#3 Technology

One of the ELA technology standard i that feel most prepared to Teach would be SL. 5 "Use Digital Media- Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentation" because I'm really good at putting together powerpoints and making them interactive for students. Since i would be teaching high school the standards states " Make strategic use of digital media in presentation to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning and evidence and to add interest. I found this to be a outlet so students could express their understanding of topics. I found that most of the standards to require work from me because I'm not familiar with any of them BUT one in particular that i found challenging is L.S "Vocabulary:Use Context Clues" because i find it diffcult how i can tie the material taught in my classes to the standard. In my opinion the standards feels to lean told more on a English/ELA class subject.

The type of technology i want to use with my students is the internet,videos and academic portals. The digital concepts i would have to address with my students are to demonstrate the technology skills necessary to use and participate on the web, to demonstrate "netiquette" in their web interaction, to precept personal information about themselves and others, to be aware of and obey copyright laws, participation in the community is meaningful, appropriate and on topic and advances the community as a whole. Since i want to teach high school i will be dealing with student ranging from 14 year olds- 19 year olds.


The new skills i acquired from working with the newsletter design assignment were:
1. I learned how to make a boarder- So i have never imagined having to actually have a border because i simply only use word to type assignments
2. Columns.....Listen i always knew that i could type in columns on word but i just assumed that i would never have to. I can not lie its pretty cool!!!!! i think I'm going to start using columns more often
3. I learned how to make a my word art different colors with a 3d version, i could add a shadow color along with changing the shape. I honestly have not used word art work since 9th grade. I did not know Microsoft word had a nice little "glo up"
What i did not like was how long it took me to complete the assignment but i have to understand that the job I'm signing up for will be time cosuming especially if i want to make a big impact on my students. I can improve my newsletter next time by adding pictures. I could not get my picture to stay for some reason. I could also add more color. Below is a screenshot