Data collection. I plan to use data collection as a teacher, as it can only help improve my class. I don't think any harm could come from utilizing this. Last week I learned how powerful Excel is. Through using Excel I was able to document all of the scores for my pseudo students, as well as find another of averages that were relevant for my pseudo class. This organization and collection of data will help any educator track their students and see specifically what students and subject areas need more attention. If I was, say, a middle school math teacher I could see what tests and assignments students are struggling with and better tailor my lessons to help them. This is extremely useful to any educator, or most likely any profession and I plan to use programs like Excel in the future.
Completely unrelated, when reading the blogs of my classmates one subject I found interesting was my colleagues opinions on different technologies we encountered during the tech sandbox and sports psychology lab. I know what technologies I would want to use as an educator and what technologies I found most interesting, but it was very interesting to see what other people thought each technology could be used for.
In the future I would love to relearn the specifics of Microsoft Office. I feel as though there is so much that I have yet to learn or so much that I am forgetting that could be so beneficial to myself and my students. I am sure there are several videos I could watch about this and I plan to before I step into any professional setting.
Good observation about Office. I am constantly learning new features. In fact, school has forced me to learn more features in word, such as chapters, default formatting, and navigation.
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