Reflection #3

What?

Our class on Thursday learned about more options that gmail has to offer. Last week we learned about gmail documents and this time in class we had the opportunity to learn about gmail spreadsheets and presentations. These are great tools that can help when we are teaching our own class. As a class we were asked to work together as groups to create our own presentation of classroom rules. This will give us the opportunity to get a feel of how to work with gmail presentations and become more familiar with it.

So What?

As a student this comes in handy because not only can I now use these programs in my classes but I can also use them in the future when I am a teacher. It's great to be learning about different technology now so that I know what is out there and available to me. There is so much technology that I think it would be an overload if I were to try and learn all these different programs at once.

Learning about gmail and all it has to offer amazes me. I never knew that these programs even existed. I have spoken with collegues that are in the same class with me and they too have never used these programs before. I know that many of us will now use gmail documents and presentations in our own classes at UVU.

Now What?

Spreadsheets come in handy in many different ways. One can use spreadsheets to count their till at the end of the night or to caculate their bills. Many individuals can even use spreadsheets in a teaching setting. I know that I for one will use spreadsheets when it comes to making a seating chart. This will make it easier for me as a teacher to take roll. The great thing about using spreadsheets on gmail is that it is easy to access and not as complicated as other programs can sometimes be.

Presentations is a program that allows for you to create slides for when you are presenting to the class or to even a group of people. This program is set up very well on gmail and allows for you to have many different options while creating your slides. I will use this when I am lecturing to my class to make it more interesting for the students so that they have something to look at. I am a visual learner myself so I am sure that I will make many slides to explain concepts that I am teaching.

Video Reflection

This week we watched the video I Am What I Learn. I liked this video because it motivates you to continue to work hard on getting your degree. It might be tough right now, but it will be worth it in the long run. Having a degree is really nice because you will always have something to fall back on and degree gets you closer to your dream career.