Blog Journal #1

Computers and new technologies are important parts of the educational experience because so much of teaching has become dependent on them. Certain computer programs have made it much easier to make lesson plans or display the information being taught. It's also important to teach about computers and technologies since the kids learning about them are entering an age of technology. I agree for the most part about the issues brought up in Chapter 1. I don't agree that computers will help with social, ethical, legal or human issues but I do agree that it's essential to productivity and professional practice.

I think we will use computers in the classroom to become more computer literate to, in the future, be able to teach others the same skills. In order to be able to teach, we need to understand the computer's programs and softwares, how to use them, and what they are best used for, which this class will teach us. I hope to learn how to use programs that, until now, have seemed foreign to me. I would like to eventually be able to reiterate what I will learn in this class to my peers and, if I somehow end up in the field of education, my students.

I have absolutely no idea how to use PowerPoint or Excel and random other computer programs and would love to learn how to use them! I feel myself to be a fairly computer savvy person so hopefully this class will enhance my expertise. I'd also like a better understanding of computers/technologies in the classroom, I guess. I'm a creative writing major so education/teaching isn't exactly what I'm interested in.