Blog #4

I have to admit I never really understood exactly how a web page works but I enjoyed learning about it in this chapter. I now know what HTML means ( Hypertext Markup Language) and how it is used when designing a website. I never realized how much work actually went into making a website but now I can appreciate the websites I used everyday so much more. It made me laugh when they defined displaying pages from the Web one right after the other is called "Web Surfing." I never realized that was a technical term and not just what internet nerds called it.
Something new I learned is how the internet work. Apparently it operates by dividing information into packets and sending them to a specific destination. I am starting to think I am more interested in technology than I thought. I found this chapter to be fascinating.
Something to share with the class is how excited I am that Grey's Anatomy is starting again this coming up Thursday. I love that show and I am also excited that The Office is starting again. If you have never seen The Office I highly recommend you watch it this Thursday on NBC. It is probably one of the funniest shows I have ever seen!

Blog #3

In Chapter 4 I learned all about output devices. I learned that an output device, in general terms, is a device used to show the user certain information. I learned that some common output devices include copy machines, speakers, monitors, headphones, and overhead projectors. I like how this chapter put the definitions of things we use everyday into such simple terms.
A new skill I learned while reading this chapter is how to store things on a Flash Drive. I have used flash drives before but I never really understood exactly how they worked until I learned in this chapter. I am glad that now I know exactly what is happening when I used a flash memory stick.
Something to share would be that I thought I really wasn't going to like the SAM software but I have learned so much using it. I was doing something on Microsoft Word the other day and I needed to use the table feature, which I hadn't used until SAM taught me how, and it was so nice to know exactly where to go to get what I needed!

Blog #2

Something I found very interesting in Chapter 3 of the text book was the part about the new note taking software. I was in math class the other day and I saw a student using a Tablet PC as he was taking notes. I had never seen one before and wanted to know more about it. I learned all about it when I was reading this chapter. I think it is very interesting that these notes you take in your PC can be searched and edited in a typed format. This is a neat idea and I'd love to be able to understand how it works.
I didn't learn anything new by experience since the last blog but I think I am going to ask the kid in my math class how he likes using his tablet PC for taking notes. I also heard about this new type of IPOD they are coming out with called the IPOD classic and I hope to learn more about it sometime soon. It sounds like a cool new product from Apple.
I can't really think of anything interesting to share. I have been thinking about my career for as long as I can remember and I never thought I would want to be a teacher. Its funny how things turn out. I think I will like teaching. I am enjoying my education classes this semester so far. I have learned a lot in my teaching diverse populations class and I really like the teacher.