Blog post 10

1. I will definitely be using Excel and tools like it when I become a teacher. Before taking this course, I did not understand how to use excel or any of it's functions, because it looks a lot harder than it actually is. After our skill checks and practicing on Excel, I feel confident that I know how to use it much better than I did before. I especially enjoyed learning about how to create a grade book on Excel because it seems very easy and practical for a teacher, and it can calculate averages and final grades for you.
2. I really enjoyed writing my own and reading my classmates blogs this semester. I learned a lot about how different people view different topics on education and it was nice to look at things through a different perspective. I was surprised to read some people's blogs and relate to them, it was surprising to see how much we had in common on different educational topics.
3. A technology related skill that I would like to learn next is much more about Smartboards. Although I do understand the basic functions of a Smartboard since we had them in school, I do not know how to use the pre-programmed functions and lesson plans that Smartboard can provide. I really would love to learn how to use these functions because they are super useful and would be much more time efficient than making my own lessons.