Final Messages (BP10)
As we close up a semester full of amazing new tools and skills, it is important to reflect our new found knowledge onto our future careers as educators. With Excel specifically, I would aim to use the tools like averages, minimums, and maximums for my class after exams so the class knows how their scores compare to others. It would also be a good tool for self-reflection to see how my teaching is reflecting on to the students exam scores. Specifically, this could be useful in my psychology classroom when preparing for AP testing so I can visually show students what type of score they would receive on an exam like that.
By far the most interesting part of this course was writing blog posts. While we all had the same prompts for every entry, everyone interpreted them a little differently. For example, while one person might have found one educational resource that relates to their subject area of choice, another person could have found a completely different one that wouldn't even work in the first person's classroom. There are so many factors that go in to these types of decisions. We all differ in responses because we all don't want to go into the same careers. It was very eye-opening to watch these posts appear and the conversations that occur because of them.
To continue my educational technology skills, I would like to teach myself or learn from others how to use note-taking applications like Microsoft OneNote or Apple Pages. I feel like knowing these things better could not only increase my own skills for school when taking notes, but also provide me with more skills to suggest to future students to better efficiently learn things. The only part that is worrying is how much these things will change by the time I become an educator. However, this is a challenge that every person in that field must be willing to take on. As time passes, technology keeps evolving. I think I'm up the the challenge.
By far the most interesting part of this course was writing blog posts. While we all had the same prompts for every entry, everyone interpreted them a little differently. For example, while one person might have found one educational resource that relates to their subject area of choice, another person could have found a completely different one that wouldn't even work in the first person's classroom. There are so many factors that go in to these types of decisions. We all differ in responses because we all don't want to go into the same careers. It was very eye-opening to watch these posts appear and the conversations that occur because of them.
To continue my educational technology skills, I would like to teach myself or learn from others how to use note-taking applications like Microsoft OneNote or Apple Pages. I feel like knowing these things better could not only increase my own skills for school when taking notes, but also provide me with more skills to suggest to future students to better efficiently learn things. The only part that is worrying is how much these things will change by the time I become an educator. However, this is a challenge that every person in that field must be willing to take on. As time passes, technology keeps evolving. I think I'm up the the challenge.
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