Post #10

From reading back over my classmates' blogs, I found that most of us generally had the same idea and thoughts about the different projects we did and programs that we used. We all seemed to enjoy using hot potatoes, and everyone seemed to have a general knowledge of most of the Microsoft Office programs.

I would really like to learn more in Excell. I am currently taking a statistics class, and my professor is constantly telling us that we can use Excell to figure out the standard dievation, means, and other data simply by plugging in different formulas. As a math teacher I think that knowing how to do things like that would be useful.

My goal is to find ways in which I can introduce different medias into my class, so that the students have a greater appreciation for math and all of the different fields that use mathematics. I would like to be able to have the students watch the tv-show Numb3rs at least once because it does a great job of depicting mathematic subjects in a very entertaining way.

Post #9

I want to become a high school math teacher, so there aren't many web-based tools or resources that I would typically use in my class. However, I would like to use the website http://homeschoolmath.net/ as a resource for my students. The website requires your school to be imputed into their database and the students are able to join with their particular school and class.

The website offers a variety of tools for the students: tutorials, games, instruction, and quizzes. This is a great way to get students to practice certain mathematic principles, and to get help on any area that they may be particularly struggling in.

I think that using the new Microsoft Vista is probably beneficial to teachers. I haven't used this myself, but I've heard many good things about it. Plus I think that it is very important for teachers to try and stay as up to date with technology as possible.

Post #8

Chapter 8 discusses some of the many different computer viruses, and security issues that can affect your computer. It talks about how this can cause many issues in the classroom, especially with sites that may not be appropriate for children or websites that do not contain correct and up to date information. Sometimes these things can create problems that not only affect certain software but also the hardware in a computer as well.

Chapter 8 also discusses many ways for teachers to use technology in a way that would bypass most if not all of these problems. Creating this such as guidelines for students and setting up web page blockers, can decrease the risk of students accessing websites that aren't appropriate. There are also numerous amounts of new advanced softwares that you can use to help block against further infections of the computer.

This week I didn't really learn anything new, but I learned how to do certain things in a different way. We worked in PowerPoint, and although I did know how to do most of the tasks, I didn't know all of the different short cuts they had.