#10 - Last Blog for the Semester

I will use data collection tools like excel for averaging scores, making tables, and many other things.  If I teach math then excel will be used quite frequently and even taught to my students so that they can use excel to their benefit.  I plan on teaching children that are visually impaired so I'm not sure they will find as much use to excel as I would as the teacher.  I will most likely use it for averaging and calculating grades and the class average.

I greatly enjoyed reading my classmates' blogs and collaborating ideas and thoughts on different subjects.  I especially enjoyed the blogs on assistive technology because it is relevant to what I will be doing in the future.  My students will be taught how to use brailers, canes, and voice recognition software.  It was interesting to read all the different types of assistive technology and how each of my classmates plans to use them in their own classroom some day.  I even got ideas for myself and my use through some of the things they posted.  I also enjoyed the topic of professional development and web 2.0 tools.  I didn't realize how many tools there are available for teachers to use! It was amazing discovering new technological advancements and their application to the teaching environment.

I would really like to learn how to use Pinterest. Teachers use this now to share and collect lesson plans, classroom decorations, projects, books, and other educational/professional materials and resources.  I will probably make one in the near future and play around with it until I figure out how to use it. I could even google how to use it or type it in YouTube to find tutorials on how to use it.  That's what I did to make a prezi for my first independent learning project.  I find this website very beneficial and can't wait to give it a try!