After reading the ELA Technology Standards, I feel capable of teaching the standard "Use Multiple Sources." Throughout all my recent years of school, I have had assignments that required me to utilize and cite 10 to sometimes 20 sources, which all had to vary in the type of source. For my sources, I have used websites, books, scholarly journals, newspapers, academic magazines, and others. I feel comfortable in knowing when a source is valid and knowledgeable, and I know how to integrate sources into my work while avoiding plagiarism. Of course, however, there are several standards I will need to work on, such as Multimedia: Informational Text. I do not have any experience creating or adding elements to a website, and I still have a lot of learning to do regarding various multimedia.
I hope to teach an elementary classroom. Because the students I will be dealing with will be very young, the technology they use will most likely not be very complex. The students may be too young to use social media or blogs, and they may be too young to even use a computer without undivided supervision. Regardless, I will implement technology into my lesson plans and instruction. I will also use social media forums to communicate important messages to parents. I believe that it is important, regardless of students' ages, to educate them on how to use technology in a polite, safe way. Kids cannot begin their experience with technology with the mindset that they can do or look at whatever they want. I will emphasize to my students that though the Internet is an excellent tool for learning and entertainment, it can unfortunately be dangerous as well.
Though some aspects of the newsletter assignment were a bit tricky to me, I enjoyed doing it. I had never made a graphic like that before, so it was a nice learning experience. It was refreshing to use Word for something other than an essay. Through this assignment, I was able to try new things on Word that I normally would not get to do, such as adding various colors/color schemes, adding columns, using pictures, etc. The concepts I learned will help me with future assignments in other classes, and I can also use these skills to create fun worksheets, handouts, etc. when I'm a teacher. Creating the newsletter made excited to be an actual teacher, and I hope to continue creating them in my career. Unfortunately, I feel like many parents unfortunately do not realize that the newsletters sent home with their children actually have a lot of useful information.
I hope to teach an elementary classroom. Because the students I will be dealing with will be very young, the technology they use will most likely not be very complex. The students may be too young to use social media or blogs, and they may be too young to even use a computer without undivided supervision. Regardless, I will implement technology into my lesson plans and instruction. I will also use social media forums to communicate important messages to parents. I believe that it is important, regardless of students' ages, to educate them on how to use technology in a polite, safe way. Kids cannot begin their experience with technology with the mindset that they can do or look at whatever they want. I will emphasize to my students that though the Internet is an excellent tool for learning and entertainment, it can unfortunately be dangerous as well.
Though some aspects of the newsletter assignment were a bit tricky to me, I enjoyed doing it. I had never made a graphic like that before, so it was a nice learning experience. It was refreshing to use Word for something other than an essay. Through this assignment, I was able to try new things on Word that I normally would not get to do, such as adding various colors/color schemes, adding columns, using pictures, etc. The concepts I learned will help me with future assignments in other classes, and I can also use these skills to create fun worksheets, handouts, etc. when I'm a teacher. Creating the newsletter made excited to be an actual teacher, and I hope to continue creating them in my career. Unfortunately, I feel like many parents unfortunately do not realize that the newsletters sent home with their children actually have a lot of useful information.
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