Week 4

YEAH!! I am so excited for this weeks assighnment! I love Picasa and photography! I am headed to Las Vegas this weekend and will be taking lots of pictures for our homework. I really enjoyed going over Picasa in class to kind of refresh and remind me what types of things Picasa can do! I have Adobe Photoshop but it is way too difficult for me so I stick with Picasa 3!

Week 3

I really enjoyed this weeks class time and work time. I have had such a fun time learning how to use Pioneer Library. All throughout junior high and high school I had known about the Pioneer Library and would occasionally use it in various classes, but I had no idea how cool it really is! I have found myself caught up in this site and discovering new things that I have forgotten that I was working on my UEN page. I cannot wait to use this more in my classroom someday!

Week 2

We began working on our UEN pages this week and I really enjoyed it. I had fun creating my "All About Me" page and adding photos from my life. I am still finishing up my UEN K-12 assignment which is kinda fun. It has been exciting to create a lesson plan that I will probably eventually use in my future. I am doing a lesson on the 4 seasons which is part of the Utah curriculum for kindergarten.There are SO many resources on the Internet that will really interest students in learning by using fun games and activities to aide in teaching. I can't wait to see whats in store for next week!

Week 1

The first day of class: always feeling a bit nervous and anxious, but I loved it! I am so excited to learn more ways of making the most of the technology access I will have in my future classroom. In past classroom observations I have seen many teachers use lap tops and projectors in ways I have never seen. I want to get ideas and understand how I can improve and enhance my students learning experience and make it more fun and memorable. And this class will do that for sure! I loved what the professor said about children now days being so computer literate as we adults have to slowly learn. I know I will be trying to keep up with what my students already know when it comes to technology so I want to be as ready as possible. I just loved this cartoon!