Blog Post #3

Personally, I feel most prepared with Vocabulary and Technology ELA technology standards. I understand varieties of texts easily and would describe my vocabulary as extensive. Ever since I was a young girl, I have had access to technology so I think I would be the best at teaching that. I need more preparation and help on multimedia, how to use multiple sources, and evaluating a speaker’s point of view.

As a teacher, I definitely will use Microsoft Word and Powerpoint!! Ideally, I would like to teach second grade, so I would be careful with what I chose to involve them with because they are so young. I do however think exposure is a great idea for that age and getting them engaged/involved is always a good thing! I would teach them about digital citizenship guidelines because I think it is so important to reinforce at young ages how wrong plagiarism is. There are adult individuals who struggle with this concept, so I think at least an introduction to the guidelines in 2^nd grade could only be beneficial.

Lastly, I learned just how time consuming making a newsletter is. This is something I always took advantage of as a kid and never really appreciated the time and effort my teachers put into making them for my parents and I. I really struggled with the two column formatting and wasn’t as confident in my Microsoft Word skills. I will take what I learned from this assignment and apply it to my future newsletters when I am a teacher!