Reflection XV

End of November, beginning of December
The day we did the Excel sheet was the last day we met up as a group but that didn't mean we didn't have quizzes or homework to do. Our final exam is next week December the 15th.
Looking back at the class and the semester I've quite a lot to analyse.
Am I nervous about the final? Yes. Did I learn anything? Yes. Would I do it again? Definitely. Would I change anything I did? Absolutely. Did I meet new people? Yes, and amazing ones at that. Would I take class with this professor again? Without a doubt.
I may not have been the most disciplined student in the group but I did learn and I do take what I learned to heart. It's been a tough semester for a lot of us and I've gone through a lot of changes during this short period of time. I hope to be able to apply these experiences to my professional life as well as my personal life. And just like that I say good-bye! It was fun!
So long!!! See you guys soon!



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Reflection XIV

Second week of November
EXCEL!!! EXCEL!!! EX@#$%CEL!!! lol I was glad we finally got to work with Excel. I've avoided it in the past but I think we did pretty well. We... ahem... excelled. 😉
The tricky part was... umm... everything! ha! No, it was the equations but I managed. This specific task we I will DEFINITELY be using as a teacher. I can't see why I shouldn't, it's so useful.
Here's what we did:

Reflection XIII

First week of November
We used Google Sites and Google Forms. Sites we used to create our professional portfolio for near future use. We opened a page to create it's format and to, obviously, learn about how to create this type of webpage. It's actually a great tool. I look forward to developing it for a carreer in education as well as any other professional phase or level.
As for Google Forms, I think this was one of my favorite tasks. In class we created a "test" an example test to use in our future classroom. The more types of questions we used the better and we used all the options available to us. I loved it. I'd definitely see myself using this in the near future.
Example test

Reflection XII

Last week of October
This assignment was called 24x2. We only met on Tuesday that week and "met" again on Thursday and Friday of that week via Facebook and Twitter. Maybe that sounds cool to some but i was really worried. I wasn't sure a class could even be given through these medias but then I thought about it. We CAN use it for class and it's a great communication tool in or out of the classroom. So I quickly set that thought aside, however: what is a Twitter?! How does it work?! Yeeeaaahhh... I felt old, but I managed and pulled through.

Reflection XI

Last week of October
The semester is finally taking a toll on us and I'm feeling the pressure of midterms and the proximity of finals coming on. Also, Christmas season. If you work in retail, you know what I mean...
In class, we opened an account in piktochart to create our own infographs. This was actually really fun! I love look up infographs for different topics so finding a place to create my own was awesome.
Here's the infograph on the topic I chose which was "Gamification." Mind you, this is fun and all, but you gotta know your sh**. Don't make an infograph and put down just any ol' info you please. What ever topic you choose, be concise fun and informative. This is a great tool for anyone who wants to learn about a topic quickly. "Short and sweet" a another professor of mine would say or another professor, another saying: KISS: "Keep it Simple Sweetheart."
So for those of you about to Piktochart: have fun!

Reflection X

Third week of October
By this time you'd think we'd be experts using programs such as PowerPoint and word, but this professor never ceases to amaze us with how much we didn't know! We created a PowerPoint Template. What I learned was there's an option which creates something called a "Master Slide." Call me whatever you like but I didn't know that existed and besides, it's never too late to learn ANYTHING.
Here's an example of what we did:

Reflection IX

Third week of October
The students in the class were assigned to log onto a video chat using AnyMeeting and any other video chat program of our liking. We needed to post a screenshot of our video chats and post in our class blog. AnyMeeting was mandatory by the professor and I'm still trying to figure out why. I have bad internet connection but Skype was ok, AnyMeeting was lagging. I also had to unsubscribe from their newsletter because... wow... can those guys fill your inbox...

Here's my friend Ozzie and I using Skype. I'm on TV!!!
And here we are again this time using AnyMeeting. He turned into a dinosaur...