Blog Post #10

I would use data collection as a high school math teacher. Excel would be useful to record the class averages on different assignments and test. This would be an excellent way to show students how their score was compared to the average. I would also use surveys to assess the class’s comfortability on the lessons we are covering to see how I should structure my teachings to better help them. The anonymous surveys could then be transferred to Excel so I could better see the results.

I really enjoyed learning more about my classmate’s opinions on different things. It is interesting to see everyone’s point of view and their justification. Every time I would read their post they would mention something I did not think about. For example, I found it interesting when we discussed our opinions on the Twitter assignment. Some students did not like using Twitter and I had just assumed that everyone did. I also found it interesting to see what each student learned from the assignments in class. The screenshots that were included allowed me to see a little of what they did there project on and I liked that.

A technology-related skill I would like to learn next is how to use PowerPoint to format an eBook. For my IFS class, I was supposed to make an eBook through PowerPoint but once the teacher learned of how many people where have such difficulty with the assignment she let us turn it in as a Microsoft Word document. I attempted to make the eBook, but I was running out of time and I was confused. I will achieve my goal by watching more videos on YouTube and setting aside time to do so. I was very rushed when I was trying to figure it out and I think that’s why I got so frustrated.

Here are a few screenshots to see what I attempted to do for my eBook: