Carrie Mocyk EDU 506Final Self-Reflection Report December 1, 2008 Overview: Integrating
computer technology into the classroom is an important part of being an
effective teacher. Throughout this
course I have learned effective ways to incorporate technology to assist me
in creating lesson plans more effectively, presenting information to my
students more effectively and better preparing my students for real life
experiences. As a business teacher it
is important to stay in tune with technology because the industry demands
it. Any tools that I can learn to
stay up-to-date with technology is welcomed and appreciated. This course offered me the opportunity to
think creatively and learn how to use computer programs more
effectively. Although I consider
myself “computer savvy”, I still learned a lot about the MS Office that I did
not know. This course should be a
requirement for all students wanting to be teachers. Title: MS Word-
Composing Fan Mail Description: Students were
asked to compose a professional business letter to a famous person of their
choice requesting a free item.
Students needed to research the address of their person, write a
letter using the modified block format, check each other’s work for
errors. Students then mailed the
letters in envelopes created using MS Word.
Throughout the year, students received letters back from their famous
person of choice along with free memorabilia. Reflection: I really like
this assignment. Students are
completely engaged in what they are doing, while they learn to effectively
write proper business letters. Since
such interest is there, it is not difficult to keep the students on
task. The letters are usually very
well written by the time I get to grade them. Plus, it is always fun to hear that a student received a
response back. Click here to view my assignment. Title: MS Excel-
Students Grades Description: As a teacher it is important to keep an
accurate grading sheet for your students.
In this assignment teachers have the opportunity to create a
spreadsheet with students’ grades and then determine what the average of the
class was for particular assignments and have a visual graph to look at to
see the averages. Reflection: MS Excel has so
many uses. The assignment showed me one more use. I was not familiar with graphing too much so I appreciated
learning that it wasn’t that difficult to create a graph. I also never incorporated color into the
spreadsheet. Color makes it easier to
read at times. Although very familiar
with Excel, it just proves there is always something more to learn! Click here to view my assignment. Title: MS PowerPoint-
Open House Description: As a group, it
was decided to create a PowerPoint presentation that will be shown during the
next open house. The purpose was to
educate parents and students about the benefits of integrating technology
with Art. It was also created to make
others aware that there is more to Art than painting a picture. While creating the PowerPoint, the group
learned how to effectively create a PowerPoint that will captivate the
audience, while not distracting them with graphics, transitions or sound
effects. Reflection: Although I have
used PowerPoint in the past, this assignment allowed me to become more
familiar with the program. PowerPoint
has so much to offer to presenters that the only way to learn all of the
components of PowerPoint is to use the program. This assignment gave me the opportunity to learn how to more
effectively use the program. I have
been leery of using slide transitions and animation in the past because I
don’t want to distract the audience.
This assignment showed me how to effectively use these tools. Click here to view my assignment. Title: MS
FrontPage-WebQuest Description: This assignment
required us to learn how to create a website, webpage, different links
associated with the Webpage, and how to post the Web Page to the internet. Reflection: I was not
familiar with FrontPage at all. I
found that if you can maneuver through MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint, it is
not too difficult to maneuver through FrontPage. The most difficult part is to break down the components of the
website to create the links and banners.
I had to be careful to get the links correct the first time because it
can be difficult at times to fix errors while using FrontPage. I was most proud of this assignment
because I never created a Website before. Click here to view my assignment. |