Week+5

=**SMART Boards **= Picture found on Google images, labeled for reuse, from Wikipedia- []
 * Good interactive tool for the classroom.
 * Needs to be perfectly aligned.
 * Comes with the SMART notebook software, makes the SMARTboard more versatile and interactive
 * Contains a variety of tools to that are similar to a word document or excel
 * **Google Earth on the SMARTboard would be a good tool for history or geography**
 * **It would have been nice to have more of an opportunity to use the SMARTboard, but in a large class I see how his can be difficult.**
 * Considering the price, not the best option for the classroom
 * Later versions of the technology will be very impressive

=Discussion of bullying etc.=

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 * We discussed what to do with bullying and the possibility of teacher's suspending students. **There are so many of these important issues that get glossed over and not taught in any real detail. There is a lot of important information that seems to not be taught in University, but rather left up to new teachers to discover on their own. It's frustrating.**
 * Cyber Bullying is one of the biggest negatives that comes with newer technology.
 * Cyber Bullying is less obvious than physical bullying in the classroom
 * In a lot of cases Cyber Bullying takes place more at home than in the schools directly.
 * It is important to report any instances of cyber bullying immediately.
 * **Teachers should discuss Cyber Bullying with students**, make sure they understand the consequences and problems with it.
 * Here is an example of an Anti-Cyber Bullying campaign:

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 * You have to download it but it works with windows
 * A more simple way to make short movies using pictures and podcasts
 * Many basic features are similar to Windows Movie Maker
 * **Allows you to include, recorded speech, music to correspond with pictures**
 * Can be used for a different type of presentation, different than PowerPoint

=Markbook 2009= =Turn It In.com=
 * **A lot to take in, very useful tool**
 * **You can input a lot of information about the students and their parents on the program**
 * **Seating charts and pictures would be good for supply teach**ers**.**
 * You can see what **students averages** are
 * **Entering grades** is easier with this program, as long as you continue to save( it also would be smart to keep a hard copy after you enter every major assignment)
 * Calculating the weights for grades and assignments is made very simple with the **Weight section**
 * This program is good, but difficult to grasp by just exploring and playing around, also it simply brings up more complicated questions about assessment and evaluation. Until you use MarkBook to actually assign grades, you will not totally understand it.
 * Could be a useful tool, I found plagiarism in my first stint as a practicum teacher
 * Hard to tell how good it is from the website
 * Collecting papers online would be a great way to mark
 * Some main problems still exist, they have to be working on the program, they still can not do it or not hand it in, even if you add commentary there is no way to ensure they will look at it