Finished!

Everything is done. The powerpoint presentation, the activity, and the "how to create" document and I also made a webpage that summarizes all this stuff and linked it from my homepage. I'm so happy that this is done because I was starting to get antzy and wanted to get it done and out of my hair because it was a little time consuming for me but it all worked out in the end!

Excel Done

Well, I finally got the excel portion of my Learning Experience done! WHOOOOO HOOOO!!! Now all I have to do is to take all my printscreen pics from the process of constructing the excel part into a powerpoint so that I can explain it nicely. I'm just so happy that the excell part done with. It shouldn't take me too long to do the powerpoint but I don't want to eat my words later so I'm just doing to say it's the next thing to do on my list.

Is this thing done yet?

I'm almost done with the project but I feel like it's taken forever. I've decided to have my presentation just the activity and not the actual construction of the excel spreadsheet. So that will make it easier for me because I don't have to include every single step of how I made the sheets. The activity will still have the students using the applications of excel, but not as in depth as they would if they made the spreadsheets themselves. Just an update.

Putting it all together

So I've been constructing my project and it seems like it's taking forever to do. I have a cool idea where students actually use the applications in excel and the problem is the activity is for 2nd. grade. Now I know that these students probably would have some knowledge about computers at this age, but I'm making sure I cover everything that I do from changing the font to changing the colors and borders of the project. I'm just getting anxious because I want this project to be good, but in order to do that, I have to include everything.

CSO's

I've chosen my topic and my idea and so no I've gone and found my CSO's. I've decided to do a neat activity involving maps and coordinates and stuff like that. Also, my project is very multi-disiplinary because the main focus is Social Studies, but math can be easily incorporated.

New thing

Well, I've sort of changed my idea a little bit. It's still very much the same, but just a little bit different. I'm sure we went over this in class but I'm not sure if we are supposed to teach the lesson or activity for lik 15 mins or are we just going to give a lil blurb about it in class and just show what we did briefly. This will determine how I'm going to set up my complete presentation because if I get 15 mins, then I can do a lot more with my project.

User Error

Well it turns out that my print screen key worked perfectly fine. I was the one that wasn't using it properly. All is well again and I know the CORRECT way to use the key. I was being a stupid idiot there for a while!

Playing around with Excel

Well I've been playing around with excel to figure out exactly what I want to do. I've seem to run into a problem of how to get my printscreen key to work. I've pushed the key on my keyboard and nothing happens. I think it's just a matter of "activating" the button so that it works because I've tried using the key at school, and it works fine. I'll get that fixed probably soon because I think that key's operation is going to be essential to my presentation.

Research

Well I've done some research for my Learning Experience and have a pretty good idea as to what exactly I will be doing. I've been able to locate some resources to use to construct my lesson and I feel like I'm doing well with this assignment.

Picked a Topic!

My Learning Experience topic will be using excel and incorporating the CSO's into it. I chose this topic over my other idea because I feel it will be more helpful to use this application in my teaching than my other idea with movie type clips. I will most likely look at the CSO's and choose a grade level and construct a lesson from those while incorporating the excel program. I will use the knowledge that I learn from this in my classroom by using it as a resource for students who have difficulty in subjects and need another way to see things. Some students see the first way to do something and get it immediately, and then others need additional resources. Also, I can use excel for fun games and other exercises for my teaching.

Learning Experience Ideas

I've got 2 Learning Experience Project ideas so far, and right now I'm doing some light research to determine which one would be best for me to do. I've also checked with my instructor, Professor Pierce, to see if these two ideas would be good to do the project on.

Ropes

Well, I'm still learning the ropes of a blog and a webpage, but I think I'm starting to get the hang of the webpage. It's easier than I thought it would be to change my pages and make them what I want. Blogging is new to me and I'm still figuring out the ropes. The only thing I kinda have a problem with is the way the blog is actually set up. It's a bit confusing at times and I'm sure it's because I'm just figuring things out, but I would think the configuration of it would be a little easier. Well, that's all for now!

Very First Blog

I now have a blog!