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I have really enjoyed this class! Unlike a lot of the other computer literacy classes, EME2040 was actually useful. I learned many things and programs that I will actually use in my future career. Some of my favorite things were the GradeBook Pro, PowerPoint and Inspiration. Although the wikis and blogs are like a cool little technological things... I don't think that I will really ever use them for my classroom. I could see them being used at more of a high school level, but not really younger than that. I think that I got lucky having Mr. Gentile as my teacher because I think he was probably one of the best that taught the class. He Incorporated real-life experiences into the different programs and activities that we did. He also always brought up "cooperative learning," which was a good topic to discuss! Mr. Gentile was AWESOME, and I would recommend him to anyone!! =)

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I learned a lot last week with Excel. I had never really worked with Excel before, and I thought that it was cool that all I had to do was put in the data and it would automatically make the graph for me. Also, I really like exploring with Easy Grade Book Pro. I think that could be really useful for me when I begin my teaching. It would be much easier to keep all my grades in there where it automatically averages them out however I want them. Of course I would keep a written hard copy, because I would be too scared to lose all the grades! I also really liked that you could make a seating chart on there as well. Because I want to teach such a young age (K-2), I think that printing out the seating chart to walk around and take attendance while checking the student’s homework would be best/easiest for me. I am really glad that I am in Mr. Gentile’s class and that I got to look at the grade book program!