Blog 2

As a student I’ve used MS Word for papers, handouts, study guides, homework assignments and projects. I saw my teachers use MS Word to formulate homework assignments, handouts, tests and quizzes. I also saw a few teachers use MS Word instead of a whiteboard -teachers would type the class notes instead of write them on the board.

In Chapter 9, I liked the idea of a Jigsaw Model for teaching computer skills. I am familiar and fond of the jigsaw teaching method for class lessons and subject areas. However I had never thought to translate this teaching technique to one that works with computers! I am definitely interested to see if I can implement this idea in my classroom. Other ideas that I might choose to use as a teacher are making links to the internet and importing information other sources -I feel that these skills will be beneficial for class assignments as well as teaching because I can click the link and show the class an important site or graph that I imported for the lesson.

In class so far, I feel that the test formatting assignment was very helpful as it took different skills that I was aware of while also allowing me to acquiring new skills and helped bring them together in a way that will prove very beneficial to me in the future. After all, as an educator, knowing how to generate assessments is crucial. I think that I will use these skills to make a variety of tests and quizzes so that my exams will be comprehensive while also clean and easy to understand.