My blog is now complete. I hope you have enjoyed reading and I have really enjoyed posting to my blog. I am sad but I am officially closing my blog now. Bye!

This class was a very good class for me. I didn't think that it was necessary. I thought that I was going to waste a whole semester learning excel and word. Even though I needed to learn some things in word and excel, I did not think I needed a whole semester to learn it. I must say that I have learned more than what I thought I would. Dr. Strange made the class very interesting and fun and I learned so much. I learned how to make a website and how to do shortcuts for spreadsheets. I learned so much for microsoft word that I never knew. I learned how to blog and what blogging is. Also I learned to do a brochure in microsoft word without buying other software. I learned how to put pictures and links in a blog. I also learned how to do powerpoint. This was major for me because I never how to do it and then when I learned it is so simple.

This class was a lot of fun. We did a lot of interesting projects. I am so glad I took this class. Thank you Dr. Strange for making the class so interesting.

iGoogle

iGoogle is a very interesting website. I will admit I actually did not think this would be very beneficial. When I sat down and did more research on this site, I really enjoyed all the benefits of this site. I am glad it was introduced to the class. I found several useful things on the iGoogle site. First of all I think the docs and spreadsheet feature will be very useful. Also the word of the day, the number cruncher game (because I love math), the to do list, and google news. I know we are only suppose to do five but I also thought the dictionary feature would be very useful.

Blogging

This experience with blogs have been very useful to me. I also learned a lot. I came into this class not knowing a lot about blogging. When I graduated high school and college we did not do this kind of stuff. My experience with computers were very basic although we used computers on the job.

I did not think this was something that was important at the beginning of the semester but the more research and blogging we did I see I was wrong. Blogging can be a good tool to use in the classroom. There are a lot of important papers that do not get home to parents. Blogging can be used to get information to parents. Blogging can also be used for the parents to find information from teachers and other staff in the school. Blogging can be useful to everyone from teachers, students, parents and administrators.

There can be some disadvantages to using blogging. If not monitored, students can do other things that are not required and can take their mind off their work. But all in all with the correct supervision blogging can be a useful tool in the class and outside the class. I do not think I will have a lot of use for blogging because I will be in Special Education with elementary students.

My Website

My website is about some of my favorite theme parks. Some I have already visited and some that I would like to visit. I plan to take vacations and visit these theme parks with my daughter and other family. This will be so interesting and so much fun. I did not know there were so many theme parks in different states. It was really nice to see that there is a theme park in Las Vegas. This is a future vacation spot for me and I will get to take my daughter and visit the theme park. The whole family can have a great vacation.

Anyway, back to my website. My website is now complete. If I had more time I would put some audio on my website and a lot more pictures. I would also have more links to other theme parks. There are just so many theme parks. I guess that is the kid in me that is making me so excited about theme parks. I hope you enjoy my website as I enjoyed doing it. There is a link to my website on this page but you can also click here: CHANTAYE'S WEBSITE. I would love to hear your comments.

iPhone

The apple iPhone is a very useful tool/phone. It can be used for so many things. It is also very expensive. It has an easy setup. I guess this is good since it cost so much.
The biggest thing about the iPhone is you must buy it from an AT&T store, an apple store or online. Therefore, you must have wireless service with AT&T and qualify with good credit to get this phone. The iPhone can be used to watch movies, send email, and also listen to your favorite tunes. You can download movies also using the iPhone.

I don't think the iPhone will be used in the classroom anytime soon because of the price. I think it may be useful in the classroom but I don't believe it will be classroom friendly any time soon. It has been turned into more than a phone. It is a smaller version of the laptop computer with the ability to talk on it. With all the features I don't think people will do much talking on this iphone.

Spreadsheets in the Classrooms

Looking for this information was so easy. I have seen several ways that spreadsheets can be used in the classroom. There were so many websites that gave information about using spreadsheets in the classroom. There are so many teachers that have incorporated spreadsheets in their classroom. Teachers are not the only people that can use spreadsheets. Students can also use spreadsheets in the classroom. Spreadsheets have been very useful in the area of math. You can view data in various ways by using spreadsheets. Some of the ways are pie charts, line graphs, and bar graphs.

One website I viewed gave an example of how teachers can use spreadsheets to keep track of grades. It also stated how teachers can use spreadsheets to create charts to use in the classroom for teaching purpose and to analyze various types of data they collect in the classroom. Spreadsheets are not limited for use by certain teachers. All teachers can benefit from using spreadsheets. Please click here to go to a web site that gives a lot of useful information about using spreadsheets in the classroom.