Wk #4 Reflection

I found this weeks information on Assisted Technology to be very interesting. I work with Emotional Support students, so I am familiar with Special Education lingo, but my students are high functioning students in regards to motor skills. There are some students in our school that benefit from some of these technologies - or could greatly benefit from more options in regards to assisted technologies to enhance their learning process.

I also found the Desktop Publishing Assignment to be challenging but rewarding. It feels good to be able to put time and effort into an assignment that I was not very confident in my ability to complete and then be able to complete all parts of the assignment. I enjoy working on my computer to develop items that will be useful in the classroom but have not had the opportunity to create items like newsletters or brochures up until this assignment. Now that I am more familiar with the process I will likely use this in assignment I give my future students - giving them the opportunity to utilize technology in an assignment to demonstrate the information they have learned.

WK 3 Reflection

I found this weeks work with digital images very interesting and helpful. The articles clarified terms and vocabulary that I have seen and heard of but could not have put a clear definition to.

I also found the work with creating a flyer a good refresher on how to go beyond the basics of word. I am excited to begin the Desktop Publishing assignment. It will be a challenge for me because I have not have much experience creating newsletters or brochures or graphs. I struggled to make a graph in the last spreadsheet assignment that was a clear representation of my data. I hope to be able to make a graph that more clearly demonstrates the information I need to display.  I plan to utilize the youtube videos that a fellow student shared in a post as a resource to more clearly explain creating a graph using excel.