Well, it is now October, and I am wrapping up week 6 of my technology course that I am currently enrolled in to complete my Masters degree. This posting is more reflective in nature--a great practice to see progress being made. I have commented before about how poor my technology skills are, but at this point, I wouldn't say that I am in last place in the technology race. I never thought I would ever be blogging!
My tech skills coming into the class were very basic. I knew how to operate in Word and email as well as create a Power Point with embedded video. I have acquired some skills since the beginning of the course. I know how to add text bubbles in Word to make corrections or suggestions to a document. I also learned this week, by trial and error, not to press the refresh button while taking a quiz in Blackboard! My husband and I just purchased Office 2007, and it has been fun playing around with the new features that were not available in Office 2003. The fact that I have even had a conversation about software with a classmate and my husband is a huge step for me!
The Atomic Learning website has been a valuable tool. I have utilized this website to help me create a Table of Contents in Word as well as a spreadsheet. I know I will be visiting the site in the next few days for help in creating a database. I have no idea where to even start with that assignment! Knowing that online tutorials are available is comforting in a distance learning course where you are responsible for your own learning.
I feel my level of comfort with technology changing a bit. While I don't incorporate technology into every daily lesson plan yet, I am much more aware of the fact that it is available and how it can help enhance my reading instruction. I am looking forward to incorporating a lesson I found on rubistar that will help my students summarize text features by creating a web in Inspiration.
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