Blog Post 3

I feel like I am pretty prepared to teach the W/WHST.8 "Use Multiple Sources" standards. I have had to evaluate sources for credibility and include information found in these sources properly without plagiarizing them almost on a daily basis for my college classes. I feel like a have practiced the content of these standards enough that I would have no problem teaching them. I feel that the SL.5 "Use Digital Media" standards will be the hardest for me to teach because I do not know how to do any advanced functions with the different digital media. For example, I am unaware of how to add an audio recording to a presentation and according to the standards, that is something that should be taught in the fourth grade.

I would like to learn how to use and create more graphics on any program such as powerpoint in order to help teach younger students around the 1st grade age group. Children often need hands on experience/practice or a visual representation to help them grasp certain information and I would love you use technology to help aid in that process. I would also love to use a class website that would link to other useful and educational game websites that the students could use during their free time. The digital citizenship guidelines I would be most likely to address are "Students can demonstrate the technology skills necessary to use and participate on the web" and "Students can demonstrate "netiquette in their web interaction." These are more likely to be addressed because the children in that age group would still need a lot of help and guidance on the internet and with technology so their web interaction would be very monitored and quite limited.

I had so much fun creating the newsletter. I had no idea how to do the continuous page break to make the columns start after the title. That trick could have helped me with a lot of projects in high school. I really like that this assignment is something that is so useful to future teachers. Newsletters are a part of school during most of your life. I still get honors program newsletters today in college. I think practicing using these tools will result in a better familiarity with the program and a better finished product. I will hopefully be able to send out aesthetically pleasing and informative newsletters to get various information across in my future career.