Chapter 4

I have not had much experience with portfolios. The only one that I can remember doing was in senior english. We had a collect of work that was done throughout the semester and at the end it was graded and was useful in our final presentation.  That porfolio was basically a job porfolio. It consisted of things like a resume, thank you notes, school involvement and so on. This semester in college, I am working on building my teaching portfolio. I do not know much about it, except that we are keeping all of our work to go in it at the end of the semester.

As a teacher, I would use portfolios for my students. Portfolios are great to keep up with the students work and to show the parents the progress that is being made. I want the students to reflect back on things that they have done over the course of the year.

Chapter 2

In highschool, I had a great amount of time to access the computer. I had several classes that involeved doing work on a computer. One class in praticular was accounting.We did almost every bit of our work on the computer. I also used to computer a lot in my senior english class. We spent a good bit of time writing papers and different sorts of documents using the computer. In my sophmore year of college, I took a computer programming class and everything we did was on the computer.

I believe that using computers in those classes has helped me learn more about technology. Those teachers taught me many different ways to use the computer. I do not believe I would have done anything differently if I were those teachers. Using technology is very important these days and it should be taught as much as possible. I would have to say that more classes need to use computers because our world is starting to revolve around them

Chapter 1

In my classroom, I plan to use as much technology has possible. Technology is becoming so important in the learning process. There are many ways that I could technology in the classroom. First, I can have a smart board or an overhead projector to show the students different things. Also, I can use computers in my classroom for different assignments. Students could play educational games as part of an enrichment activity or something like that. Technology can sometimes go down in the classroom so it is a good idea to always have a backup plan. I would make sure to have other materials handy if it happens to quit working.