I was not sure what to expect when I first enrolled in this class. For the most part I felt that I was computer literate on all of the basic computer programs. I must say that I was a little intimidated when I looked at the coarse syllabus and saw all of these new computer programs that I knew nothing about.
Fortunately our professor was able to teach us to use these new programs in a very helpful way. She explained all of the complicated programs step-by-step for the whole class. When someone did not understand a program, or part of the program, our professor was very patient and always willing to help.
I learned so much from this class that will help me in my future teaching career. I thought I knew all of the basics about Microsoft Office. After taking this course I realize that I really only new about Microsoft Office Word. After taking this class I now know how to use all of the complements of the Microsoft Collection, which I know I will be using in my future career.
Nvu was another program that I learned about that I was not previously familiar with. Through this class I was able to learn how to use Nvu to create WebPages. This is a skill I will use in the future because I plan on creating a classroom website once I get a teaching job. WS_FTP was also a new program to me, and also one I will use in the future to be able to upload information onto the World Wide Web.
I found the Web Quest project to be the most difficult simply because we had to work in groups. I personally find group work to be very helpful, but in this case it presented more of a challenge for me. This project required each member of the group to create a webpage, and then combine all of our WebPages into a website. T he problem my group had with this was transferring all of our information from one persons computer to another’s.
The project that I really enjoyed was
the Digital Photo Story. I enjoyed this
because I was able to create something that meant something to both me and my
friends. I feel that I will definitely
use this program in the future.