Ashley EME Blog

As a student, I use Microsoft Word a lot. I've written numerous essays, research papers and lab reports. It's amazing seeing how I used to use it just for the word art part to make fun little signs when I was younger, to now writing ten page papers. My teachers also use it for the same things, from creating assignments to writing letters to parents and even lesson plans. Teachers can also use word to create certificates. Word has helped speed up the education process by changing things from handwriting to being typed and it also allows things to get shared across a wider space.  My experience with copyright and fair use of materials in an education environment has mostly been with videos and teachers being allowed to use certain videos to teach lessons. I also have my own experience with it whenever I have to cite things by using them. When developing lesson plans in a preschool, I have also had to pay for certain lesson plans or instruction sheets because they were under ...

Blog Post #1 There are many factors that have an influence on teachers and students using technology. Most importantly, the time period is what is causing technology to be more prevalent in the classroom setting.  Because technology now surrounds our everyday life, teachers must be able to master technology skills so that they can effectively teach students their own skills and prepare them for life in the job force. However, this skill also helps be more efficient them for their own tasks in the classroom such attendance, lesson plans and other technological classroom websites. One of the ISTE standards that is meaningful to me is " Educators inspire students to positively contribute to and responsibly participate in the digital world." I remember growing up and always commenting on blog posts or discussion board, this helped me learn through the eyes of peers. I also learned with the rule "3 before me." Therefore technology made it easier to collaborate with...

As a young adult in this current day and age, I have experience with technology every single day. I grew up learning on laptops and other electronic devices. I also have created presentations on Powerpoint and Prezi. In my middle school years, I was required to take a "Computers" class that taught me some basic skills behind Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Other than these systems, I am also well versed in using Canva. I use this website to produce marketing material for Victoria's Secret PINK on Florida State's campus as I am a representative of this company. In this class I hope to refine my skills of these systems. I also hope to learn about other systems that can help me in my career. Although I am not an Education major, I plan on having teaching as my backup because I do enjoy working with children. Creating newsletters and other presentations are good skills that can help someone in any field they work for.