I believe that as a teacher I will use Data Collection mostly for tests, quizzes, assignments, and anything else that has a mass amount of grades for my class. As a teacher you have a lot of students, especially if you teacher in middle, high, or college level having 6 plus classes, it is easy to lose papers and to get grades messed up if keeping tracking of them manually. Having everything recorded on your computer not only is a back up for lost papers but makes it easy to calculate averages and overall grades for your class(es).
From reviewing my peers blogs I have found the different perspectives of people most interesting. It is crazy how when I look at a subject or comment I have can my point of view and then go and read one of my other classmates and they have a totally opposite or different perspective on the subject. It really interests me to see what everyone else has to say and think about the same thing that I go through or went through!
The technological skill I would like to learn would have to be how to speed up my computer if it starts slowing down. I know as a child, if my computer started slowing down, either my dad or his tech guys at work would take it in for a day or two and it magically became faster! I know this will happen to me in my future for my family and I or for my career, so knowing this magical skill would truly come in handy whether it is at work or at home.
In the future I believe that I will be able to reach my educational-technology goal if the school I will be teaching at has the resources and tools for my students and I to use. Once given these opportunities I know my class and I will have a fun learning with technology and have a more functioning classroom the more opportunities we have! I will be working at Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, this is one of the best schools in the country for the deaf and blind. Therefore, there will be a lot of technological opportunities for me there and my goals will be reached. I hope to use such tools as Smartboards, 3D printing, iPads, laptops, etc. in my classroom.
The downfall to technology is that there is no guarantee that it will always work. That is why you need a backup plan. Yes, it is beneficial to know how to fix a computer, but that can be time consuming. So make sure that if you do acquire this skill, you're able to keep the students active.
ReplyDeleteIt's really exciting that you will have access to all of those technologies in your future classroom! I also didn't know that Florida had a high-ranking school for the deaf and the blind.. You learn something new every day!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you when saying that the school you will be teaching at needs to have the resources and tools for the students and yourself to use. If we don't have the proper resources that we need, then we might not be able to teach the students the proper way. I was surprised to find out that the Florida had a high-ranking school for the deaf and the blind! Great post!
ReplyDeleteA simple way to speed up your computer booting, run (Windows key + R) "msconfig".
ReplyDeleteThen look at "Startup" you can cancel some of them. Then restart!