In class we worked on a number of things. First off, we had to get everything together with out decade project and will be presenting it on Monday. We had to record a commercial on the Web cam and do a bunch of projects through Google docs.
Google docs was not one of my favorite things to work with. I found it a bit frustrating and it kept freezing up on me. I would just rather use the original programs. However, it was fairly easy to catch onto and would be great for creating certain projects in class or other personal items. My favorite one to work with was the presentation one, which is similar to PowerPoint.
This can be used in my intended career to create many documents. It was quick to make up a flyer in that program, which was the first project the class had to do. We had to print everything through adobe though, which took extra time instead of just hitting the print button and it printing. It can be helpful to offices, however, I would just rather use the original Word, Excel, and PowerPoint programs when creating certain projects. It is great for surveys though. If you wanted to create an office survey, Google docs is fairly simple to use.
Next class is our exam, which is our decade presentation. I need to complete all the Google doc projects for next class and record two podcasts and upload them on blackboard.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
ck OAD week 15 blog
Today in class I worked on Adobe assignments for the first hour. The rest of class I got to work with high school students from Penta on a OneNote assignment. Only one person from the class knew what OneNote was.
It was a very interesting experience working with the high school kids. I wish we would have had more time to work with them because 10 minutes was hardly enough time to say everything we wanted to say to them. All of the students caught on pretty quickly with OneNote and did not have a problem. It is nice to get experience training others because it may be something I will have to do when I get into my profession.
As far as Adobe goes, it would be very helpful in the workplace. I liked combining the documents because that was new to me. I was familiar with all the PDF things we had to do. I can also see how a digital signature would come in handy with a company. I was unaware about the comments that you could make on your documents. That would come in very handy in the workplace because your correction notes would be much neater than hand writing notes all over the paper. In this case you can correct everything on the computer nicely and then print it out and make all of the corrections.
For next class we just need to blog and tweet. We are now preparing for our decade presentation so we are starting to wrap that up as well.
It was a very interesting experience working with the high school kids. I wish we would have had more time to work with them because 10 minutes was hardly enough time to say everything we wanted to say to them. All of the students caught on pretty quickly with OneNote and did not have a problem. It is nice to get experience training others because it may be something I will have to do when I get into my profession.
As far as Adobe goes, it would be very helpful in the workplace. I liked combining the documents because that was new to me. I was familiar with all the PDF things we had to do. I can also see how a digital signature would come in handy with a company. I was unaware about the comments that you could make on your documents. That would come in very handy in the workplace because your correction notes would be much neater than hand writing notes all over the paper. In this case you can correct everything on the computer nicely and then print it out and make all of the corrections.
For next class we just need to blog and tweet. We are now preparing for our decade presentation so we are starting to wrap that up as well.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
ck OAD week 14 blog
Today in class we talked a lot about Workplace Technologies. Everyone got to put their opinions out there about the class and which equipment we liked and did not like to work with.
We brainstormed some ideas together about what projects we could do with the high school students coming to Owens next week. It is important to introduce them to equipment that they will be using in their intended career. It will be exciting to teach others what I have been taught.
Other than that, my group and I worked on our decade project. We have our pictures put together on PhotoShop but we are not all the way done with the research part of it. I started typing up all the information so that we would be organized when presentation time comes.
For next weeks class we will just have to prepare for the high school students. We need to continue to do our blogs and tweets, as well as continue moving along on the decade project.
We brainstormed some ideas together about what projects we could do with the high school students coming to Owens next week. It is important to introduce them to equipment that they will be using in their intended career. It will be exciting to teach others what I have been taught.
Other than that, my group and I worked on our decade project. We have our pictures put together on PhotoShop but we are not all the way done with the research part of it. I started typing up all the information so that we would be organized when presentation time comes.
For next weeks class we will just have to prepare for the high school students. We need to continue to do our blogs and tweets, as well as continue moving along on the decade project.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
High School Event Ideas
In a couple weeks, the Workplace Technologies class will be working with High School students who are interested in going into the office administration program at Owens. I think it would be a great idea to introduce them to the most important technology that we have been working with in the class. I think it would be great to show them Podcasting so they can brush up on their speaking skills and talk about themselves and their goals. I also think it is important for the students to be confident in scanning so we could also have them scan a document and save it as a PDF file. The scanner and Podcasting are the main devices that I think would be a good idea to introduce to the students and I think they would enjoy it.
ck OAD week 13 blog
In class from 11:00 to 2:00 it was Marketing Your Professional Assets Day. It was a very interesting experience. It was kind of slow and some of the students that signed up really did not know what to expect.
