Chapter 6 and 11 responses

Chapter 6
I would personally want to teach in a classroom with less digital technologies. while reading chapter six a lot of technologies were brought up and i think that there all good ideas but i would pick and choose what technologies i would use in my classroom. some technologies i would use would be digital cameras, electronic whiteboards and scanners. the reasons i would use these but not the others is because these devices are technology and make learning and teaching easier but cant take the many focus away as easily as the other devices listed. The reason i wouldn't want to have laptops,smart phones, E-books, voice-actived, or other technologies in the classroom is because i feel they can distract the children more then if they don't have that kind of stuff to play with. All of the devices i listed to have in the classroom aren't meant to be for everyone to get one but for the whole class to share one. when there is only one its easier to make sure all the kids are doing what their suppose to and not playing games.

Chapter 11
A traditional audio technology is a cassette recorder and player. An emerging technology for audio is internet audio. Traditional visual technology is an overhead projector. An emerging technology would be broadcast video. A way to use all in the classroom would be if the teacher wants all the kids in their free time to listen to a book but wants the kids to have a choice on which one they want to read themselves the kids can use cassette players and if theres not enough for the whole class the other kids can use the internet audio and download the needed stories to listen to. in the classroom if the teacher wants to go over questions with the class as a whole and wants the students to come up to write out the answers they can use the overhead projector  and if the teacher wants the whole class to watch a video together in the middle of her teaching she can just pull up the broadcast video she downloaded to show the class.

All About Me Questions

Major:                    

1. I want my friends to describe me as:  Smart, Kind, Giving                                                                  
2. Memorable learning experience: none that i can think of at the moment. 
3. My favorite subject at school and why: Music was always my favorite because i always felt like i was learning something new while having fun and working as a team with the rest of the band. 
4. Accomplishment I most cherish: either graduating from high school or planning a trip to Africa and paying for it on my own. 
5. My work habits can best be described as: A very hard worker when needed to be but otherwise i'm pretty laid back.                                                                                                                     
6. Three words that describe me best: Kind, Giving, and dedicated. 
7. People may be surprised to know:   I can solve a rubiks cube in two minutes.                                                                                                                       
8. What I hope to be doing in ten years: I hope to be teaching kindergarden or first grade.
9. What I do in my spare time:  i like to play sports and hang out with friends and family.                                                                     
10. Things I can do without:  theres actually a handful of things i could live without if i needed to.                             
11. My all-time favorite movie: a tie between, My Big Fat Greek Wedding and A Walk to Remember.                                                                                                                                                            
12. BG’s best kept secret: Definitely the food.                                            
13. Three things always found in my refrigerator:   Coke, caprisun, chocolate milk.     
14. Person I would like to meet: Joseph Gorden- Levitt 
15. What are your general expectations about this class? That this class will help me be able to use computers better in daily life and while teaching.  
16. How comfortable are you using Windows? I'm pretty comfortable using windows. 
17. How comfortable are you using Macs? i have a mac so I'm comfortable using Macs. 
18. Which application(s) do you use the most? Windows and  Word. 
19. Which application(s) do you want to learn how to use? I would like to be more comfortable using excel. 
20. Is there anything I need to know about you? No, nothing thats pressing or important. 
21. What is your attitude about using technology? i like technology and i know its important to be good at using it to get a job. i'm not the best with technology though.