ETEC Experience Thus Far

We are well on our way to getting our feet wet in the world of education technology.  Our second week we had a word assignment.   This was great since I am pretty familiar with word.  I did enjoy learning the proper way to set up the document.  I am a check list type of person, so having specific requirements for the assignment as to how to properly set it up that I could check off as I go was very helpful.  The part about making it accessible was new to me and interesting.  I hadn't really even thought about students with disabilities so this opened my mind to that as well.  The only barrier that I came across in this project was not knowing how to delete a page.  When I was finished with my project, after my last editing, I ended up with an extra page.  My dear friend google came to the rescue.  I have always been an Internet search fan for just about anything so this came in handy and problem was solved. 

Next we moved on to power point which is another program that I am fairly familiar with.  I have the 2010 version and had not used it before.  There were a little differences to get used to but in all it went well.  I did struggle with getting the pictures linked properly to their source but again, google and my husband came to the rescue.  I do regret making the last minute decision to place all references on one slide and losing the point for it.  I knew better with the rule and all, but I went with the fact that every teacher that I have ever had that used PowerPoint had crammed all references into one slide.  Will not make that mistake again!  I will pay much closer attention to the rubric and follow every direction to the best of my ability and certainly never assume any of my prior teachers did it the right way.

While I was pretty familiar to these programs prior, I did see them in a whole new light.   Since my teaching experience thus far is limited to nursing clinical practice, i have not had the chance to do any presentation teaching other than discussion groups.  So it was really nice to see how these programs can be used to teach in my future practice as a nurse educator.  Again, i appreciate the fact my mind was opened to the possibility of teaching to students with disabilities as well.

I look forward to what is to come with excitement and a little intimidation.  I have absolutely no experience with making a website.  I do know that this can help me in many aspects of my life so I am certainly open to this opportunity!