Blog post #2

Once again, while reading this chapter I felt as if my intelligence was being insulted. Growing up in the generation that we did, most of us have known what a WWW site is since the 4th grade (not to mention the definition of 'the Internet'). We are also pretty familiar with what communications is and the basic parts of the computer. But, once again, I also learned a lot of cool stuff about how to integrate it into the classroom.

I have learned that it is important for schools to network their computers for three main reasons: (1) To share hardware and software resources, (2) to enable communications among schools and other organizations, and (3) to connect students and teachers to the Internet. I also learned about the growing popularity of wireless connections in schools, especially college campuses, today. Out of all of the reasons that networking is good for the classroom, I think that the most important benefit of this technology is that students, teachers, and administrators can all have instant access to all sorts of resources available on the Internet.

Since my last post, I have learned a lot about Microsoft Word and how to incorporate graphics into my documents. I feel that this is an important knowledge to have because, as a teacher, I will be responsible for making handouts, newsletters, and tests. The assignment in class last week taught me the proper format to make tests and quizzes. I thought the newsletter assignment was really fun. It gave me practice in incorporating graphics into my documents and it was also fun to use my imagination to plan what my classroom will someday be like.