During weeks 11 and 12 I learnt about photostory and what you can explore on this application. For me I found it very engaging and interesting to use as I have never used photostory before. In a classroom I would use this application for presenting and showing students work to teachers and parents of my [...]

 
How will your learning this unit assist you in your future career as a teacher?
 
This unit was a variable experience for me. As a teacher we need to use various ways of educating and engaging students. This course enabled me to understand all the different aspects of technology which I can use in order to [...]

Competency Test
 
In contrast to the first personal competency test, the second taken in week 13 of this course improved dramatically. Overall there was a dramatic improvement towards all aspects of the test. Similar to the first test taken I once again scored highly in the areas relating to basic computer use, file management and [...]

Presentation Graphics and programs are used in many situations. In a school environment these presentation programs can be used effectively to communicate ideas and concepts to students in your class in an engaging and in lighting manner. Programs including powerpoint and kids pix are used in many situations and circumstances in a educational environment as [...]

This week we learnt about the uses of numerous visual communication skills that can be used in the classroom. Although the main focus was on inspiration, which is a major visual communication tool that organises and composes interactive mind maps of various types. Through inspiration students in a primary level or using kidspiration are able [...]

In our classes these past 2 weeks we have been focusing on using spreadsheets and how it can be incorporated into teaching strategies and practices. These spreadsheets are an excellent way in managing, manipulating and analyzing data, especially the student’s grades and accomplishments. I learnt that teachers can use spreadsheets for examples excel for numerous [...]

Using Microsoft Publisher was very difficult for me, as I have never used this program before and therefore I was very skeptical and negative about the overall idea of Microsoft Publisher. I learnt that this program is very useful as it enables you to create and manipulate pages that can be manually designed or designed [...]

Week 5 lesson focused on web quests and the importance and involvement of web quests in a contemporary classroom. At first I did not understand the point of web quests but with some research I now get web quests. Web quests are useful for the classroom as they involve students and allow them to work [...]

“Word processing is a natural part of a teacher’s life” (Fewell & Gibbs, 2003).
As you can see from the above statement this week I am learning about word processing and hyperlinked documents. Word is used all the time by teachers and students for many reasons as it can provide numerous purposes, and numerous presentation types. [...]

Week 3’s learning was focusing on understanding the web. The worldwide web opens a huge door to classroom teaching and learning. The web provides both students and teachers with an opportunity to gather and develop a far broader research strategies other than what the usual classroom provides. The web is readily available in most schools [...]