talked about web quests. We need to decide what type of learning we want the students to do before using the web quests. A web quest is an activity where most or all of the information comes from the web.

Technology week 3

This week for my technology class we had to make a lesson plan. I did a lesson on making and using protractors for fourth grade. It corresponded with fourth grade standard four, objective one. It was fun hearing the great idea's everyone else had. I also enjoyed hearing the presentations on how technology has changed the way we learn and think.

It's a..... Baby!

Well ready or not we are going to join the parent club. Brian and I are expecting our first child at the end of December (the date has changed a few times). We are getting excited especially after we heard the heart beat last Monday. I haven’t been feeling that great but the doctor said that it will be getting better soon. Yea!

Week Two Lesson Plans and Technology

For our second week in class we talked about lesson planning and using technology with your lesson. We were able to watch an experienced teacher show us some cool things that can be done with a smart board. I have seen these used a lot during my observations at the schools and they are amazing. The students love to use them and they are very efficient. I am hoping with some practice to be able to use a smart board for many lessons in my classroom. It is important to plan your lessons but also important to remain flexible. It is ok if you don’t get to everything on your lesson plan but not okay if you didn’t plan enough and the students are left with time they are not learning.

Summer School Week One

For my technology class this summer one of our assignments is to post on our blogs each week what we learned about in class.

For our first week of class we talked about designing our own blogs as well as students in today’s world and how technology savvy they are. Last week we also had to take a teaching PE class and our teacher seemed to be really impressed with the technology that we brought to class. She was impressed with everything from the MP3 players we used to being able to type up our lesson plans in class on a laptop. It is important to be up to date on these things so that the students we teach don’t leave us in their dust.

We also had the chance to visit the Utah Educational Network (UEN) website. This is full of great resources not only for teachers but for parents as well. The website allows teachers to comment about things that they have found helpful.

Summer School

Summer school has officially started! I was very excited when I got to class last night and found out that our first assignment is to start a blog! I was even happier when my teacher said that I can keep the one that I already have. It was also great that all of the ladies that I go to school with are having to join the blogging scene. I've been trying to convince them to do this for a while now! Yea!