This last week we learned about Google sites and what you can do with it. Well I thought that it was awesome! We had to create our own classroom website through Google sites. We learned all the different options that are available to you through Google to share with your classroom.
As a teacher this means that I will be able to have a website for my class that is easily accessible for my students and their parents and that I will have a place not only to save some trees (instead of sending home weekly or monthly newsletters), but to have an easy place for me to upload things such as homework assignments, announcements, upcoming events and other things that my students and their parents might want to know about me, what is going on in the classroom and what their student should be doing.
I think that having a Google site not only allows easy access to information for your students and their parents, but also to other teachers. You can put anything from lesson plans to other awesome links and information that other teachers may not have. Which I think is a really great option to have as a teacher, because sometimes its hard to come up with fun and interesting lessons or ideas for class.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
25 January - Google Part 1
What did I learn in our Google Part 1 class? Well I learned that there is a whole lot more that you can do with Gmail. You can make spread sheets, you can make documents that others can edit or add on to. You can add pictures onto documents by searching Google.
So what does this mean to me? Well as a teacher it gives me the ability to have access to all sorts of office tools without actually having Microsoft. As a student it gives me the ability to share projects online with my team members who may not be able to work on a project at the same time as me, it also gives me the ability to be able to work on a project with a team member on my own time and not have to worry about getting together with them. It also keeps all of my documents in a file so I can access it anywhere.
I think now that I know all about the cool things that I can do on Gmail, besides just emailing I gives me the opportunity to expand my ability to do assignments and projects anywhere I am. I think it is such an awesome tool to be able to use because sometimes I don't have my computer with me or my thumb drive, so usually I will email the document to myself and then finish it on a different computer, but that doesn't always work when my laptop has Word2007 and my computer at my house is Word2000. So it poses a problem when my original document doesn't pull up exactly how I had it before. So with Googledocs I will be able to access my project from anywhere and not have to worry about the programs that specific computer has and everything will still be the same and exactly how I had it in the first place.
So what does this mean to me? Well as a teacher it gives me the ability to have access to all sorts of office tools without actually having Microsoft. As a student it gives me the ability to share projects online with my team members who may not be able to work on a project at the same time as me, it also gives me the ability to be able to work on a project with a team member on my own time and not have to worry about getting together with them. It also keeps all of my documents in a file so I can access it anywhere.
I think now that I know all about the cool things that I can do on Gmail, besides just emailing I gives me the opportunity to expand my ability to do assignments and projects anywhere I am. I think it is such an awesome tool to be able to use because sometimes I don't have my computer with me or my thumb drive, so usually I will email the document to myself and then finish it on a different computer, but that doesn't always work when my laptop has Word2007 and my computer at my house is Word2000. So it poses a problem when my original document doesn't pull up exactly how I had it before. So with Googledocs I will be able to access my project from anywhere and not have to worry about the programs that specific computer has and everything will still be the same and exactly how I had it in the first place.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
17 January - Special Topic
Why did I decide to become a teacher?
I think I decided to become a teacher when I was in Jr. High or High School. I know that I have always wanted to be a teacher so that has made things a bit easier for me, as far as not needing to take a bunch of classes to figure out what I wanted to do. But what is the reason that I want to be a teacher you might ask. Well I want to be a teacher for many reasons. Well.... I know why I want to be a teacher, but actually putting it into words is a little more difficult then you'd think. But here goes, I want to be a teacher to create a safe place for my students to go. You never know exactly what kind of home environment your students are coming from so making school somewhere they feel safe is a major thing. Another reason I want to be a teacher is because I want to make a difference in at least one of my students lives as well as make school fun for my students. I think that making a difference in anyone's life is a great achievement, but when you are a teacher and make a difference in one if not more of your students lives almost sort of makes you a hero. Like I said before you never really know everything about your students environment or backgrounds, but when you make them feel like they are an important person in your classroom as well as in their own life it not only makes them feel better about themselves but also I think it makes them a better person and lets them know that they can do anything they want to do, and they will remember you and how you changed and impacted their life forever. I just think that it would be the most amazing feeling knowing that you have helped and contributed in the making of someone great! Everyone has a favorite teacher and I want to be that teacher. I never really enjoyed going to school after the 4th grade, I don't know if it was because I would really just rather be at home with my mom or if school was really just no fun for me. But I want to be able to make school for my students, somewhere where they are excited to come everyday. Somewhere they can learn and have fun learning!
So that's why I want to be a teacher!
I think I decided to become a teacher when I was in Jr. High or High School. I know that I have always wanted to be a teacher so that has made things a bit easier for me, as far as not needing to take a bunch of classes to figure out what I wanted to do. But what is the reason that I want to be a teacher you might ask. Well I want to be a teacher for many reasons. Well.... I know why I want to be a teacher, but actually putting it into words is a little more difficult then you'd think. But here goes, I want to be a teacher to create a safe place for my students to go. You never know exactly what kind of home environment your students are coming from so making school somewhere they feel safe is a major thing. Another reason I want to be a teacher is because I want to make a difference in at least one of my students lives as well as make school fun for my students. I think that making a difference in anyone's life is a great achievement, but when you are a teacher and make a difference in one if not more of your students lives almost sort of makes you a hero. Like I said before you never really know everything about your students environment or backgrounds, but when you make them feel like they are an important person in your classroom as well as in their own life it not only makes them feel better about themselves but also I think it makes them a better person and lets them know that they can do anything they want to do, and they will remember you and how you changed and impacted their life forever. I just think that it would be the most amazing feeling knowing that you have helped and contributed in the making of someone great! Everyone has a favorite teacher and I want to be that teacher. I never really enjoyed going to school after the 4th grade, I don't know if it was because I would really just rather be at home with my mom or if school was really just no fun for me. But I want to be able to make school for my students, somewhere where they are excited to come everyday. Somewhere they can learn and have fun learning!
So that's why I want to be a teacher!
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