blog #10

Qualtrics was a very interesting program to use. I think it is very beneficial program and that can be use in several ways to impact the class room. In the future when I am an Accounting professor I will use Qualtrics to determine the satisfaction of my students with me as an instructor, my teaching methods, and how accurate my examples are in comparison to my exams. That way I can make sure that I am not only a good teacher but that I am giving the students the education that they deserve. One feature that I really like about Qualtrics that will help me with gathering this information is the exporting of the survey responses to an excel file. Qualtric really does an amazing job of simplifying this process and moving the responses to excel. Once in excel it will be easy to make charts and graphs to read my students responses and keep a track record of my progress from year to year.

What I found interesting about my classmates blogs is that we all have different backgrounds and come from different places. And that some of us did not originally start in education. But what I find the most interesting about my classmates blogs is that even though we come from different places and backgrounds we all have same goal. We all want to better the education in America. We all want to impact and develop the minds of our students wether it be in 1st grade or in college. I think this is very beautiful goal because the future of this country is in the hands of the youth and they will need proper guidance from people that love and want to teach them. Rather then someone who is just doing it as a job

The next program or skill I would like to learn to use is C++. Although it is an advance programing language i think it is very important tool to know how to use. It is obvious that the future is technology driven and if you can learn how to program you will have a very useful skills that not many posses. Furthermore you will not only know how to use technology but how it works and that will help not only monitor problems but help you better teach and use technology.

Some ways that I plan on reaching my educational technology related goals is by always having the passion to learn and to use the opportunities presented to me. Often jobs will offer courses for employees to learn different programs and acquire new skills. I am going to always take advantage of all the programs that are offered to me not only the ones that apply to my current job;because even though i may not need or use the skill at the moment it may come a time when I do need it. Also like i said above I will continue with my passion to learn if there is a program that I want to learn or need to learn and it is not offered from by employer I will learn it outside of work, on my own because it will only enhance my skill set sand make me a more marketable employee.

ILP Design "Glogster"

Glogster was very fun to use. It was definitely fun using a different tool to create educational material. I found it a little bit difficult to navigate and create stuff, i think it should be easier to use or at least provide a set of instructions for first time users. Over all I was happy with my final result. I really like the video feature in the presentation. Something that I really liked about the uploading video feature is the fact that you can look up the youtube on the template. Instead of going to youtube and then importing the video. Overall I really like Glogster and if I ever need to use it to make a lesson plan or teach a subject I will be ready.

ILP Technology-Related Event

Activity Log

3:30- went to Tech Sandbox

3:35- looked at the 3D Printer

3:40- saw the material used to print

3:45- saw a bracelet printed

3:50- asked questions about the printer

3:55- played with some of the print outs

4:00- took picture of the printer and print outs


I went to the Tech sand box and researched the 3D printer. Although it is not one of the technologies that you can play with or be hands on with I learned a lot about 3D printing and what printing in the future may look like. The 3D printer we have in the Tech sand box uses a material called PlA and it is a plastic material. Surprisingly this material is fairly inexpensive and last very long. There are other types of 3D printers different from the one in the sandbox. For example there are 3D printers that use metal instead of plastic to make objects. Currently there is not a printer that does both metal and plastic products but that is definitely the future of printing. Although 3D printing is something people today are amaze with it will be something that is regularly used in the future. Today you can buy a plastic product 3D printer for 200 to 300 dollars. As technology continues to develop and engineers continue to develop printers in the future 3D printers will be inexpensive and will bring a positive impact into the education field.