Online Bookmarks

I have found that I don't need any need for online bookmarks at this present time. People who are constantly on the computer and have to communicate with many people via e-mail, this technique is wonderful.
The delicious site was a great tool to use for reference instructions. If I ever become the person that labors on a computer more than 10 hours a day, then I will invest some of that time to online bookmarks. But until then....I'm not that person!

Using Excel and Spreadsheet

I found that Excel would be very beneficial to me when it comes to keeping up with a gradebook. I can sit at the computer, input my students grades, then click the average button. No thinking at all for me. How easier could it get? Calculators can sometimes get complex. With the usage of Excel, I let the computer do all the work.

Excel and Spreadsheet can also add to the entertainment of knowledge in the English classroom. This is much better than the average graph that teachers used to make. I see why teachers have converted over to this method. They have so much other stuff to do and saving time is time well spent.

Inspiration in the Classroom

I found that the Inspiration website is useful for just about all subjects that are in a high school setting, including some extra curriculum activities. It helps the teacher to introduce the usage of Internet in his or her classroom assignment. It also helps the teacher to become more organized with their example of planners and such.I think that this product is both beneficial to the teacher and student. I found that this site would help me in the future when I have assigned my class a novel to read. When it comes time to dissect what we have read, I can use this site to layout my diagram.

Under the examples for language arts it gives a guide to writing a biography. This is beneficial to all involved. It gives the student the opportunity to research online about the individual they are researching.

When I was in high school, the English teacher always had a day set aside for peer editing review. Each student would get with a partner and exchange papers. The one reviewing would comment in red ink and highlight in yellow or green the mistakes that needed to be corrected. This was time consuming but I guess in the end it was easier on the teacher. This idea was always good for those students that were good readers and writers because they always partnered with someone with as much or more skill than themselves. For the others it wasn't a fun day. No one wanted to read their paper. Now with the usage of technology, students can spell and grammar check their work as well as their works cited pages before submitting them to the teacher. Students can use email to chat with classmates on revision of their papers. Teachers could have students set up a blog and communicate with one another one the progress of their work.