Blog #3

The standards I feel most comfortable teaching my students would be the audio and visual part of the standards (CTE-AATC.68.AV.01.01). I know how to do most audio and video effects. Kids could make projects using simple video tools and audio edits, especially kids in middle and high school. It would give the kids an opportunity to express creativity. The standard I feel least educated to teach would be to apply cost skills of how much the technology would cost (CTE-AATC.68.GENRL.04.04). I think the CPALMS tool kit is a very effective way of teaching kids. I would use the lesson plans available to any of the subjects. It allows the teacher to get certain situations and have the kids use it for application and understanding. It is a good idea to use when you want to start out with a base idea and use other ideas to branch off of it into a full lesson. For example, for an english study they have a lesson activity called "David's Big Problem" and it teaches kids how to be respectful while also learning english tools. The newsletter design was a little difficult for me. I have had experience on word but only on writing papers and not doing the creative part of it. I am glad we had this assignment, because now I know how to add fun things like pictures and borders. If I could redo it, I would problem focus more on the criteria as opposed to making it look pretty. I think there are better, or more simple, options than using word to make newsletters. For example, I have used Canva to make graphics and they have many different templates to chose from. This can benefit me in becoming a teacher since I will have to be making newsletters for my students.

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