Post Five

With digital media now in the grasp of our own hands, teacher, businessmen, and entertainment industries can go to limits in teaching, presenting, and entertaining like never before. Technology is the term first associated with computer use in the classroom. Computers found their ways to the schools and have been used for training, production, and vocational skills. When digital media came it was defined as those technologies that allowed users to create new forms of interaction, expression, communication, and entertainment in a digital format. With this new technology of digital media, it has made teaching and presenting more personal and fun for everyone students and businessmen alike.
Besides learning about how digital media has made things a little easier, I have also learned about specific programs that have been invented due to this finding of digital media. These programs are anywhere from pre K levels to adult. Pre K levels include PBS, or LEARN TO READ, and the adult ones are video games or computer games such as SIMS. I was addicted to video games when I was younger, Nintendo ruled my life. Ha ha. But now that they have come out with educational video games, as an aspiring teacher, I am excited to explore these games and suggest them to parents of my future students.
New skills I have acquired since my last posting on here include learning even MORE about Microsoft Word. (Is that even possible?) Yet, this time I have taught myself along the way. I have explored all the different functions and settings of how to use a table and create the exact setting you need. I found it difficult at first but I was determined to figure it out because this class has shown me how little I know about Microsoft functions and I want to learn more.

Post Four

In chapter 4 I learned the most about vocabulary words I have heard often, but never knew what the meant. My computer geek friends and family members would always utter these words when fixing and creating computers, but I never asked for explanations. Words such as a CPU(central processing unit), or a motherboard, a circuit board wherte many of the electronic components in the system unit reside. I also learned the process in which a computer translates data put into it. Step 1: the user presses the letter on the keyboard(for example the letter "T"). Step 2: An electronic signal for the letter T is sent to the system unit. Step 3: The electronic signals that is sent when the key is pressed is the ASCII binary code; the ASCII binary code is stored in the memory for processing. And Step 4: After processing, the ASCII binary code for the letter T is converted to an image and displayed on the output device.
As I have wandered about other bloggers pages I have found that i have a lot in common with their ideas. I have found that many of us agree on the fact that technology can have a major impact on education. I have also found that many of the bloggers would have to agree on the fact that many of the programs we have learned about will make teaching and interacting with the students a lot more creative and fun for everyone.
Since my last post we have completed another Skills Check. It surprised me and amazed me how little i knew about the Word Document program. That program can do so many things that can make creating a document much more efficient and easy. I can only hope that I will remember those skills and use them in the future when creating documents for my classes and students.

Post Three

In Chapter three, I learned about different kinds of software. The three main kinds that stick out the most are application software, productivity software, graphics and multimedia software. These different software programs make if easiere to navigate and create while on the computer. I find them helpful and encouraging for more and more people to begin to use them.

Application Software: a computer program designed to carry out a specialized tasks for the user, such as database management, word processing, or electronic mail.
Productivity Software: is Application software such as spreadsheets, database, word processing, graphics, and desktop publishing which allow the user to produce reports efficiently and professionally.
Graphics and Multimedia Software: In computer graphics, graphics software is a program or collection of programs that enable a person to manipulate visual images on a computer.

These three software programs help to make using computers more fun and involved on a personal level. Through using a Graphics Software program I have learned how to design my own graphic images and charts. Through this program I could, in the future of my teaching career, help myself and my students follow along with lessons more efficiently and more together.