Teacher got skills

1. Reflect on the software skills you learned and the project you created. Was it beneficial to take the time to learn these skills? Which do you think will be the most beneficial to you? How will they help you in the teaching profession?

I believe that learning how to use inspiration correctly was very helpful. That is going to save me a lot of time creating maps, webs, and study guides. Also using publisher was interesting this time through. The last time I used it I had to create a newsletter from scratch and it was not as fun as going through this time. The tables tool in word is something that I have used countless times, but never like this. I don’t know if Diigo is considered software but I also think that that program has changed my life! I think that maybe the best tool I learned about was the making a fill in the blank form. Having the pre-made document ready to go and just clicking tab and then typing is going to be amazing. When I had my template saved it was a lot of clicking highlighting and pasting; but now I can just tab and it is done.

The new skills I have learned are going to cut done on my prep time so that I have more time to focus on the students. Also the new skills are going to allow me to create new handouts and lessons that will take my students in new directions that they may not have gone before. Also, these skills are going to help keep the parents more involved in the going ons of my classroom.