Week 10 Assignment

• I enjoyed the activities this week. I have never used desktop publishing and I did not realize how easy it was to do common projects. For instance, there are many situations that I am able to use brochures and I normally try to make it on Microsoft Word using boxes. However, after this weekly activity I now know an easier way to make a brochure.
• I enjoyed creating a brochure this week. As mentioned earlier, there are so many personal projects that making a brochure would be great for, and I normally use word, but after this project I realized I could use desktop publishing and there are so many different formats that I could use.
• I would say a muddy point for me would be using the resume builder. I have been a stay at home mom for many years. I truly enjoyed it and have seen many benefits from being able to that, however, the negative thing I find is when I try to make a resume my resume seems very shallow. I would like to learn how to spruce up my resume so that when employers look at it they would be interested.
• I believe we could make a flyer. I think a flyer would be a good idea because a flyer has so many uses. A person can use it for a garage sale, or for a church function. Flyers are something that everyone needs to make at some point of their life and if one is done as an assignment the students will have learned a life long skill.

Week 7

1. I think it is very important to use technology because it is the wave of the future. The student will need to be able to use technology in their personal life and it also makes the information interesting and exciting instead of plain when it is just read from the book.
2. I think they are because students have the ability to talk to people from all over the world. Instead of just reading about Egypt, they can instantly talk to someone from there. I think they add instruction for students who want to learn. The students who do not want to learn will try to distract either way. The good thing about students who distract while they are online is other students can always turn them off with a “click.
3. I do not see the benefits of an asynchronous, text-based instruction. Because a lot of information is lost whereas face-to-face communication , I believe communication and understanding is more prevalent.
4. I am an avid supporter of podcasts. I use them and learn so much from the podcast I subscribe to. I believe it enhances learning, but again the student has to have that want to learn.
5. I do not believe so. I am not a supporter of video games I believe it makes people think of unrealistic goals. I have children and would not allow them to play the game everyday. The reason is because I already feel that it makes my children have an unrealistic view of life. They play video games and they seem to become numb to a lot of things they shouldn’t. They also don’t have to learn there are consequences to their actions, because in the end if they make the wrong decision they can just start over.

Week 6

I think the delicious site is interesting because it seems like it will take all of my bookmarks and put them in one place so I have easy access to all of them. It will also allow you to look at your friends bookmarks. They might have sites that I find interesting. I am not sure if I will use it because I already have other software on my computer that allows me to do this also and I am a bit of a private person and I would not want to share my information.

Katrina