There were many valuable things that I learned in this class as well as many things that I did not feel were useful to me. I think understanding the idea behind content standards was valuable because if I am working as an SLP in the school district is is important to be familiar with how classes are taught and expectations of teachers. I also found using Excel as a gradebook with formulas to be very helpful and a clearer understanding of what is considered to be the best way to use PowerPoint. I will try to use those to my advantage and perhaps engage different kids with using interactive PowerPoint. I enjoyed using Imovie, though its real value to me seems to be more of just learning to use more than word processing programs on a Mac.
Overall, it was hard to find everything in this class as valuable because I do not aspire to be an actual teacher, though I will be a teacher in most respects. I did not find Backflip or the Rubric valuable because I do not forsee using those programs in the future though it was good to know organizational programs like that do exist. Doing the assignments from a teachers perspective was something that took me a while to do but I do appreciate how much work goes into teaching now.
I'm not sure how I would improve this class only that I wish it was somewhat more relevant to the field that I want to pursue. As I said in my email, I wish that we had spent more time becoming familiar with the more complex programs such as Excel and Imovie but know that this was just supposed to be an overview of them all. I liked working on the computers everyday in class rather than just sitting through a lecture and having to go home and remember. I overall thought this class was fine and I learned to use valuable programs but am definitely looking forward to taking classes more specific to my field.
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