Blog Post 3

I feel as if I am most prepared for the "Producing" Tech Standards, because I have dealt with any forms of design in technology whether it's creating videos and presentations, PowerPoints, and the Newsletter assignment in our class has also taught me ways to use design in Word. Some of the "Consuming" Tech Standards seem like they would be a little harder for me to understand, like the RST.7 where I have to make charts and tables from interpreting quantitative data. Math and science are my toughest subjects so collecting data and teaching it to students would be a little difficult for me.

Class DoJo, Collaborize Classroom, and Poll Everywhere are just a few of the internet websites and tools that I would consider to incorporate into my classroom. It is important for students to know the guidelines of Digital Citizenship and what those guidelines mean, like how "netiquette" says to be respectful and to avoid cyberbullying and to come to the aid for another when they are being cyberbullied. The age range of my students is about 9 or 10 years old.

From working on the Newsletter, I've learned about all the different design features word has. I usually just use Word to work on essays or notes but now I can see other ways I can use Word. I love Word, and there aren't really any complaints I have after using it. I wish I could have made up my own articles so I could have made it look like everything on the news letter was actually pertaining to what I would be doing with my students, but I do think this was a good training opportunity because I will have to send out Newsletters to parents.