Blog Post # 3

Lesson Plans and Technology:

Lesson plans are generally designed to help students remember what they learn by playing to the strengths of students learning abilities. My lesson plan would cover the subject math for 7,8 grade students, and I would use tools such as word processor, spreadsheets, calculators, instructional software, or the internet. All of those tools will help with my lesson plan, but I will need to know when you use with tool so the students will remember the information being taught. For example, a basic lesson plan I would use will resolve around using spreadsheets and using personal or real data. If my classroom is equipped with five computers and I have 25 students. I would divide the students in groups of five, and each group will have a computer to use for the class assignment. The assignment will focus on balancing a checkbook using a spreadsheet application. To make the assignment interesting to the students I will assign each group a variety of salary based job where the make a specific amount each month. From that point, I will give each group a set amount of expenses (Rent, Car Payment, Food, and Gasoline) that will need to be covered with their salaries. After those expenses are covered, I will let each group add luxury items to their monthly expenses and have them create equations to automatically deduct those extra expenses.

Visual Critique of T-mobile:

Chapter 6 informs us of rules for graphics and interface designs. I choose to use T-Mobile phone company main website to how they have implemented some general design rules. From the glance of their website, I took in that by having a T-Mobile phone you gain freedom.

As you can see in the screen shot, T-Mobile has a shadow phone they are promoting with a man and a woman jumping freely into a lake. That picture actually gives false up of freedom. As the majority of cell phone users know that if you jump in the water with your phone it will get destroyed, but other than that the picture plans major role in the use of many rules. This screen enhances its text with graphics which captures your attention so the page is not dull. The site does not use all caps; it utilizes both upper and lower case letters. It keeps the text short while getting their point across. They have made the structure of the page simple, by adding links to the words so when see something you want all you need to do it click of a button, and providing emphasis by adding color to the hyperlinked words. Another rule used well, it knowing their audience, by going after the customers they provide to most service to. All the graphics shown on the page is meant to capture the attention of a specific audience and lure them into purchasing service through their company. Over all this company has utilized graphic and interface design principles extremely well.

Experience with Copyrights:

My experience with copyrights in an educational environment is mainly been in regards to writing papers for different courses I have taking where research is needed. Many times you read so much information it gets embedded in your mind and you tend to forget that it’s not you words you are writing on paper. Therefore you don’t give credit or site the information and have therefore used copyright infringement. As a teacher, I would inform my student to site every source they use and when they are in doubt if a source needs to be sited they should site it anyways.