The use of data collection will always be used in my future classroom. I feel as though it is vital to work off the feedback of students. I want to make sure that they are understanding the in and out of class information, and that the way I am teaching is beneficial to my students. As a future high school teacher of history, surveys will be used to ask anonymous questions, and to receive anonymous feedback. I do not want students who feel uncomfortable participating in classroom discussions or talking to teachers to feel left out, and their grade suffer because of it. SurveyMonkey is a great tool that my teachers made use of through my time in high school, and it was really effective. It was used within the classroom and school wide to collect information that was always beneficial to my own education.
The topics I found most interesting while blogging and searching through the blogs of my fellow classmates were always centered how they were going to incorporate technology within their own future classrooms. There would be times when someone would ride about a new program or a special skill in Microsoft that I didn't even know existed. I loved when that happened because it gave me the opportunity to explore things that I would definitely want to learn how to use for the future. I also found it interesting reading how they felt about the assignment due that week, and learning how they overcame struggles and how they made their experience enjoyable. Sometimes my work and design process would be very similar to a fellow classmates, which made me feel connected.
I am still looking to advance my skills in and knowledge of Excel. It is not something that has ever come easy to me no matter how many years I have been taught how to use the program. But, the way it Has been taught in EdTech has really helped me capture the basics once again, which I appreciate. It bothers me that I am practically a wizard with all other Microsoft program, and Excel still continues to give me a hard time. I want to be able to work with spreadsheets without any kind of struggle because they can be so beneficial in the classroom, especially for making me a more efficient teacher.
I want to be the best possible teacher I can be after I graduate. The reason I want to become a teacher is because I want to inspire, and not only doing that by teaching my students but by learning from them as well. I now believe that the best way to do that is to make school as enjoyable and efficient as possible, and that is through the use of modern technology. I want to continue to educate myself in new programs, and stay up to date with new technological advancements. I never want to fall behind, or be the teacher that doesn't bring kind of sparkle to her lectures or classroom activities. I will always want the best for my students so writing up grant proposals for something I know my students will clearly benefit from will always be an option. My students will grow and learn just as I do, and that is extremely important.
You know, Excel was my last program to learn as well. I feel your pain. But knowing a program for the sake of knowing is (to me) a waste of time. Then, a few situations arose when only Excel would suffice. Next thing I knew it, I was using it all the time! I'll tell you, any kind of data (even textual) is easier to track in Excel. I almost never make a table in Word (it thinks too much) nor in Power Point. I make it in Excel and then post it to the other two platforms, (Power Point can make it really pretty). So for now, just know what its capabilities are. For the details, consult Google (finder of everything).
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