#3 Blog

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The ELA technology standard I feel most prepared to teach with my existing knowledge is W/WHST.6 "Use Technology- Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others." This tool is a great thing for collaboration, which is a main point that I want to emphasize in my classrooms for young children. The earlier they learn to collaborate with technology, the more advanced they will become with the constantly new technology. RHST.7 "Multimedia: History/Social Studies" is the ELA technology standard that I would require more preparation on. I have never been strong in this subject area, so it would be hard for me to teach this specific standard to my students.

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There are certain technology softwares that I plan to use with my future students. These include the Internet, videos, and a specific website called GoNoodle. GoNoodle specifically is a website that gives young students the opportunity to learn in a fun way, such as dancing while spelling words. These technology softwares need to be age appropriate and helpful toward each student's learning skills. Because I plan on teaching kindergarten through second grade, it is harder to teach these students about digital citizen concepts. Although they are young, I will still make sure they know the basics toward copyrighting and why they should be careful.

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After designing my Newsletter, I have realized many different techniques on Word that I did not know even existed. I loved being able to individually work out some of my problems I experienced while creating this, such as borders and columns. I personally did not like that there was not much instruction on how to do certain things and the instructions were not very specific. I could improve my newsletter if I had the opportunity to learn more techniques that are given in Word. This assignment helped me struggle through problems and also it was helpful to see what Word really can do and how I can make my own newsletters for my future classroom.