week 4 assignments

This is my video. It is a mini documentary on Rosa Parks.

Week 3 assignments

TPAK is integrating technology with concepts in your teaching. Technology helps the teachers to get concepts taught more easily and thoroughly through cutting out the concepts that only hinder the learning environment. For example, a student who is assigned to study out a certain study or research project, through analyzing the data, and interpreting it and then making a graph or chart. The student can learn much more about analyzing, understanding and interpreting the data if the student is able to create the graph or chart on a computer. Less time is spent on the actual making of the graph or chart, and thus more of the student's time is focused on the analyzing, understanding and interpreting. Another example is a Geometer's Sketchpad. This helps students to better understand geometric relationships. And lastly, word processors help students to quickly record their thoughts for an essay, or something similar to an essay. The students can spend less time through typing, and therefore be able to write a thorough essay.

It is necessary for teachers to have TPAK knowledge, so they can more efficiently teach what is supposed to be taught and understood by the students, with less time focused on the tediousness of some tasks without the use of technology. The students are able to progress more quickly.


Here is a screen shot of my story board. The pictures and music are saved to my hard drive.

Week 2 assignments

I think the most important thing from what we learned this week was the google calendar. I think that it will be an easy and productive use of technology as a teacher. I think it is helpful to have a place that will be easy and quick to add important things to the calendar. It can also be an easy access for students to keep track of when things are due. Also, I think that it is nice that it will send you emails to remind you of what you have planned for specific days.

my website url is: http://sites.google.com/site/mrssapsite

my technology background

I have had a computer class in college, not here at BYU, but at a college in Michigan. I learned about all of the microsoft programs. I can use the internet pretty well. I think I am an average college student.