Week 2

This week we learned a lot about how to work within Microsoft Office. We learned how to make interactive Power Point quizzes and presentations. These interactive Power Points were done using internal hyperlinks to other pages in the same presentation. Using this method we can also make Power Point work as a free Jeopardy. We also worded with Excel spread sheets and how to use the program to do math for us and how to take that information and make it organized and easy to look at. This was done by putting the information into easy to look at graphs. Lastly, we learned how to create Wiki Pages that are strikingly similar to pages we made on the Google Sites.
Knowing how to use this information is very helpful in multiple aspects of the classroom. The Excel will help make grading an easier task. A task that is many times seen as boring and tedious. The skills we acquired with the power point will help us create more interactive and attractive quizzes for students to learn. Finally, the Wiki Pages will be beneficial because it can help connect students out of class and connect parents to lesson plans so that they too can help their students succeed.
The ISTE standards met for this week's lessons were designing and developing digital-age learning experiences and assessments and model digital-age work and learning. This will also help to meet the ISTE student standard of helping to facilitate communication and collaboration. Both of these can be accomplished through the Wiki Pages and the interactive Power Point.