Blog Post #10

      Data collection and reporting tools could be very helpful in showing teachers how well students understand certain concepts. For example a teacher could survey the class on how comfortable they feel with learning objectives XYZ and then use the reporting tools to evaluate which lessons to review, and what to not cover as thoroughly. This probably would work better in middle school and high school classrooms, as younger students not understand self evaluation quite as well, but this could work for any subject matter. It would be helpful in averaging exam scores and grades overall to see how the class is progressing.

      I learned a lot from my classmates’ blogs this semester. I enjoyed reading different people’s opinions on certain topics, and seeing their recommendations for certain educational tools. I remember one of my classmates discussed a program called Classroom 2.0 that I thought was really interesting. Overall by interacting with classmates’ blogs we all got to share our points of view, and it was a great personal learning network.

      I think that a technology related skill that I would like to learn would have to do with photo editing. Software like Photoshop has always interested me, but I haven’t had many opportunities to try them because of how pricy the programs are. Now that I know about open software, I could look into finding a free version of a similar program that could allow me to develop new skills. I have a few apps that were free, but I normally just use them for editing aspects like lighting even though they have tons of interesting capabilities that I should definitely try.