Monday, July 23, 2007

Post #5

The beginning of chapter 5 discussed digital media software that can be used in the classroom. I found this very interesting because I believe that when a student can see the information visually and interact with it, they can learn better. It gets boring reading information from a textbook or listening to a teacher lecture so when you can vary the learning strategies the students will retain more information.
I learned a few new things since the last posting such as how to do custom animations on a Powerpoint presentaion. I think I would use this in the future to keep my presentations interesting.
Well my boyfriend comes home in 17 days and i am super excited!! The time has been going by a lot faster now because of my busy schedule. I went home to Clearwater for the weekend to show my mom my new dog. He is two years old and his name is Tonka, he is a black chihuahua/pekingese mix. I wasn't sure how he would handle the four hour car ride but he did great! He slept the whole way.

4 comments:

Jordan said...

awww, he sounds adorable..you should upload a pic of him!!

Moss said...

I agree, I believe that students learn and retain more through interaction, versus visually and through listening

Shari said...

He is completely adorable!

Jane said...

that is so cute i have a little mut dog and he is great. I think that i like dogs more than people.