Individual Progress Plan

Technology is ever changing and so are the means for acquisition. Throughout Teaching and Learning with Technology, I seek to further my understanding of software and applications that I am aware of and familiar with. In addition, I seek to expand my knowledge base and learn how to integrate, formulate, and manipulate software and applications that is unfamiliar to me. In this course, I will not only read about the various softwares and applications, but I plan to learn about their usages through video simulations and practice.
Microsoft Excel not only allows users to record numerical data, but also formulate drill and practice mathematical equations and number simulations. Acquiring the knowledge of formulas to create drill and practice equations will not only assist me with teaching addition facts, but also my students on learning them. To be knowledgeable of Microsoft Excel, I plan to retrieve formulas for entry and learn how to apply the formulas. I will implement the formulas for practice and critique my understanding and knowledge as I progress.
I also aspire to create, organize, format, and manipulate videos. Videos are useful for giving students directions for various assignments. To assist me in guiding instruction and rigorous academic learning, I will expand my video making and editing knowledge base that I may apply these skills to my classroom. I will read instructional text about how to create videos. In addition to this, I will practice video making skills by creating personal videos for the purpose of editing and formatting.
The adage "A picture says a million words" speaks volumes of the various learning opportunites that I could provide my students with by creating and rightly organizing, formatting, manipulating and communicating images. Students could use images to make inferences, predictions, and to also expand vocabulary through descriptions. Learning image creation and formatting will be practice and presentation. I will read instructional pieces for this application, but to best retrieve the knowledge that I desire to learn, I will create photos using digital camera and test the various settings that are available when I upload the picture onto computer. Communication retrieval is evolving. Publishing and editing have become a way for communicationg ideas and information. I will proceed to read to gain more information about the software. I will learn who is the audience that Microsoft Publishing is usually written to and what kind of topics are usually dispersed using Microsoft Publishing. I will also practice the usage of Microsoft Publishing by creating communication pieces. Unlike Microsoft Publishing, Microsoft Powerpoint is common for presentations and reports, but I would like to further its usage and integrate this software into my academic instruction. During the course of this class, I will learn about the various usages and advantages of Microsoft Powerpoint. I will learn the usage of this software by inquiry, reading, practice, and researching through the program.