Social Bookmarking

The whole idea of social bookmarking is like a new adventure to me.  I've never heard of this before until I entered this class.  From what I gather social bookmarking is a networking tool that allows your to search for sites within the internet that are of interest to you.  It allows you to organize, save, collect certain sites.  This tool will help students when doing research and comes along to many different sites that are in tuned to what they are working on.  It's quick to return and look at what you have already saved rather than having to do your research all over again.  Teachers can utilize this tool for the idea of sharing with coworkers.  They are able to social interact some materials with each other without having to be present.  Others are able to look at what you have tagged and use it for their benefit.

Week 3

Excel can help organize various items within the classroom. A few ways in which Excel can be used to benefit the teacher and the students are:
1. it can be used the count the attendance within the classroom or even the different classes within that grade (all depending on how big the schools was and the amount of classes per grade)
2. If the teacher utilized some kind of point system, using excel can help keep traack of the amount of points everyone has
3. If the teacher is doing a health lesson, use the spreadsheet for the calculation of fats, calories,protein, etc for the meals that are eaten
4. Teacher can calculate their grades instead of doing them by hand
5. Measure the amount of rainfall/snow within a time period and design a chart to see the increase/decrease over the times


Microsoft or Google Docs
I'm not really an expert on either software.  I just barely know how to type and maneuver simple task on Microsoft. So with me having to chose which one I'd rather prefer is kind of hard. They both have their pros and cons.  With Microsoft you have access to developing spreadsheet with using Excel but with Google Docs there is the luxury of being able to share documents with various people at one time which makes it a lot more simpler to engage in group projects without having to be in the same room.

Student's Language

I feel that my perspective is not that far off from those that I read.  I am one that is in agreement with the person from the first reading. "A Student's Perspective".  I felt his frustration when he went to the bookstore and they turned him away because he didn't have cash or check. There have been a few times where I have went into places and had to leave becasue they are not technologically advanced due to the fact that I rarely carry cash, only mu debit card. Not only is carrying a card adjusting to the new technology people also see it now as a safety precaution, if you happen to get robbed they can't steal your money if you don't have any cash.  Not being quite computer savvy myself, i just only know the basics.  I do the email and texting but engaging certain programs the collaborate within my teaching is something that I am lacking and will have to increase my knowledge.  Although I do agree and I have become accustomed to having things at my finger tips like reading the news and finding out the weather all from my smart phone. I have a younger brother that lives with me and hge taught me something new.. I told him that i was going to order a pizza once we got home. He told me "I already did it" all from an app from his phone. Haha

Using Google Docs was en experience for me.  In a way it reminded me of microsoft word with little differences.  There were times that I was frustrated because I was trying to copy and past some information and it wasn't going how I wanted it.  The set up was pretty much self explanatory once you got to the page.  When I first signed on I had to remember what I had to click to actually get to Google Docs after the email page.  I think that I will get used to it once I use it a couple more times.