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My prior experience with technology is a fairly long list due to the fact that my HS required several tech classes, including ones that specifically dealt with windows, word, power point, etc. Though I haven't utilized some of my skills for a year or two, I would say that I am understand the common knowledge factors of technology yet I do struggle with the vocabulary. Also, my HS was very tech based so most classes required assignments online and we would have "common assessments" 3 times a year which typically were a power point presentation or a group essay over google docs. My main focus was google docs since my school relied on that for our school email, presentations, group work, sharing docs with our teachers, etc. I also used technology frequently at home and on many occasions had to teach family members how to utilize either a computer, smart phone, digital camera, etc. In this class I hope to learn a broad list of tools to use when I become a teacher. One speci...
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Through out my years school so far MS Word has played a fairly large role in my education. Though, for a while in HS my school strictly used google docs so we stopped our use of MS Word, even though the two are pretty similar. Most of my teachers enjoyed Word more then Docs because they had used Word their whole career and had to change it to adjust to the new rules in my school district.  Coming to college there was a shift for me since I hadn't really used Word in HS and now most of my teachers prefer Word and make us turn papers in in a certain Word format. My HS was very strict when it came to copyright and citing where we got our info from. We had an academic integrity rule about copying but also citations and using turnitin.com for our papers. Coming to FSU the two weeks of my English class was primarily focused on teaching us how to properly cite and covered the rules of FSU regarding copyright. As a teacher I think that these rules are a hassle but they're necessary f...
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I decided to go back to my own 3rd grade teacher and look at his website. His name was Mr.Smith and he works at West Windsor Plainsboro Millstone River Middle School. When first looking at his website you can see his name and what room he is in, address of the school, his email, and the schools phone number, you can also see some of his favorite things, theatre and Star Wars. On the side you can see a welcome back letter, supply list, parent reminder sign up, the schedule, scholastic book orders, and lunch menus.  Link: wwp4-5.sharpschool.com I can envision myself using some Web 2.0 tools such as class dojo. I do service learning for my intro to ed class and I always see the teacher I observe use it and it's crazy to see how the students behave when reminded of the reports back to their parents. I think its great to keep in contact with the parents and to remind the students that they can risk their points if being distracting but can earn some if they're kind or on task...
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