Journal #10

     As a future teacher, I believe that it is important to have organized ways to record student information within the classroom. Microsoft's Excel program is one of the best recording software tools because it allows teachers to develop their own lists with personalized functions. I can see how Excel could be useful for recording grades, marking who is/is not present, or listing out which student might still need to tern in paper work or fees. As an elementary school teacher, specifically 5th grade, there would be plenty of "end of the year" items to check off. Say all students are given the opportunity to purchase a class shirt, Excel could be used to list students by name, mark their shirt size, and make not of who has or has not paid. Surveys could also be done within this grade level to record which middle schools the students are graduating to and their final grades. These tools and collections of data are important to teachers since they can easily organize large lists of information.

     When reviewing my classmates' blogs I found it interesting how many of us shared the same ideas or opinion on our own individual assignments. Both me and Alissandra shared the same visual aid and site when talking about the flipped classroom. Many female students such as myself, Madison, and Lauren chose to talk about Pinterest for our content curation post. This is not to accuse anyone of copying another, but it's interesting to see the parallel thinking among students and the different ways we chose to talk about the subjects. One post that I saw that interested me was Hannah's resources for technology trends in Journal #8. The article she provided was one I had never seen before and was interesting to read, I would have never previously looked to Reader's Digest for news on technology.

     The next technology related skill I would like to master would be video editing. I think there is a certain art to creating visually pleasing but also informative lessons through video. If I was able to make quick informative videos varying by subject for my students I think it would add a nice personal flare to my teaching, and also keep my students entertained. I have a basic knowledge on how to trim clips and put them together using iMovie on my phone, but to truly learn how to add graphics and make more complex content I would want to download a video editing software to my computer. Tutorials on YouTube, or Lynda.com would be my main educational source and would help me practice this new skill. I am unsure how long it will take me to become completely comfortable editing on my own, but am thankful that I have plenty of online resources to help me.