Week Seven

I enjoyed this week because we were learning about digital cameras. I love photography and anything to do with it so this topic really interests me. Although I love taking pictures and took two basic photography classes in jr. high and high school; I am not at all a professional and just mostly play around with my camera. That being said, it really helped me to read those articles and learn more about digital cameras. I have never thought much about using a digital camera in my classroom but now I can't imagine not using one. I read so many great ideas that helped prompt other ideas of my own that I can't wait to incorporate into my lessons. I am sure the students will love it because I know I would have. I am looking forward to the digital camera project because I looked at the examples and it seems like it will be fun project to work on.

Week Six

Is it week six already? The semester is already flying by. I really enjoyed exploring Kidspiration in class on Tuesday. I liked the examples you showed us of ways to incorporate it into lessons. I also found many ways I can use it in my teaching and I think students would really like it. I will have to keep that program in mind for when i'm a teacher because it would be a fun resource to have especially for visual aids in my lessons.
Also, you told me to email you when I fixed some grammar problems on my Pioneer Library tab so you could fix my grade and I did so please check it when you get a chance. Let me know if there are still any problems. Thank you!

Week Five

I am continuing to really like this class. I think the CultureGrams assignment has been really fun. I spent the summer of 2009 as an Au Pair in Spain so I chose to make my page about Spain. The assignment has showed me how useful CultureGrams will be as a teacher for personal use or for the use of my students. I remember when I was in 6th grade we had a World Fair and everyone researched and presented a different country from around the world so this would be perfect for that. I love traveling and I think it's important for children to learn about different countries, people, cultures, etc. so i'm excited to have the CultureGrams resource. 

Week Four

This week we learned how to browse Pioneer Library and use the different resources within it. I am finding this very useful because it is nice to be able to search somewhere that has good quality information instead of having to sift through google's millions of results. I think it will be very useful when finding information for lesson plans. Also, it will be very good for the students to use when they are to find information for research papers, science fair projects, and other activities. So far I am finding what I learn in this class very useful and I look forward to every week.