Well, I didn't get to go to the first class meeting because of class schedule conflicts (I didn't think I was going to keep this class on my schedule for this semester, so I went to Fiction Technique which starts at the same time, but I dropped that one and kept this one. Yayy!), so I'm not sure what my initial reaction to this class is. However, I read over the syllabus and it seems like we'll be delving deeper into the computer programs we dealt with in the Intro to Tech prerequisite. Which is exciting because I thought that class was really neat and I made some pretty sweet powerpoints.
As often as I get frustrated with computers and technology in general (how do you program a DVD player? And WHY does Microsoft Word have a mind of its own?!), I recognize that it is a necessary force in out society and will only grow more and more prevalent. There is nothing I can do to stop it, so i'm going with it. That is, unless I wake up one day and ride the moving walkway down the hall to my kitchen where I can press a button that makes me already have coffee in my system and say "hello" to my mom in south Florida, face-to-LCD-screen-face. Then we might have a problem. Technology is great and our society has definitely benefited vastly from it; however, tech etiquette training has become a necessity (put the cell phone DOWN when you're ordering your latte. Thankyouverymuch.), so that is a big thing that I hope to get across to my students. Besides, of course, English.
At any rate, Power Points and film strips are amazing tools to use in the classroom, and nothing is worse than waiting for a teacher who can't figure out how to turn on the projector or make sound match up with the slideshow. So hopefully this class will make me the opposite of that teacher.
Thanks.
As often as I get frustrated with computers and technology in general (how do you program a DVD player? And WHY does Microsoft Word have a mind of its own?!), I recognize that it is a necessary force in out society and will only grow more and more prevalent. There is nothing I can do to stop it, so i'm going with it. That is, unless I wake up one day and ride the moving walkway down the hall to my kitchen where I can press a button that makes me already have coffee in my system and say "hello" to my mom in south Florida, face-to-LCD-screen-face. Then we might have a problem. Technology is great and our society has definitely benefited vastly from it; however, tech etiquette training has become a necessity (put the cell phone DOWN when you're ordering your latte. Thankyouverymuch.), so that is a big thing that I hope to get across to my students. Besides, of course, English.
At any rate, Power Points and film strips are amazing tools to use in the classroom, and nothing is worse than waiting for a teacher who can't figure out how to turn on the projector or make sound match up with the slideshow. So hopefully this class will make me the opposite of that teacher.
Thanks.
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