SarahT

**Sarah / First Hour**
===Welcome to my 6th Grade Technology Portfolio. This is a place that I will upload my technology projects, and reflect on my learning with technology. ===

Assignment Description:
T his assignment was to create our first PowerPoint, with the subject "All About Me". For my PowerPoint I chose one thing I liked, and just used that instead of writing every single thing about myself.

The best part of this project is:
D ecorating our PowerPoint. Such as searching for images, and placing them on our PowerPoint.

What I learned when making this project:
I learned about the different page designs you can use to make your PowerPoint sparkle. Not literally, though.

One thing I would change in this project:
I would change the subject. Not sure what into though.

Project Two ( Diigo )
[|Diigo Library]

Assignment Description:
S taying organised with Diigo. Saving website bookmarks.

The best part of this project is:
T yping up a bunch of sites and adding descriptions. Basically the whole project is the best part. :P

What I learned when making this project:
N othing new. I've typed up stuff before, you know.

One thing I would change in this project:
A dd something more to the project. Make it even more fun.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assignment Description:
L earned and talked about how we leave a "digital footprint" when we visit websites. Made our own bubbl.us map of some of the sites that we visit.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The best part of this project is:
L earning something new. Making our bubbl.us map.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What I learned when making this project:
W hat digital footprints are. How to make a bubbl.us map. :)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One thing I would change in this project:
I don't think I would change anything. The project is as good as it is.

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What does your web presence say about you?
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I think my web presesnce would say that I'm slightly well-behaved and I don't go to websites that are considered inappropriate. But then again, they might think I'm lazy because I go to Youtube and game sites so often. Or, maybe they might even think that I'm a little bit weird (even though I kind of am). They would also probably think that I was smart (correct), but had bad grades in school (incorrect). Judging by the videos I watch, I bet they would believe I loved animals (correct). Its amazing what a person can find about a person just from their web presence. =]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assignment Description:
L earn about cyberbullying. Write about it on a brochure you created.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The best part of this project is:
C reating the brochure. Designing it.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What I learned when making this project:
N ot much. Just how to make brochures. ;)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One thing I would change in this project:
I wouldn't change a thing. Maybe the subject, I guess. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assignment Description:
L earn about internet safety. Write about it on a poster or flyer, etc.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The best part of this project is:
W riting on and designing my flyer/poster/etc. Now it's a pretty blue.~

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What I learned when making this project:
N othing. I know my facts about internet safety. (:

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One thing I would change in this project:
A lso nothing. Almost wish we had more time to work on it though.

Assignment Description:
Talk about copyrighting and plagerism. Create a script and preform in front of the class.

The best part of this project is:
Creating the script. Working with a partner.

What I learned when making this project:
What copyright is. What Creative Commons is.

One thing I would change in this project:
I would change the preforming part. Don't really want to stand infront of my classmates and make a fool of myself.

Final Words ---
Technology may just go on forever, but the last trimaster gladly doesn’t. To be honest, I didn’t really learn much in my time in computers class. But that’s okay. It’s not as if I’d rather be doing something progressive, such as reading. Maybe.

My first day in computers was like a dream come true, because of my absolute love for computers and technology. But now… dream come true? Not so much. Trust me though, it wasn't //that// bad. Actually, some of the time I had fun. Maybe not a lot, but still some.

We started out playing Type-to-Learn, which was actually fairly entertaining until you got to around lesson 10. That’s where it got really boring and repetitve. We did a warmup almost everyday, then we started doing our first projects, and they were a fairly nice change from Type-to-Learn. Not the greatest projects, but okay. Probably not what I would have picked. I espectially enjoyed the first project, except that I wished it had a different topic. I usually keep away from writing about myself and instead write more about fantasy. But it all comes down to personal preference.

Even though I might not have had much fun in computers, I’m pretty sure other people have. If I hadn’t already knew and done most of the stuff already, I would prbably enjoy my time a lot more. All in all, computers class started out well, and wasn’t that bad. Didn’t go quite as well as I hoped it would, but I appreciate its effort and enjoyed some of the things it did have to offer.