Blog #4

Within chapter 2 i obviously learned a lot about the internet, how it works and the different things the it can provide. The internet is rooted in one of the U.s. Department of Defense's
"Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). Something else that I learned was was that the internet works together to transfer data all around the world. Web pages are another big part of of the internet, they can contain text, graphics, video and sound. one fact that really struck me in this chapteris when it said at the end that within a few years the Web will operate at speeds 10,000 times faster than today. This is really incredible to me seeing as there are already up to fast paces.
Skills that I have aquired since our last posting definitely are having to do with the charts that we made last class. I had never made a chart like that before let alone seen one and not only did I learn a lot from making them but I also had a lot of fun!
I am very excited to see the new things we are going to be learning about the internet and everything having to do with it.

Blog #3

Major topics of chapter four that especially interested me were about input and output devices. Input devices include keyboards, pointing devices, scanners as well as digital cameras. All of these things in which are used for students with sspecial needs, I was unaware of this until reading this chapter. Also, another fact that I found interesting was that there are between one hundred and one, and one hundred and two keys on a key board and I thought that was cool because I had never really taken the time to count them before. Output, such as Text, Graphics, Audio, and Video are udes through out devices such as monitors and other display devices, also can be used in any size monitor such as a computer or a television.
Some skills that I have learned since our last class definitely involve a lot having to do with creating the news letters last class. There were many different things that I was unaware of how to do, for example I was struggling making the columns on different areas of the page. Also I finally figured out how get different pictures as well as a cool border.
Everything that I have learned so far in this class so far whether I have known it or not I know will help me so so much in the future in my teaching and educational career. i know that all of these skills are going to help me greatly in being able to teach to the best of my abilities!

Blog #2

In chapter three there were many things that I learned that I was unaware of, especially having to do with application software, as well as starting it, graphics software and multi media software. For example, I never new how much was put into the application software. It states in the text that application software is also known as application programs, and also that there are five categories within the application. As far as graphics software this is how you create documents called presentations. These presentations are used by many schools inApple Works, Microsoft office and Powerpoint, one of the best parts about these presentations is the ability to use clip art. Lastly, many people in the workforce use powerful software allowing them to work with multimedia.
I was very oblivious to many of the factors before I read this chapter. I have learned that there are many different programs and software that I was totally unaware of. A good example would be starting an application software and all that it consists of. Since my last posting not only have I aquired all of these new skills from chapter three but I also have learned more about the desktop and different things that the applications have to offer.
All of these things can most deffinitely affect my education because, now knowing these things I am able to not only know more about the computer but I am able to do things at a much faster pace. I am excited to see the new things that I am going to learn in the future.

Blog Post #1

The areas disscussed in chapter one were very helpful in connecting what we will be needing to know for the classroom and also for our lives. It talks about how much we use computers in our everyday lives and sometimes tend to not even realize it. It shows how people everywhere rely on computers to do their work in every field of work. Chapter one really helped me to see how I can really put forth a lot of these tactics in helping me do better in this class. One thing that really stood out to me in chapter one was the section titled "Computing in the Digital Age". This was interesting to me because it talked about how computers help in getting students to be creative and possibly find a profession that they are interested in.
Since my last posting I definitely look at the computer a lot differently. I tend to get confused very easily, so when we started this whole blog thing I thought I was going to so confused. Of course at first I was very confused but after this post I have learned more about the way the whole blog thing works and i hope that by the end of this course I am able to say that for many other things as well.
Well as I mentioned before I have always been quite confused by everything having to do with computers in general. I am a very open minded person on the other hand, so I hope to be able to get a lot out of this program and learn about things that I never in a million years though I could do.