Clarissa's Educational Blog

 The greatest technological tip I have ever received to advance me in my educational career is how to use the snipping tool. This helped me extremely because it makes for a much easier way to share something with others without having to go through the process of taking a picture on your phone, emailing it to yourself, saving the image on your computer, and uploading the image into email before sending it. To access the snipping tool, hold the windows button, shift, and s together and it will darken your screen slightly. From there, draw a box around what you want, save it to your computer, and then send it wherever it may need to go. Not only does this save you time, but it saves you from having to open your email or open your phone and get distracted while trying to get work done. 

 I am currently enrolled in a college course called technology in the classroom. For this class, I have to create a blogpost every week in order to receive a good grade. This week, I am considering the amount of experience in the past that I have had with educational technology. From the student stand point, I am highly capable of operating with the Canvas learning platform. The high school I attended used Canvas and the college I am currently attending uses Canvas. Other educational technology platforms I have used are Microsoft Word and Excel spreadsheet. I definitely have much more experience with Word, but I am able to operate Excel to a good enough extent to do simple things with it. I took and class my sophomore year of high school that went over how to use the different apps within Microsoft office. I also have enough experience with PowerPoint to create a simple slideshow as needed. Other than these few educational technology sources, I have not had any experience with educatio