This week i am more prepared and did most of my photo story at home. I have it on my USB so i can bring it to class and post it on my blog. I just needed to ensure it worked before posting it. This was a fun presentation to make

This week we finished off powerpoint presentations and then started a new portfolio item which is photo story. We went through how to use it and all the features it has. i didnt start putting it together because i didn’t have any photos with me but i decided i wanted to do the story on myself growing up. Photo story is a great way to teach children about history and how things change over time. It will be very useful as a teacher.

this week we have also been working on a powerpoint presentation which shows our research from inspiration in a different way. i love making powerpoints and an excited about all the effects powerr point presentations are a great tool to be able to use in a teaching environment as it can display information easily and can also be used by students to make small presentions from research they have done.

this week we have been working on our portfolio item inspiration. this program will be so useful for teaching as it is a way to either brainstorm or present information to a class in a fun and easy layout. this is a great program and im so glad i know how to use it!

this week we were still trying to finish off our excell gradebooks with Mark’s help. i learnt how to rank students and how to enter in a percentage. this will be such a great tool to use when i am teaching once i fully understand how to use it. we also looked at the inspiration program which i have used at school before and think it is such a fun program to use! im currently working on my mind map.

i was sick this week and was unable to attend the workshop but i read the study guides and am enthusiastic about excel. I have made a simple spreadsheet on excel using a gradebook model. i will be able to access this next workshop and go through details and fix up the problems with it.

this will be such a valuable resourse to know how to use in my teaching career as i will be able to use it to record students progress throughout the term and potentially the whole year. cant wait to put it into use!!

this weeks workshop was on how to use microsoft publisher. i already have a good understanding of this and i was able to make a good start on the next portfolio item. i enjoyed playing with all the different colour schemes and layouts available. the workshop went very quickly and i enjoyed myself! 

this week we learnt about Web Quests in order to complete our Portfolio item 3.  I had never heard of Web Quests before and am amazed at what teachers are able to do with them. Whole lessons can be made with the information you choose and students also gain the experience of working on computers and researching. I think its great!

Yesterday i learnt how to use search engines and the use of booline words such as AND NOT OR.  i usually use google but we used Alta Vista. I used boolines and found they were not very successful. I said “NOT” toilets and all that came up was information about toilets so i found it reasonably uneffective and found i had to use the advanced search button to allow the use of ‘not toilets’ to actually work. overall i learnt how to refine or expand my search while using the world wide web.

I have learnt to use the ‘world wide web’ and i now have a greater understanding of how it works.  i understand about servers and clients. i found the part about routers and wireless networks rather interesting as i have a wireless network at home and can relate to it as there are always problems with out router and DNS.

However, I am sure that i do not fully understand the extent of the ‘world wide web’ and am very willing to learn more and let my knowledge grow. I will definatly need to let my knowledge grow to be able to teach it to others.