The End of the Semester....

I can't believe how fast time has gone by! We are coming to end of the semester and there is only a few more weeks of classes left. I just wanted to write and say that I have enjoyed this class. I really feel that it is extremely important to know how to use technology and to be up to date and adequately skilled. As the world progresses, technology is becoming more and more important. I am really glad that I was able to take this class and learn skills that I will be able to use in my classroom to help my students. I want my students to learn and be able to use technology to assist them in their own lives.

POWERpoint

This week we worked on making power points that we would use in a classroom. I used to do a lot of power point presentations in highschool, but I did learn something new. We learned how to make quizzes and have links to different pages depending on whether the student got the right answer or not. I think that this will be very useful in a classroom so that students can use the power point to actively engage in the material. Quizzes can be made for practice and to grade. I think that this is something I would like to use in my future classroom. I am so glad to be learning these skills! :)

Interactive

Last Monday and today we have been working on interactive spreadsheets. First we completed a sample using the directions in our packets, then we created our own. I just used the sample to create mine. My spreadsheet had words on it that students have to make plural by adding s or es. I like interactive spreadsheets because they give immediate feedback to the students. I took an excel class in high school but I had forgotten how to do anything like this, but I think that I will be able to remember now and use this skill in my classroom to review or assess student work. I have included a screen shot of my spreadsheet.