Some of my strengths with technology are that I am not afraid to learn and explore. If I don't know how to use new technology, or I just want to learn more, I'll ask one of my kids or another student to help me, or I'll go online, find a tutorial, and teach myself. So much of learning has to do with facing your fears and gaining more information to be able to erase the unknown. I am good at finding credible sources for research and I can show my students how to weigh and check information to make sure their facts are straight and reliable. I will make sure my students credit the sources they consult and that they are ethical in their use of technology. I will use technology to enhance my lesson plans now and in the future.
I can definitely use a crash course in computer lingo; I know the basics, but I am lost when the language gets dense. I want to be able to understand terminology in computer hardware or software manuals or help files and to teach myself new program applications, and to use correct computer terminology in written and oral directions for my students.
I found an article titled Computer Assisted Language Learning written by Fernando Rosell-Aguilar which will help me better understand computer terminology, and a couple videos on YouTube one called Computer Basics Terminology: What is a Hard Drive What is Ram, and another titled Basic Computer Training both are by Worth Godwin. He is very knowledgeable and his approach is very human and easy to follow. I am excited to learn more and become more fluent in computer lingo!
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