Post #9

A 2-paragraph review of an interesting web-based tool or resource that you might use when teaching. Be sure to include a link to the tool or resource, and check out the ones that your classmates have shared as well.

A paragraph about how you think you will use Excel and similar programs as a teacher (see Chapter 13). Be specific about your subject matter area and the grade level.

A paragraph about your final course project -- plans, challenges, etc.

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I will most definitely use turnitin.com. Kids these days will do whatever it takes to make it onto easy street. Yes. They cheat. Turnitin.com forces them to at least be creative if they're going to cheat. :-) Seriously, it is a great deterrent and scares students into being honest.

Other than that, I don't really now what else I would use. I really believe in old-fashioned teaching. I am good talking so people listen. That is how I teach soldier's in the Army and hopefully that style will translate well into the high school classroom.

Excel is good for organization. It's good for keeping track of classroom rosters and making gradesheets. There's nothing grade- or subject matter-specific I would use it for. Not that I can think of. It would prove only slightly useful to me.

As far as the final project goes, it went along pretty smoothly. Me and Amanda discussed what would do and then came up with a general outline. She compiled the "who, what, when, where, why, how" list while I put together the powerpoint presentation. We reviewed all our work for errors and bada-bing. Done.