Data collection tools can give a teacher valuable information on the situation their students are in academically as well as insight into what would be the most effective way to continue their education. The use of surveys would allow me to collect data through self-response instead of having to do interviews individually. In a middle school geography classroom it would be very helpful to know the strengths and weaknesses of my students so I could know what to focus on the most in my lessons. Excel would be very useful in organizing data I collect from these surveys. Especially if I had multiple classes the amount of data collected could get overwhelming without an efficient way to organize it.

The ideas of my classmates hold a lot of weight because we are training to be the teachers of future students. Although our experiences prior to this class are so varied there is similarity in our experience with this class. It's nice to see the enthusiasm for using more advanced methods of teaching in the new age. I appreciate how interesting the posts from other students are on all of the topics we've covered in class ranging from our introductions to ILPs and the various software we have learned how to use. 

There are many areas in which I could improve my technological prowess and they would all be extremely useful in my academic and professional career. What I would be most inclined to learning next is a more efficient way to conduct research using online databases. This would be a huge help in my studies as an English major and also a valuable tool to help others in their research. FSU does offer some tools for bettering your research skills and has staff that can help with this as well. I often find a lot more resources than I need or are unrelated to what I am searching for and it would be nice to have more succinct data.

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