Chapter 6 & 11 Responses

Chapter Six Response:

Technology in the classroom is an unavoidable thing. It is becoming increasingly popular and in many ways useful. I am a math teacher and in my classroom I do not see many technologies becoming extremely useful, because the best way to learn math is to get out a pencil, some paper and do practice problems. I believe the only really necessary technology for the math classroom is a calculator, which now a days are basically mini computer anyways. If you have a handheld device that does math for you are you really learning math or just how to press buttons?

Chapter Eleven Response:

A traditional audio technology would be an audio cassette tape. This could be used in a Spanish classroom in order to have the students hear a native Spanish speaker talk. This could help them learn the correct pronunciation of words and get used to hearing accents from other countries. An example of an emerging technology would be the Internet radio. A social studies teacher could play a short clip at the beginning of class in order to get the class interested in the topic of the day or to just lighten the mood. A traditional visual technology would be print materials like books, posters, and worksheets. There are infinitely many possibilities to how these could be used in the classroom for example using images to describe a difficult process like mitosis and meiosis in biology would be helpful. An example of an emerging technology for visual technology would be document cameras. These would be perfect when doing a dissection in anatomy because the teacher could preform the dissection with out the students needing to crowd around the demonstration table. With the document cameras the students see what the teacher sees. 

All About Me Questionaire

FYI Dossier for:__Andrea Alt________

Major: AYA Mathematics                

1. I want my friends to describe me as: highly motivated and out going                                                     
2. Memorable learning experience:   Last semester in general was the most memorable experience because it was new and I had a huge learning curve to adjust to.            
3. My favorite subject at school and why:  Math because it has always come natural to me
4. Accomplishment I most cherish:    Finishing sixth in the state two mile race in track           
5. My work habits can best be described as:  prompt or driven                                                                                                     
6. Three words that describe me best: on-time, focused, and fun
7. People may be surprised to know:   I finished my first half marathon at age twelve                                       
8. What I hope to be doing in ten years:  I want to be a high school math teacher preferably geometry, a cross country coach, and I want to have a husband maybe with kids on the way
9. What I do in my spare time:  I enjoy listening to music and being with my friends of my boyfriend             
10. Things I can do without:  Well my biggest pet peeve is people smoking when I am around.  So I guess I would love to get rid of all cigarettes.
11. My all-time favorite movie: Anchorman                                                                                                                                      
12. BG’s best kept secret:                                              
13. Three things always found in my refrigerator: Milk, apples, and cream cheese    
14. Person I would like to meet:  Miranda Lambert

15. What are your general expectations about this class? :  I own a MAC but it is my first one so I would love to learn more about what I can do with my MAC. Right now I feel as if I have just scratched the surface of what it can do.
16. How comfortable are you using Windows? How comfortable are you using Macs? : I am very comfortable using Windows and I am fairly comfortable using MACs as well.
17. Which application(s) do you use the most? : I use Microsoft Word and PowerPoint the most often
18. Which application(s) do you want to learn how to use? : I would like to become more familiar with Excel
19. Is there anything I need to know about you? :  I run track and field for the university and I will have a traveling schedule for you with in the next week or so, but because this class is on a Tuesday Thursday I do not think I will be missing any classes.
20. What is your attitude about using technology?    I would love to become more affluent with technology.