Week 8 Reflections

This week the topic had to do with the many different types of software that could be found in schools. Many different examples where given on how educators can use these types of software that did not only include information gathering and presentation.

I compiled a list of some of the different tasks that I as an educator could accomplish with these software tools as well as a list of the different activities my students could accomplish with each software.


Word Processing
Teacher: Teachers are able to create worksheets and overhead projector sheets.
Students: Students can write letters, stories and assignments.

Spreadsheet
Teacher: Teachers are able to make electronic class lists and mark books.
Students: Students are able to create graphs from the data inputted from the rows and columns.

Database
Teacher: Teachers are able to input formulas and queries allowing the database to retrieve and calculate information from different spreadsheets.
Students: Students could create a database that included many Australian animals and when an animals name is typed in the database would find all the relevant data for that animal including habitat, food, location etc.

Graphic Applications
Teacher: Teachers are able to download photos from a digital camera and edit the photos on screen. These could be placed into a PowerPoint presentation or poster.
Students: Students could use programs like Photoshop or paint to create and design a picture in art.

Presentation Software
Teacher: Teachers could input all the photos of the students taken throughout the year and place them in a Powerpoint presentation as a farewell gift.
Students: Students could create a talking book in powerpoint that successfully demonstrates there acquired knowledge on a particular subject.

Web authoring software
Teacher: Teachers could create a website that contains relevant files and documents for the wider community to access.

I have now caught up with all my uni work for this subject and am actually a decent amount ahead with my readings and activities for this course. I’m glad to finally be ahead rather then behind. Definitely takes a lot of the pressure off.

Jeorge