Sunday, December 14, 2008

APA paper formatting

I do think this assignment was difficult to finish. I wasn't able to figure out certain parts of the assignment so I had to type it out all the way by hand. I do now have a better grasp on how to handle apa format however and make use of it for future projects. I finally figured out how manipulate the microsoft word document using apa format. I have never really used this format before because the school where I got my undergraduate degree at used a different format. I am glad I learned to use it though because it is the format that Concordia prefers for us to learn to use when writing out papers for the MAT program. It took alot longer to do the assignment than I orginally thought it would take. The only real problem I came across was how to make the page numbers change for each page. I was able to do this when I opened my own document and did it from scratch, but was unable to do it using the draft and trying to make changes to it.

Excel spread sheet

I found this assignment extremely difficult to do. I do not know if I will remember all the steps to use in the future. I do however think it would be a valuable tool to make use of for the classroom. I am definitely going to have to take an additional course for this application before I feel comfortable implementing its use in the classroom. I really wish we had additional time, handouts, books or something other than just the videos to help explain the steps necessary to finish the excel spread sheet.

Powerpoint assignment

This assignment was quite hard for me, but it was also the most fulfilling once I finished it. I had the most fun trying to figure out how to get my powerpoint to look the way I wanted it to. I really enjoyed doing it overall though and really like the end results. I thought this class was really time consuming and it had to much work involved considering that there was not enough instruction on how to do the assignments.

End of Ed tech class

This class was more difficult than I thought it would be. I really enjoyed it for the most part, but feel with a little extra teaching it would have been more beneficial. I found myself having to go to the other students in the class alot to be able to figure out how to do alot of the work. There were several times when I couldn't open several of the applications at any given time. I do think I learned quite a bit still though. I just thought it wouldn't be as stressful if I had more instructions from the instructors of the course, or even if we were able to meet at least once.