I can honestly say that this course and this program apply to my world in many different ways. The main way is in my teaching. This course, has already taught me so many different things about computers and how they operate. What I'm learning, I can take to the classroom and educate my students. I find it very cool learning how the inside of the computer is working and showing that to my students can keep them more engaged.
I also feel that knowing what I'm working with on a daily basis will make my life easier. Obviously I know how my computers work, but only the software part, not necessarily the hardware. This course has and will provide me with so much knowledge on the hardware I deal with on a daily basis. With that, I'm hoping that I will learn enough to maybe be have to troubleshoot on my own more and not have to wait for someone to get to it for me.
Like I've mentioned before, my school is a 1:1 school, so learning about different operating systems and free software really can help me to expand the vision of our 1:1 program.
Allie I too have learned a lot in a short period of time. I found the insides of the computer a learning experience. If it weren't for this class I would never have gone inside a computer. Now it doesn't seem so scary. I'm the type of person that needs to know the why's of things, so this is interesting to me. I'm looking forward to see the results of the research project. Do the students in your school do any learning about hardware being a 1:1 school?
ReplyDeleteInteresting that when I taught this course face to face students hated the under the hood. They said they didn't learn anyghing and that it was a dusty waste of time. Want to know why? They did it in small groups. One person looked the other took notes or just waited until it was over. With this class you each get to do it alone... Must be a lesson there for teachers about group work in general.
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