Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Personality Type

My personality type was INFJ. I scored the following percentages on the personality test: 33 introverted, 25 intuitive, 25 feeling, and 11 judging. My scores considered me as a protector. I am considered as having a strong desire to contribute to the well being of individuals. My personality is considered to be very rare.

I think that different personalities have different learning styles. I think that my students should take the personality test because it is important that I know a little about the personalities that exist in my classroom. This would be important in the preparation of my lecture. I would be able to add diversity in my lecturing styles for each learning style. So that I do not leave any of my students behind. Each one of my students can all have a equal opportunity to learning the curriculum if each learning style is addressed.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Excel Spreadsheet

Microsoft Excel is a very handy software to use as a teacher. It makes creating a grade book and worksheet really easy and the product is very professional. When I become a teacher I will definitely use spreadsheet in creating worksheets and grade books because it eliminates time and grades can be easily calculated.

Teachers use spreadsheet to generate their grade book and to make handout worksheets for their class and to teacher different lessons to the class. One advantage of spreadsheet over a calculator is the advantage of entering different formulas into spreadsheet. Spreadsheet allows one to relate different cells to different formulas. For example, one can generate the grades of the whole class from one formula. A calculator already has its own generated formulas and its time consuming when calculating individual grades.

I agree that the three primary functions of spreadsheets are the following: storing, calculating, and presenting information. In relation to storing, it is a primary tool for storing information for anything. In relation to calculating, it is the best tool in calculating numbers and receiving calculations from entered formulas. Lastly, it allows one to generate all types of graphs and etc. from the information entered. Another function that spreadsheet allows is the ability to relate information.