I want to teach kindergarten to 2nd grade so I can see Data Collection tools being used often in my classroom. I can see it being used more often with the parents of my students more than the students however. For the parents I could use surveys to see who would be willing to help with a field trip or who would be willing to bring in food for a certain event in class. For students I could use it to see what kind of treat they would like if they earn a reward in class or what kind of party they would like. I believe feedback from both parents and students are key in keeping the whole classroom happy by having them feel they have input so I can see using surveys in my classroom often.
Topics I found most interesting from reviewing my other classmates blogs were the ILPs. I found this most interesting because each person's project was so different from the other. I enjoyed seeing people do the same kind of project also because each person seemed to put a different twist on it. I basically just thought the ILPs were a great way to see how each person can use these different technologies in their future careers.
I would like to get to know Excel better still. I know how to do the basics of it, but I know there are many shortcuts included and I would like to get to know how to do these shortcuts. After working with it just for one day in this class, I already learned more about it than I knew before. There are so many benefits of using Excel, and this would be especially nice for me to learn because I would love to own my own business one day so I can see myself using Excel often for budgeting and scheduling.
In order to achieve my future educational technology-related goals I will keep reviewing the basics of what I learned in this class as well as go to teacher conferences were I might learn more about new technologies emerging in the classroom. I want my future students to enjoy learning and I believe technology will play a big part in this. Technology is a big part of our lives now and I can only see it growing larger. I want to be able to use technology efficiently to help my students learn better.
I am in the same boat as you with using data collective tools but with kindergarten! It will be a challenge, but I never thought about using parents as the the prospective students! That is a really good idea and I may just use that one day.
ReplyDeleteI also am interested in teaching kindergarten to 2nd grade. In my blog I talked about how I could use surveys more with the parents instead of the kids because they are too young. I also could use a bit more help with excel if you find a cool link about learning excel let me know :)
ReplyDeleteExcel is critical if you want to own your own business... or if you want to run your class like a business. In fact, teaching is very much like business. You market (heck, how else will you get parent and student buy-in), you communicate, you elicit feedback (go surveys!), you use that feedback (and market how you are using it), and you track how effective the business is run. Persnickety students are not dissimilar from difficult customers. Teachers have the benefit of being able to capture the heart and to mold the behavior. I believe in business-thinking for teaching. Are you worth your pay (of course you will be)? Should you make more pay (it depends on the teacher but you have to justify it)? Good luck and have fun!
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