Growing up in K-12 I don’t remember using MS word too often.
The internet was newly being used and I don’t believe we even
had a computer in my house until I was in middle school. With that
being said, I used MS word in high school and at FSU for the purposes
of papers and resumes. The most creative I got with it was for my
resume, but I’m well versed at MLA and APA formatting in MS word.
The internet was newly being used and I don’t believe we even
had a computer in my house until I was in middle school. With that
being said, I used MS word in high school and at FSU for the purposes
of papers and resumes. The most creative I got with it was for my
resume, but I’m well versed at MLA and APA formatting in MS word.
As a teacher, I think I would struggle in my first year on ensuring I use
copyrighted materials correctly. Knowing myself, I would review all of
the policies and understand the rules so I can allow my students to be
creative in their work and projects. After becoming familiar, a yearly
refresher would probably be necessary while planning for the upcoming
school year. Understanding these protocols would allow me to better
develop teaching materials and would allow the students to explore more
for their education.
copyrighted materials correctly. Knowing myself, I would review all of
the policies and understand the rules so I can allow my students to be
creative in their work and projects. After becoming familiar, a yearly
refresher would probably be necessary while planning for the upcoming
school year. Understanding these protocols would allow me to better
develop teaching materials and would allow the students to explore more
for their education.
For the last prompt, I will be focusing on cyberbullying and decreased
productivitybecause those are two very important things in the
classroom, the workplace, and other areas of life. Starting with
cyberbullying, I would make it known to my students that it is not allowed.
I would hopefully be working in a school that is able to monitor social
platforms and I would give strict punishments for cyberbullying that is
found. That could include missing the next field trip or taking a zero on
the next test, and always a parent call home. In order to help decreased
productivity, I would have a set of rewards that would reinforce productivity.
For instance, I would host a pizza party for the students that reached
their AR reading goal for the week. Once students see that if they
work a little harder and are able to obtain these rewards,
productivity will hopefully increase.
productivitybecause those are two very important things in the
classroom, the workplace, and other areas of life. Starting with
cyberbullying, I would make it known to my students that it is not allowed.
I would hopefully be working in a school that is able to monitor social
platforms and I would give strict punishments for cyberbullying that is
found. That could include missing the next field trip or taking a zero on
the next test, and always a parent call home. In order to help decreased
productivity, I would have a set of rewards that would reinforce productivity.
For instance, I would host a pizza party for the students that reached
their AR reading goal for the week. Once students see that if they
work a little harder and are able to obtain these rewards,
productivity will hopefully increase.
During K-12 just like you, I used MS Word very rarely, but actually in my high school we had an opportunity to be certified within any program for Microsoft so that was cool! As a teacher, I understand how you would try to refrain from copyright, but what about your students? How would you ensure your students are not copyrighting? This is a very important question to ask yourself. I also focused on cyberbullying and I agree I would have a 0 tolerance policy in my classroom as well.
ReplyDeleteHey Evan, I enjoyed reading your post, especially the last paragraph about decreased productivity. Even as a college student I feel unmotivated at times but implementing a reward system for your classroom would help your students reach their full potential!
ReplyDeleteHello! I love your idea for a pizza party for students. I loved it when my teachers did this for us as a reward. Also, you have great methods against cyberbullying. I think that such a serious issue should have serious consequences whether in the form of a "0" or to notify their parents.
ReplyDeleteHey Evan! I like that you mention using Word for different essay formats. Personally, I'd be completely lost without Word's help in that regard, so I think the fact that they have templates available for that sort of thing is a real lifesaver.
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