Presentation Tools

I found many of the presentation tools helpful.  With my experience I would not say I am that knowledgeable of any presentation tools.  I have used Power Point only a handful of times and that has only been recently.  I have not had a reason to present very often so I do not have the experience.  I really enjoyed the options that Prezi, and slide rocket.  I used sliderocket to make my presentation and really found it helpful in making a professional looking presentation.  In teaching I think that the more ways you can find to grab your students in a way they are not used to the better chance you have to reach them.  Students are becoming more involved in using technology in their daily lives.  We as teachers need to find ways to integrate this into our classrooms to reach our students where they live.

My PLN

I joined a PLN that deals with teaching students with special needs.  I think that this will be helpful to me as I begin my career cause it will just give me an additional resource for seeking assistance.  I can use the people who are connected to sound off ideas and get a larger group response then just using the teachers that may be in my building.  Having access to the whole world gives us more likelihood that we would have access to someone that has already had a problem very close to the one that we are dealing with.  I look forward to being able to use this as a resource as I continue my education, and as I get into the classroom full time.

Legal Concerns of a Teacher to be

I do not have a ton of concerns about legal issues arising as a teacher.  I have been in coaching for 10 years and I am very familiar with what situations to get into and not get into with students.  I understand the many of the difficulties that teachers face being married to one.  I do expect it to get more difficult for teachers to a point.  I see it much like a pendulum, that is swinging at teachers right now, but will eventually stop and start heading back in the other direction.  As it heads back in that direction the restrictions and requirements are going start to focus more on the students responsibilities.

Blogging

I am new to the idea of blogging.  This class is the first time I have ever spent anytime what so ever with a blog.  I have enjoyed the experience.  I am in the process of adding a blog to my job outside of teaching.  I think that it is a great way to share and ask for advice from a group of people much larger then what you would consider friends.  I know that having a blog would be very valuable to me as a way of getting information about my other job out to a whole group of people who are interested in what we have going on, but do not have direct contact with me.  The blog is a way to share that information quickly and effectively.  There are obviously drawbacks in that you do not want to put too much information out at one time, and you have to be diligent in controlling the information that you post and that others post in return.  However I think that the good far out weighs the bad for me.