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Tell me how you feel about delicious site and what you think about it. Will you use it? Why/why not?

Personally, I don't really have much of an opinion on del.icio.us. I've never had any real reason to use it, as most of what I use online can be found with a simple Yahoo search. I doubt I'll use it in the future, as it seems needlessly complicated and requires me to install software on my computer.

What do you think about Excel Spreadsheets? Is it useful? Would you use it in your classroom?

Well, I'd say it's useful, especcially for applications such as grade books and other calculations. However, seeing as I plan on teaching English, I don't really see much use for them in my classroom.

As a teacher, why do we use Spreadsheet? What is the advantage of a Spreadsheet over a calculator?

Well, the most obvious use for Spreadsheet is for keeping track of grades and averages. Since you can program Excel to do averages, automatic calculations, and various other things, I'd say that Excel is superior to a calculator.

Blog 2: Inspiration Software

Paragraph1: According to the website, please tell what you find, what you think, and what interests you. How and why may you use Inspiration in your classroom?

I looked over the Inspiration program and found it to be surprisingly comprehensive and userfriendly. While I'm not sure if I'd use Inspiration in my classroom as a teaching tool, I might use it to produce visual aids for my students, both to suppliment my instruction and to teach them how to do outlines and brainstorming. Some students are, after all, visual learners.

What type of writing activities would make the best use of technology in your classroom?
Writing is an activity that benefits from multiple revisions and high-quality feedback. Recognizing that your teaching time is limited, how can you have students help each other during writing? How can you use technology tools to support peer feedback?

I'm pretty sure all sorts of writing activities would make good use of technology: what with the advent of word-processors and editing software. With spell check, e-mail, and the ability to save one's work, editing and revisions are as simple as re-opening the file. In terms of having students help each other, there's always good, old fashioned group work. However, this can be supplimented by the use of online message boards and by e-mailing assignments to me, the teacher.