#3- ELA and Newsletter Design

After reading the Tech Standards Handout, I have concluded that a good portion of the standards I could be prepared to teach but there are a lot that I would need more knowledge on.  I know a good bit about technology and have some experience with its usage but integrating it into a classroom setting will be a new experience and one that I don't think I am fully prepared for yet.  I feel confident about "multimedia literature," "informational text," "history/social studies," and "science/technical subjects" included in my lessons.  More challenging will be to teach my students how to use these types of technology.  I need more preparation in this area.

According to Teaching and Learning with Technology, Digital citizenship "requires productive and responsible participation."  My students must learn to use technology in a productive, effective, and positive manner.  Discussion groups, and chats will be used.  They will be taught how to use the World Wide Web responsibly and learn how to effectively navigate it.  Learning management systems will used to help with this.

I learned how to use columns, wrap text around pics, and many other things.  I haven't figured out how to change the two columns back to one column for the permission slip yet.  My rough draft one does not include the permission slip for this reason.  Through trial and error I figured out how to do a lot on Word.  It is an amazing program with so many possibilities.  I'm impressed with all of its capabilities and am eager to learn even more about it than I already have. It is great for making Newsletters.  I plan on utilizing Word a lot in the future.