More Problems

This is going to be a dual-post week. Here's my problem. I keep trying to make my calendar public, but when I go to my blog to try and view things, nothing shows up! If anybody does happen to come across this blog, HELP! (The other half of this post will come when I figure it out.)

Reflection: Problems

Last week I really wanted to use some of the fonts I found on "dafont.com" for some projects I'm currently working on. I sat down to use them and I couldn't figure out how to get the new fonts into my font folder. I asked about it in class and was able to figure it out. On windows you go to control panel and the font folder is there. You push download and once the icon is on your desktop, you double click and then click on "unembed all files" and after you do that you can pull the font into the font folder. It's easier on a mac- you just download the file and doubleclick. Then you click on "install font" and you're set.
I guess if we're talking about problems, the whole website assignment is daunting to me but I haven't found a particular problem yet. (I'm not very far into the assignment, maybe that's why.)

Helpful Resources

My favorite resource we talked about today was "dafont.com." Since I'm going into Family and Consumer Science which is basically home ec, cooking, sewing, and family life classes, I really won't use the citing resources, or other reference resources as much as a history teacher would. (However those will be extremely helpful while I'm still a student at the very least.) In my line of teaching I expect to make several instruction sheets and probably some worksheets and posters for my class. Having a wide selection of fonts will help me produce professional and eye-catching work. This week I tried to download and begin using some of the fonts but I haven't been able to figure it out just yet. So I do need to further my learning as to how to actually use the resources I have. Like I said, the works cited site looks really neat and I know it'd be useful to me right now. I have to admit I haven't grasped the concept and would like to look into it further so I'll really be able to understand and utilize it.

My Experience with Technology

This will be a short post. My experience with technology is a minimum. I know how to work the basics of a computer, I can add songs to an iPod, I know how to text, I can load my pictures to a computer, and that's about it. So basically I can say I'm more technologically savvy than my grandma, but not much else. I took a multimedia design class in high school but I couldn't tell you a darn thing about it. My dad uses technology a lot for work- he's in public relations and does presentations and videos all the time. I guess I relied a bit too much on him throughout school because I never mastered it for myself. I have a younger sister who is into it too. She can whip out a video presentation just like I can whip out a batch of chocolate chip cookies. We all have our strengths. However, looking over the syllabus I can see the benefit of using technology in the teaching world. I always appreciate the organization of a class website, etc and it'll be nice to offer those same things to my students. The bottom line is I have a lot to learn this semester.