Blog Week Two

What? This week was a very hard week in computers. We had to cram 2 weeks worth into one and in order to do that we had to have an extra class this week to make up for it. Although it was difficult to come on our day off, it did pay off! I was able to get the assignment done and not only got help on some of the things I was having a hard time with I was able to help quit a few people on their text boxes for their resource page and that made me feel like I was needed.
So what? Although this assignment was, not really difficult but very time consuming, necessary to do so that when we do have our classroom set up we can use this assignment as a templet for our own classroom web-page.
The other assignment was an excellent way for us as future teachers to learn to collaborate with each other. When we are teachers collaboration will the the number on thing that will help us in the classroom, the knowledge we are learning how to collaborate will be essential for us in the future.

Now what? As for what assignments can I give my students? The second assignment for us to gather data, that would be an awsome way for me to see which students is doing what. If I have the students broken up into to groups I will be able to tell if everyone is pulling their own weight. Although if I were to assign this to my students I would have a better guidline to follow. I felt that we as a team were finding the same things all the time because there wasn't a set criteria. I would ask the students to have person one look up this and person two look up that, not a open ended thing where we were just to find something. I still think that this is imperative to know as a teacher. I also think as a teacher we should learn all there is to know and use in technology. not only will knowing the new and up coming technology help us in our classroom but it will make is so that we don't feel like idiots when our students are telling us about something we should have already known about.
The first assignment is needed so that we can keep in touch with our students and there parents in the age of technology.
All of this is essential and I am glad that we are learning it, although I will be glad when we are completely caught up with the other cohorts so that we are not having as many assignments thrown at us all at once.