Final thoughts

Well we got our last project done yesterday. I really enjoyed being in EDTF200 I know for a fact I will be using all the infromation I have taken away from this class for when I become a teacher. I am also very greatful for my 2 teachers in this class as well as my group member. They were all truely great!

Final project

Tomorrow my group presents its final project to the class in the library at 10:10. I believe we're ready! Just finished up putting the final touches on my personal website and I'm really happy at the way it came out. Same with the team website that came out awesome!

Websites

Started on our team website. It's looking really good! I really like learning about this type of thing because I will most likely need it in the future when i constructed a websit for my classroom. I am also putting the finishing touches up on my personal website. I am also really enjoying that!

Thanksgiving break/last 3 weeks

Thanksgiving break has come and gone. Went kind of quick if you ask me. Looking forward to Christmas break in 3 weeks! So in class we have about 4 projects left and 3 of them are for my group looking forward to working on these with my group members. I'll keep everyone updated on how it goes.

Update

Everyone thing is going well in class not behind in any work and thanksgiving break is almost here!

My thoughts on creating a podcast...

What are my thoughts on creating a podcast for class? I thought it was Awesome! I really enjoyed this assignment and it is by far my favorite so far. I personal believe if you enjoy and assignment you are working you will lose track of time and couldbe working on it for hours without realizing it. I just really enjoyed doing all the recording for the podcast and everything. It reminded me a lot of doing a radio show which I use to have and I really enjoyed that as well. So for this assignment I give it two thumbs up!

unit 6 Spreadsheet and Data base.

Today in class we learned how to do Data Base and spreadsheets. At first when I started learning everything it felt very overwhelming, but As I started working on everything I started to learn how to do everything a lot better. I actually really liked putting all the data together in the Excel documents and learning everything new that goes along with Excel. Thats one thing I've been meaning to do uis learn how to use Excel and I am glad I finally have.  I also thought the mail merge on Microsoft word was very interesting and I can see that I will most likely be using this in the future when I become a teacher.

Digital Story telling

I got my digital story telling  project done! I think it turned out really great and I'm happy with the finished product.

Poster for the group

I just finished my poster for the group on MS publisher. I think it turned out great! I had fun doing it and I hope it helps out with our group project down the road. Now I just need to finish my digital story telling book!

MS Publisher and Dr. Hossain Leaving

So last week in class we learned how to use MS Publisher. I have used this program before to make awards for my summer camp olympics.I have never used any of the other items though. I feel like a lot of these items are very beneficial. The things we worked on where Awards,Business cards and resumes. I really liked learning about the business cards because I feel you can use them in everyday life. So I really like using this MS publisher I will most likely use this in my teachings in the future. Also in class Dr. Hossain told us she would be going away for awhile to a conferance in Tailand. I hope she has safe travel and wish her the best of luck!

Microsoft Publisher

Hey everyone, today in class we learned how to use many things in Microsoft Publisher. I think this program is awesome! A person can do so much when using this for example, Awards, Resumes, Business cards and brochures. These are just a short example of what you can do on punlisher. When it comes to my group I believe we can use many different items on Microsoft publisher to help our project on the seasons become great! I am really looking forward to getting to learn more about publisher and the many different programs in it.

Google Docs Reflection

Today in class September 28, 2010 We learned how to use Google Docs. At first it was a little confusing but, in a few minutes I picked it up pretty easily. As my group did as well. I think it is an excellent program and I think it's going to make working on projects a lot easier. I thought the video we watched about it was in the beginning of class was very informal and it made getting use to google docs a lot easier. I am very excited to use google docs in this class in the future! 

Teaching from the grave

In class on Thursday(9/9/10) We watched a video called teaching from the grave. It was about a teacher who took his students to the grave yard in the town and let them study the tomb stones. This is some of my thoughts on the video.

 I believe that this method of teaching is actually a very good method. Watching the first few seconds of the video I thought to myself there is no way this method of teaching was ever going to work. As the video went I it seem that I was very wrong in my statement above. Not only did the kids like what they were doing but they seem to be really enjoying it was well. Also when the student were interviewed they seemed to be very knowledgeable about the subject at hand. The students were very respecful of the graves as well when doing the research which I thought was a very good thing. I thought it was really cool to see how they took the data from the graves and put them into chart form and then presented them. It concluded in there project in a great way! As for the teacher of this class I think he did an outstanding job in teaching these children in this lesson.

-Colin

Introduction..

           My name is Colin Fait. I am from Selinsgrove PA, I'm a junior at LHU majoring in Health and Physical Education. I want to be a Health and Physical Education teacher because I like to be active and play sports. I also like to teach younger children how to play sports and be active in everyday life. It's an awesome feeling when you see these kids learn what you taught them and see them get better at it every time they participate.        My experience with technology is pretty good. I understand a lot of the general technology aspects of a computer. When it comes to Facebook and MySpace, I feel that I am at least equal in ability with my peers. As for items with Microsoft Word, I took a few classes in high school on how to work on different projects. It has come in handy many times.

            I have never taken an online course because I feel you get more out of a classes when you're in the class in person. As for taking this class I would not take it online because it wouldn't be the same "hands on" experience as it would be in the class room.
            One interesting fact is that I like to collect vinyl records as a hobby. I actually listen to them more then I do CD's or my iPod.