Post # 3

A lesson plan I might create that would use technology would be an introduction to animals and the different types of them to my younger age students. The technology I would use would have to be microsoft powerpoint. I can use the slides to talk about the animals and put up different facts and i can also create links to different websites to reinforce what i was saying about the animals I was teaching about. The subject would be animals and the grade level would be for first graders because i can teach them more about why animals are the way they are and not just this is a cat and it meows.

For the visual I would use where everything in my powerpoint is lined up correctly and it is not just one slide full of words. For the website, it would include information that was age appropriate and pictures to reinforce what i was saying to the children.

For copyright and fair use, I would site the sorces I was using and teach the children the material that not only they came up with on the site but my material as well. As a teacher, I would tell students they cannot just take other peoples work. I will show then things that I have come up with as well as use sites to back it up. I would teach them in a manner where they would understand. They learn at an early stage what is right and wrong and i would teach them you cannot take without asking or you can borrow something as long as you give credit to the person you are borrowing information for. If you try to teach students using methods they already know then it helps to reinforce everything and they will understand much better.

Prompt/ Post #2

I have used Microsoft numerous times as a student. I have used Microsoft 2000 and 2003 for numerous research papers and I just recently finished my the CGS computer class at FSU and really learned a lot about Microsoft 2007. I feel like each time I open a document on 2007 I learn something else that is more useful and that I will be able to use this in the future as well. I love using microsoft word and I now use it as a resident assistant to make my flyers for my dorm. My teachers use it to make documents for permission slips and different papers that need a parent or guardian signature when I was in gradeschool. As for college, my professors and teaching assistants use it to type notes and post on Blackboard so that we may have access to the notes they need us to print or if they would like us to print them.

In the future I feel like I will use MS Word to type up newsletters to parents as well as make permission slips and hw assignments along with tests. I feel like the things you can do on microsoft word are endless and pretty much anything I want to do for my students can be done using word. I think that word is an excellent tool for teaching in the future and that everyone of any age needs to know at least the basics for using word to further their education or other people/childrens educations.

So far something I learned on Microsoft word was how to properly format a test and make a newsletter template where I can add in names of separate students and their parents and guardians. I feel like both of these skills I will use in the future and i already feel like I;m going to get even that much more out of this corse.