In my future classrooms, I plan to use data collection tools very frequently, specifically Excel, which is so helpful when recording and keeping track of student grades and information. I plan on teaching Language Arts/English in high school or middle school. It will be helpful to keep track of students reading level and the books that they are reading in and out of class.
While reviewing my classmates blogs, I found it very interesting that many of my classmates and I share the same views when it comes to our future classrooms. However, I really enjoyed reading about my classmates opinions on the Flipped Classroom. For the most part, my classmates supported this style of learning, but after reading their blogs, I'm still a little on the fence. I also enjoyed viewing the ways my classmates completed their website projects. We were all given the same task, but we completed them differently. The digital divide was also an interesting topic to read about on my classmates blogs. We are a very young generation, who has grown up with technology. We know how to use technology, but some of our older educators and coworkers may not.
Next, I would like to learn more/ become more efficient in Excel because I believe that it is incredibly helpful for teachers in a classroom setting, when grading papers or keeping updated information for students. I'd also like to become more efficient in website design because I believe that this will be helpful for my future classrooms. To become more efficient in both of these programs, I plan to practice. Practice makes PERFECT!!
You are right, practice does make perfect. But even more importantly, is to deliberately look for an authentic need. You can start now. How do you keep track of your finances? Maybe use Excel. Class project? Could you do a website?
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