What I learned in EDM-310 and my experience

Well this semester brought many changes to me. In the beginning of the semester I didn't know much about computers, until I got in Mr. Wakeman EDM-310 class. I knew a little about computers, but what Mr. Wakeman help me learn about them I was pleased with what else I can do on a computer. I got very familiar with the functions and how a computer can help not only me as a student, but me also a future educator. In my past few computer classes that I have taken they really didn't give me or teach me about the spreadsheet and the blogging. They just helped me get the understanding of how to make my own folder and how to use word document in doing papers for classes; they taught me a little more that came back to me when I enter into Mr. Wakeman class. Mr. Wakeman taught us as a class how to create a spreadsheet and the aspect the spreadsheet program will offer. We also learned about the hyperlinks and website information that should help us out later on in other classes and the future.

One thing that I enjoyed about Mr. Wakeman's class was getting to know a little more about each other students in the class. In doing that we created a power point presentation; that gave everyone in the class who you were, where we were from, our family, our goals in life, our major in school, and what want we like and dislike. I had a lot of fun in doing this presentation eventhough I thought I should've got a higher grade.LOL! But over all I enjoyed doing it. I also got a chance to create a blog page which I had no ideal about at all. The blog entries was great, because we got a chance to post up one to three paragraphs about a topic that we find on the internet and talk about what we thought on the topic. One topic that I feel that mostly everyone found intersting was the wikipedia topic. Even myself didn't know that wikipedia was like that; meaning I can go on the web and edit and change words around and put in my own words. Once I found this out I was surprise, because in high school I used it alot to do papers and project. Now that I kno about it I don't think that I would be using it anymore.

Another project that we did in Mr. Wakeman's class was the podcast, which I think we all had fun with. I teamed up with Tiffany Crenshaw and Melanie Garron. We did our podcast on blogging and how we would use it in the classroom as a teacher. I enjoyed it cause we all had different pointers about the topic and how we would use it. Also we gave a little about our experience with blogging and if we would use it as future educator. My pointer or message was mostly to coaches; that I think don't use blogging at all in the classroom. I had fun doing the podcast and if given another chance to do one more I would love to.

One other thing that I also got to do and set up was a iGoogle page. I found it every intersting; simply cause on the page I could put whateva I wanted to post on there. Example, "youtube, espn, the weather, CNN, and music" all on one page is what you will be able to click on. I wish we could have done alot more on the website and maybe creating a website; but doing the blogging was enough really.

At the end of the semester I think that I have really learned a lot of things that I never knew about thanks to Mr. Wakeman. From the start to finish he stand on the material and made sure that everyone understood what he was looking for. I think learning about the blog in his class will really help me out as a future teacher. Thanks alot in helping me learning about something that will be usefully in my future as a coach and as a teacher