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Journal 6

The Lyme School has a link for class pages.  It shows an online library, computer lab, encyclopedias, and class links.  Its organizes the links from grades K-8th and separate spots for electives such as language and health.  I decided to look into the PE/Health online class website.  The teachers name is Mrs. Damren.  Her page has a short introduction about herself and about her two classes ( physical education and health education).  She has a link about "whats happening".  It gives a description of what we would do depending on our age and day and lists the amount of town and what topics we would work on.  She also has another page about different assignments.  It lists the homework assignments for the class and the due dates.  Here is the link for her specific link and for the school link.
https://sites.google.com/a/lymeschool.org/lymemrsd/
http://www.lymeschool.org/classPages.html



I really do believe I will use technology in the work force.  I feel like it is a great way to stay organized and help keep everything on track.  I think word processing is something I will really use.  It allows things such as document preparation but also has things such as spell check, formatting, grammar checking.  It helps when trying to write papers or make professional documents.  Another technological material is printing.  Since many people require hard copies of documents wether your handing out flyers or giving out worksheets you need a printer.  It allows you to print multiple pages at once and chose different colors.  The last thing is spread sheets.  It allows you to organize your thoughts in one paper.  You can use it to organize names for a money sheet or organize the stock for 2016.  The opportunities are endless.  I really feel that technology will make a huge impact on the work force and really any job.
At the technology sand box I learned about the smart board.  The smart board was a board you can write on with a stylus pen.  It was really cool to see how it write but actually doesn't physically write. It allowed you to pull up different programs and make games and different learning activities for your class.  It also allowed you to change the height of the board so students of any height can reach.  Another piece of technology is the 3d printer.  It allows you to make different objects that can be used for observation or diagrams.  You could print a 3-d version of a brain for anatomy class to learn allow about the brain.  Its a very good option for seeing different objects as appose to just looking at a picture.

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