Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Learning Expectation for TPTE 486

During the course of TPTE 486 I hope to learn some of the technology techniques which my children and students seem to know how to use intuitively. By the end of the course I would not only like to know what resources are out there for a teacher to have on hand for engaging students, additionally I would like to have some rote knowledge of being able to competently access them for use when on my own.

I have used a Smart board in the classroom during one of my practicums, creating a Powerpoint presentation with staggered incoming points & sounds. The Powerpoint wasn't terribly difficult to make, but I would love to know some short cuts for production over the time consuming method I used. (Hey, but it worked in the end, and my student's didn't know I spent three days creating it.) What I didn't know was how to use the Smart board well, so I would like to have more knowledge on this resource's capabilities & how to utilize it with some level of efficency.

Creating a working knowledge of topics such as blogging, posting class assignments on multiple venues, typical software resources available for general education and special education professionals along with where to check for creditability in relationship to the cost from a reliable education source are a few of the other topics I would like to see brochued during instruction if time and resources permit.

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