#3

Of all the ELA technology standards, I have the most experience with using multimedia in literature. I feel as though it is pertinent to expose children because there is a wide variety of multimedia to ornament a piece of work. Many representations in multimedia can offer a wide range of responses and reactions or they may elicit a certain tone which can amplify meaning within the content. I think I may have some trouble integrating and evaluating. I wish to encourage a classroom that integrates and evaluates but I have not had good grades in the past when it comes to analyzation of my work despite my efforts.

By the time I am teaching, mostly all of my students will have been exposed to some form of technology. I would teach them how to use word, photoshop, excel, and offer them a wide variety of content such as video editing or coding software. As digital citizens, I feel as though it is our duty to express our ideas in the infinite range of ways technology can offer. With previous technological experience, I feel confident that students will feel confident in the familiar computer chair.

Open content refers to content that is freely available for use and can be modified and redistributed. Open content is amazing in my opinion because I did not have Microsoft Word in high school, Open Office was my next best option and I could do pretty much anything your mainstream document software could do. This can be extremely useful for someone who has a lack of resources.

As for my newsletter, I enjoyed the project because I felt as though I was creating art. I don't like that I felt so stressed out about doing it though, especially when it comes to the fact that I now know I  can no longer plagiarize clip art of put in useless art I just think is fun to share with others. I don't want to take anyone's credit. I like the way my newsletter looks. I would want to be my teacher, or my friend's kid's teacher. I had a hard time finding a good dotted  line to use for my field trip slip, but it would just get cut off the paper anyways, right? Next time I would like to improve by creating my own art, a crest, if you will, which I can post anywhere and I wouldn't have to worry about plagiarizing.