While working on Assignment 5, I definitely gained new skills regarding PowerPoint and creating things that are interactive. This was not a particularly hard assignment, but it was time-consuming. Once I was able to get a handle on how to link different slides I was able to fly by when working on this. I do think that I can improve on the way I provided the answers. I think that they could have been more informative, however, this would be used as a review activity so I don't think it's that big of a deal. Overall, I really enjoyed this assignment. I was able to demonstrate my knowledge in a field that I find fascinating and do something creative.
I think that I will be able to use data collection and analysis in my future classroom in order to gauge the progress of my students. I plan to teach young students, in kindergarten, so being able to track their progress is going to be a very important tool for me. I want to ensure that everything I am teaching is being absorbed and understood by my students. Since kindergarten focuses on providing students with the foundational skills they will need for the future, being able to track where each student is and make adjustments as needed will be very important.
When reading my classmates' blogs, the thing I enjoyed most was seeing the screenshots from their different assignments and their opinions on the assignments. It was great to see the amount of creativity that my peers put behind their assignments. I also liked seeing what they thought about some of the software and websites that we would use. I know I had some issues with some of these things, so it was nice to see that some of my peers agreed with me, or were able to provide me with another perspective.
I really enjoy the tech-flex assignments. I think that they are a great way to improve one's skills without having to worry about strict guidelines or time constraints. My favorite tech-flex is number 16, which is creating a teacher bitmoji. I love playing games where you create people, like the Sims, so this was a fun way for me to step into the shoes of who I want to be as a future educator. I was able to give myself a visual representation of who I want to be when I'm older.
Another technology-related skill that I would like to learn is Excel. I know that we did Assignment 6, where we had to enter our results into this program, but it wasn't very difficult to delete information that wasn't needed and to find out how to calculate the average, mean, and median. I want to know more about the many functions that Excel provides. My mom works with it a lot and she mentioned to me that it was a great skill to have for any job, so I want to really dive in and gain the foundational skills that will allow me to grow and be very knowledgeable about this software. I know that there are many Youtube videos and online workshops that can teach me much more about it, so I would definitely start there on my journey to learn more about Excel.
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