#4

I feel most comfortable teaching children standard L4, or “Proofread and edit writing using appropriate resources.” I have a pretty good grasp on the conventions of the language as well as editing, and I feel confident in my ability to convey the staples necessary to become a proficient editor to others. One I could work on is RI7 – I have no idea how to use Excel, and I think I might never truly learn.

I like community based electronic resources, so I would really like to incorporate a system of blogs like we have in our class here. Especially when it comes to writing, I think that a network of students giving in depth feedback on pieces could be really useful. Of course that comes with concerns of digital citizenship in your pieces and in your comments on other student’s content. That’s something that a release form, agreements, as well as just me simply enforcing community rules could solve. I think I’d do best with 11-12^th graders. At that point writing styles and skills have become at least decent, and they are able to work towards goals, and comment as a unit of a community more effectively. The content can be dark (as long as its not blatantly offensive), and a certain amount of maturity is needed for that.

I learned a lot about improving the aesthetics of Microsoft word when I worked on my Newsletter alignment. I had a really hard time with the columns, but I was genuinely happy when I figured out a color scheme that worked and was simplistic. Next time I could become more familiar with the inner workings of the layout tab! I can use this in a future career to design more palatable handouts for a more enjoyable method of distributing info.