Week 4: Reflection

When we were asked to create a document together in microsoft, I thought that microsoft must have a cool tool like google docs. As my pod started to work on it, we realized that microsoft didn't have a tool where we could each work on the paper and our work would appear like google docs. Working with microsoft is okay if we are creating a paper by ourselves but when working together I would much rather use google docs. In my class room I will probably use google docs more often because it can pretty much do everything microsoft word can. I didn't know there was such a thing before this class. I told a coworker about google docs and he just recently was introduced to it too. He also thinks it is awesome.

Since most people are familiar with microsoft, it would be good for my students to use if they need to type a report. I think it would be fun to introduce them to google docs though for assignments that require more than one student. I think my students would enjoy watching their friends work appear on screen.

I think my students would enjoy learning new technology but some parents might be reluctant to help them. Some people are afraid of changing from something they are used to. For example, the media told the American people months ago that their rabbit ears will not work after a certain date in February. The media used all kinds of communication to let people know so it wouldn't be a surprise when it was time to change. Amazingly, there are a good number of people that aren't ready for the change. In fact there are so many that congress is trying to push the date back. This is a nation wide example of how people deal with change. When they are used to doing things a certain way sometimes it takes a bull dozer to get them off the couch.