Post #01

Chapter 1 of our text book provides an overview of computers, other media devices and how they are commonly used in the school environment. The section discussion on the Web reminded me of the plethora of issues schools are facing in trying to moderate student access. The school I teach at is actually considering blocking all sites except a select number of educational resources. This might solve some problems but would greatly limit the usefulness of the Internet for research purposes and other viable student activities.

I have been teaching for four years and currently teach two sections of Business Computing. The first chapter is an introduction to the course material so I really didn't learn anything new that I can incorporate into my lessons.

It is difficult to teach intro level computer classes because everyone comes in with different levels of experience. The best I have been able to do is to shoot for the middle so that most of the students get what they need, few students are lost and few are bored. Everyone will get something out of this class if they stay positive and have fun.

Post #0

One of my favorite hobbies is juggling. I have been juggling for over 10 years. In the 10 years since I started juggling I have created 3 juggling clubs, traveled to over 30 festivals (2 of which were in Europe), been on tour for 6 weeks, the list goes on.

I am a tinkerer so became proficient with the ins and outs of computers at an early age. My interest in computers led me to enroll in a couple multimedia classes my first year of community college. Although I enjoyed the programs (Authorware, Photoshop etc.) and quickly became familiar with their finer details I found that I was lousy at the artistic aspects of the software. I currently teach a business computing class at a local high school.

I use technology in my day to day teaching (computer, projector etc.) and would like to learn new tools enhance my classroom experience as well as new projects to incorporate into my lessons.