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Journal 10

I think excel is a great tool for teaching.  Most people think that it can only be used in a business setting but it can be a great tool to organize for teachers also.  My grade of choice would be second grade.  I can use excel to organize grades.  It will allow me to place each student in a spreadsheet with there grades on different assignments and total grade.  This could really help me stay organize.  I could also use it to organize parents information such as phone numbers and emails.  This is a way for me to have a contact sheet right in the palm of my hands.  Another use for excel is a allergy sheet.  Many kids now a days have multiple types of allergies.  This will allow you to see all allergies on one page when giving out snacks or doing different projects.
I learned a lot from looking at peoples blogs.  It is crazy to see that we are all in the same class yet have different opinions on different things.  I was able to see all the different examples of the newsletters and powerpoint projects and all the fun activities we did.  It so cool to see everyones different style and the different topics they really find interesting.
The next technology related skill I want to learn about is the interactive games for the iPad.  In the technology sandbox we learned about an activity used for the iPad.  It was a camera that goes over the lense of the camera and allows it to see the movement of the game pieces.  It has a game that lets you spell certain words that pop up on the screen.  I feel this would be a great tool for elementary age.  I would love to learn more about this so I can use this in my class someday.

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