EME2040 Alexander Amenta Blog

As a student Word processors are used for almost every assignment I do for school. I have had to know how to manipulate it at finite levels to align my borders and fit certain paragraphs all on one page. My teacher's similarly have to use word processors frequently so they are fairly adept in word as well. In my recent years teachers have showed me how to insert a table or chart into word, this knowledge has helped me greatly with my course work. As a teacher I would work within the fair- use laws as an educator to use copyrighted material legally for teaching purposes. I know in the past my teachers would show movies for learning purposes in class without needing permission because they weren't charging us anything or trying to profit off the showing. To ultimately avoid this I believe it would be helpful to have my students create their own creative projects that meet the goals of my curriculum as well. Sites such as quiz-let, flip-book, and YouTube allow students to do th...

Teachers and students are influenced to use technology more and more as students are often engaging with new forms of technology with or without the school's instruction. Educators are feeling the pressure of the digital age now more than ever as austerity measures and standardized testing that block resource dollars. Now technology isn't being looked at as a way to enhance teaching by streamlining logistics through sleek computation, but rather as a tool necessary for educators to effectively teach ever-increasing class sizes. One ISTE standard that was most meaningful to me was: Knowledge Constructor "Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others." Knowledge constructor appealed to me because the idea of students constructing how they learn best-using technology is something that will help them in the long run. ...

My prior experience with technology is pretty extensive. I always had a computer since I was very little and played cereal box games on it like putt putt saves the zoo. Since Then I have dabbled with Windows operating systems from windows 98 to the golden age of windows XP. I became very familiar with the PC operating system and I know my way around word and how to search for files and run EXEs. I am at the point with technology where I can figure it out if I do enough googling on the subject. I don't have much experience with Excel so in this class I want to learn how to use Excel without guessing how everything works. I also want to learn about some of the newest learning technologies that are out there, so I can be a better teacher. I also want to learn how to do basic web page design so I can make my own creative projects. I agree with my learner profile I always have had to know the big picture of many concepts before I can make sense of the details. I also agree with the ...