Activity 10: Social Media

My scope on the social media has widened. I have come to realized that it is more than Facebook and Twitter. I have come to realized that podcast and blogs are also included in what it encompasses.
 I have also become aware of the vast potential of the social media to make us smarter workers. I am now aware that it is more than just a place to meet people. I am now aware that a lot sharing and learning can be done through the social media. It is place where we can find solutions to problems and keep up to date with what is happening in our profession.

Activity 1:The roles of the Educator

I became more aware of the many roles that I performed as an educator and how ICT  can support me in carrying out those roles. I realized that I have been using some of these applications already and I discovered some new ones. I was also able to put names to some applications I was already using.

Activity 8: Spreadsheet as a Learning Resource

I was able to focusing in on the many ways that the spreadsheet can be used in my subject area. Social Studies calls for a lot of calculations and my students struggle with calculations. My students also struggle with creating graphs which they have to do. I realize that spreadsheets can make life easier for my students.

Activity 7:Using Spreadsheets

This activity help me focus in on the many uses of the spreadsheet as a leraning tool. I realized how useful a tool it can be to assist my Social Studies studentswho in the past I had to send over and over to redo their diagrams for their School Based Assessment(SBA) for CSEC. Many of them have not done IT and struggle to create charts that are suitable and accurate. I realized how much easier I can make life for these students(and for myself) if I can have sessions where I teach them how to use spreadsheets to do their charts and have them practice the application ahead of time so when the time come for them to do their SBA they would not be struggling.

Activity 4: Spreadsheets

I found this activity to be very challenging. The only experience that I have had with spreadsheets before was to put in grades.Ii had never created one. This exercise forced me to learn to create my own spreadsheets. I struggled with the formulas but that was before I understood what I was doing with them. Now that I better understand spreadsheets, I find them to be enjoyable. I am fascinated by the many things you can do with them. I also realized once you understand what you are doing spreadsheet can make your work easier.