Blog 7....I wish it was 11

Here we go again! I know everyone is exhausted from Midterm's but it's time for another look inside the wondeful world of technology. This week we covered alot of information, which I believe will be extremely helpful in the field of education. Within the textbook this week we coered chapter 6, Technology, Digital Media, & Curriculum Integration. Their is one particular aspect that we covered in this chapter, the ASSURE model, which I took a particular liking to.This model is classfied as an instructional model, or systematic guide for planning instruction or a lesson. The ASSURE model, breaks down as follows: Analyze the learner, State objectives, Select methods, media, & materials, Utilize methods, media, & materials, Require learner participation, and Evaluate and Revise. If you follow these steps you are guaranteed to construct a very effective lesson!

If we take a look at our assignment for this week, power point 1, you will find the aspect of this week that I found most helpful and educating. I learned some neat tricks that I did not know about power point. Also this was one of my first attempts putting together an entire presentation. I am familiar with the program, but had never had to utilize it until now. This comes at the perfect time, seeing as in a few weeks I will have to construct a Power Point presentation for another of my classes!

We come yet again to my final paragraph, and my weekly words of wisdom! This week I will divulge a little into the fun of early morning classes. My words of wisdom regarding this subject are if you have an early class, don't go out the night before. I mean if you want to you are all adults, but choose wisely. I understand that their times where you just need to release and get out of your dorm or apartment for a little while. However, the key is to be smart about it. If your class is more active then you should be fine, but I know everyone has that one professor who lectures for hours on end, and when you've been out late the night before that is just plain deadly!