In the Workplace Technologies class there were two students assigned to each station. I was assigned to be a greeter. I had to check the students attending in and out and give them all the necessary materials in a folder, along with a name tag. When they were finished, I had to collect a paper from them to see what stations they completed and write down any questions that they may have.
I enjoyed being the greeter and wish that more students would have signed up so it was a little more busy. However, itt was good people experience for the career I want to go into. I made sure to smile and be friendly to every person that walked in, which is important for a front desk worker. It is also important to look professional.
For next class, I need to continue working on the decade project with my group. I need to complete two blogs and a Tweet. Soon we will be working with high school students so I need to prepare for that and think of some activities that would be good for the students to do if they want to go into the office administration program.
In the Workplace Technologies class there were two students assigned to each station. I was assigned to be a greeter. I had to check the students attending in and out and give them all the necessary materials in a folder, along with a name tag. When they were finished, I had to collect a paper from them to see what stations they completed and write down any questions that they may have.
I enjoyed being the greeter and wish that more students would have signed up so it was a little more busy. However, itt was good people experience for the career I want to go into. I made sure to smile and be friendly to every person that walked in, which is important for a front desk worker. It is also important to look professional.
For next class, I need to continue working on the decade project with my group. I need to complete two blogs and a Tweet. Soon we will be working with high school students so I need to prepare for that and think of some activities that would be good for the students to do if they want to go into the office administration program.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
ck OAD week 12 blog
Today in class we did a review on LinkedIn and added a few applications to it. It was our first day of rotation and each of us got to learn about something new. My group and I learned about the Palm PC.
The Palm PC is a great organizer. It was complicated for me at first but when I started playing around with it I caught on quickly. It was my first time using one and I don't have a Blackberry, which it is very similar to. It has a lot of useful features and can be very helpful to both your personal and academic life.
It is great because the Palm PC has a scheduler and you can add events to your calendar and set an alarm for the PC to remind you of that event. It is a touch screen and has a little pen that you can use to make it easier on yourself. You can also write as if you were writing on paper if you do not want to tap, which I thought was pretty cool. You can also add tasks and notes in the Palm PC so it definitely keeps people organized!
For next class we need to blog and tweet. We also need to continue working on our decade project through PhotoShop. Next week we have to dress professionally and come prepared to teach other students about what we have learned about the technology and help them apply it.
The Palm PC is a great organizer. It was complicated for me at first but when I started playing around with it I caught on quickly. It was my first time using one and I don't have a Blackberry, which it is very similar to. It has a lot of useful features and can be very helpful to both your personal and academic life.
It is great because the Palm PC has a scheduler and you can add events to your calendar and set an alarm for the PC to remind you of that event. It is a touch screen and has a little pen that you can use to make it easier on yourself. You can also write as if you were writing on paper if you do not want to tap, which I thought was pretty cool. You can also add tasks and notes in the Palm PC so it definitely keeps people organized!
For next class we need to blog and tweet. We also need to continue working on our decade project through PhotoShop. Next week we have to dress professionally and come prepared to teach other students about what we have learned about the technology and help them apply it.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
ck oad week 11 blog
Today in class we did a review of podcasts, scanning, and LinkedIn. It was nice to refresh everything. We did some work on our decade project and researched pictures to put in our collage. We are still learning about Photoshop and the more I learn about it, the more I am starting to enjoy it.
All of this technology is great to keep learning about. Photoshop can really be useful and show your creative side. I used it to create a greeting card, which turned out really well. We are using it in class to create our collage on our teams decade.
I learned that LinkedIn is great for networking and has even helped people get jobs. You can post a podcast about yourself and tell what you have to offer an organization. It is great to get yourself out there and become involved. The scanning was just a refresher for me but I found it is really simple to get your documents or pictures onto the computer.
For next class, I need to have research completed on the decade project and have pictures to add to the collage. I am going to be typing for me team so we all are on the same page and have notes for when we present this project to the class.
All of this technology is great to keep learning about. Photoshop can really be useful and show your creative side. I used it to create a greeting card, which turned out really well. We are using it in class to create our collage on our teams decade.
I learned that LinkedIn is great for networking and has even helped people get jobs. You can post a podcast about yourself and tell what you have to offer an organization. It is great to get yourself out there and become involved. The scanning was just a refresher for me but I found it is really simple to get your documents or pictures onto the computer.
For next class, I need to have research completed on the decade project and have pictures to add to the collage. I am going to be typing for me team so we all are on the same page and have notes for when we present this project to the class.
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