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Last week we spent the whole week of class in the library media center. We were working on things such as editing video and music. I had never really done any of that stuff before so again, like everything else we do in this class, I wasn't very good at it. After a day or two of it, I got the hang of it, but it was really confusing at first. I think learning how to use those programs is a big advantage for a teacher, because I will be able to make short videos for my class to watch on specific topics we will be covering throughout the year, and it will be something fun for the students to watch, rather than always looking at a book.

Also, on Friday we had to turn in 3 excel activities that we completed and we had to discuss how we could use them in our classroom. I did 3 fairly simple activities, but they all were able to be modified so that I would be able to use them in my classroom eventually.

Our next project is to make a short video with classmates, be able to edit it, and add music and sound effects to it. I am working with Mike and Adam, and our video is going to be good, Mike came up with a good idea and we all agreed that would be our topic.

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Our class presented our teacher webpages the friday before we left for spring break. I felt like mine was not as good as all the other ones that were presented. I think mine got right to the point, and did a good job of presenting all relevant information that parents and students would know. I enjoyed seeing everyone elses webpage though because they gave me good ideas as to what I could add to mine if I needed to. Again, a webpage is a great source of information for students and teachers, and when I eventually get a job as a teacher, it is something I will definitely create so that my students and their parents can contact me.

Teacher Webpage

This past week we were assigned to create a teacher webpage. I chose to do mine through webnode.com. I really like the site a lot, it makes it really easy to create my webpage. The webpage is a great idea, it will be something that I defintiely do when I get a job as a teacher. There are so many things that I can put on it. Also, it will be good because if a student is absent he or she will be able to look on my webpage to see what we went over in class for that day. Also, parents will be able to access my webpage and hopefully the information I provide will answer any questions they may have, so if I am busy and can't return their calls or e-mails they will just have to look at the webpage and hopefully their questions will be answered.

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Two weeks ago we were assigned to do a project using tools in Inspiration, and Microsoft Word. I really didn't know how to use Inspiration, but I was pretty familiar with Word. We went over both in class so that we would be able to do our projects. It took a little bit to get used to, but I think Inspiration is a great tool to use for a classroom. Especially to be able to create these graphic organizer things that we were supposed to do. Mine is probably terrible compared to everyone else's but I am still learning how to use it so. Another thing we did in class this past week was check out different websites that would help us as we venture into our careers as teachers. Luckily, we have a lot of Elementary ed. majors who know all the popular lesson plans websites. They definitely saved me when I had to find web sites that integrated technology with my subject area, so Thanks to all you El. Ed's in the class for the help, I appreciate it.