Final Blog Post

       In the future, I hope to be a middle school English teacher.I have always loved literature, whether it be silly stories or dramatic prose, literature has always captured my interest. Though, even as an English teacher, I will still have to be able to organize and calculate my students progress through grading. Just recently, I have discovered how to use Excel. In the past, I knew that excel existed but it seemed foreign and difficult to use so, I usually tended to avoid it. Now, after finally conquering Excel, I seem to have a good grasp on how to use and apply Excel in the future. As a middle school teacher, I could use surveys to figure out what type of genres my classes are interested in. This would be a great way to keep the students engaged because they would have gotten a choice in what literature we would discuss in class. Surveys could also be used to evaluate students opinions concerning class discussions and previously read stories and poems.
     
After reviewing some of my classmates blogs, I found it reassuring that not everyone was super "techy." When I say "techy" I mean people who are technologically advanced, people who create amazing things using the internet and software that make you scratch your head in wonderment. I am not one of those brilliant "Techies", I am just an average Joe hoping to learn a little bit more about the worlds technology. When I read some of the other blogs, I had noticed that others felt just as unsure and uncomfortable when confronting technology as I did.
       One other thing I found very interesting about other peoples blogs were the Independent Learning Projects other classmates choose to do. I was very nervous when I uploaded my first ILP and I wasn't sure if I had followed the instructions correctly. So, being human, I went and snooped around on other peoples blogs for a bit and realized that everybody had created their own, unique ILP. It was pretty cool how each individual interpreted a set of instructions and used those instructions to create/complete an ILP of their own choice using which ever piece of technology they wanted.  
 
       Is there any one technology-related skill that I am dying to learn next?NO, because there are so many skills to choose from that I have yet to learn. I suppose that if I had to single out a specific skill, I would really like to learn how to use Photoshop.I have this piece of technology called a Wacom, basically,it is a drawing pad you hook up to a computer and it takes what you draw on the pad and transfers it to the computer so that you can edit it and what not. The only downside to this is that you cannot really edit your drawings if you are unable to operate Photoshop or any programs like it. Having such a huge love for drawing and creating makes it difficult to showcase your work in a society so dependent on technology. I want to learn how to use programs like photo shop so that I can manipulate my art in a different media.There is no way that learning this new skill would stop me from drawing on actual paper all together, but it would definitely help me to catch up with the changing times and possible get my artwork out there for the world to see.