Nina's Blog: Blog Post #3

I chose the ELA Standard for 4th grade as I am familiar with the majority of the technology tools. Fourth grade usually focuses on writing and does not include any complicated mathematical websites I was unable to work myself in elementary school. I have previously worked with TeacherTube as a source where teachers can share educational content with students. I found it very interesting to see that included in the technology tools as it is not a very common website. I am also familiar with the presentation software known as Prezi. Prezi allows students to be creative when working on presentations rather than sticking to the regular standard PowerPoints.

The 4th-grade CPALM Educator Toolkit I would use in a classroom is the English Language Arts. Within the English toolkit, I found a tutorial which allows students to differentiate when to use formal and informal language. I believe this is a very important tool as I have come across essays that including very informal language. Within the Language Arts Toolkit the tutorial "Super Writing!" teaches students how to properly use commas and quotation marks. Just as the first tutorial this one is just as important if not more. A combination of both tutorials can help make a difference in a students essay.

The Newsletter Design assignment was a very creative way of getting to know the functions in MS Word. I learned how to work with borders and how to apply graphics but most of all, I learned how to put together an aesthetically pleasing newsletter/flyer. I believe I could have had longer articles as well as a shorter permission slip. I would have also have liked to come up with something more creative and more colorful. Though I do not plan on focusing my career on education, I do want to go into Social Work. Creating organized newsletters now can help me with a newsletter I may have to do in the future. For now, check out the one I created for class!