Project Eight

This course taught me so much. I can't even being to explain. This will benefit me so much in my classroom and with other things that I do.  This has been an awesome experience. I have grown so much throughout this course. When I first started out, I didn't know very much about computers, I had taken a few classes in high school but nothing really crazy. I have to say learning to use Nvu and even Google felt like such a huge accomplishment for me. It was so cool to learn all the different options there are for successful teaching and demonstrating your information. After meeting with Shufang, I became so much more comfortable with using Nvu, and it became one of my favorite things to do throughout the course. I loved being able to pick backgrounds and put my own pictures in to express myself. One of the most helpful things I learned was "print screen" which id always wondered how people did it, but I could never figure it out. So that was neat to finally figure out how simple it is to actually do. I love the photo story as well. I completely plan on using that in my own classroom. I had a great time putting together the one about my family, which I will show them when I go home for christmas break. The biggest frustration I had was getting rid of the slash marks in Nvu and getting all my links to work. That was upsetting me because I really thought I was doing things right. But then after my meeting I realized how easy it was to fix these errors, which was nice. I also am not sure how I feel about working in groups. I am very independent, and I like to do things on my own, so for me working in groups is not always effective.  With my students, I feel there is no real way to make sure not one student does most of the work. I will use groups in the class setting for assignments, but I won't make it a requirement. I want to try to incorperate technology into my classroom as much as possible through webquests, powerpoints and other assignments. This is key that students know how to use these things to their advantage. For me as far as teaching goes, my goal is to make sure students feel as comfortable as possible and it is an environment where they can push themselves but feel like they are respected and can share their thoughts. This has been a great experience for me, and I cannot wait to share this with my own students.




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