Module+5+Reflection


 * __Reflection Prompt __****: **Describe a technology experience you had this week.

**Description: **

Every time I create the weekly announcements I need to organize them in word then save them as a pdf. From there I need to reformat as a jpg, as that is the only format that our LMS will allow announcements to be uploaded as. This is a great hassle and multiplies the work load when creating an original announcement and when needing to make a change to an existing file

**Impact: **

TF-V.C.1. States “Model advanced features of word processing, desktop publishing, graphics programs, and utilities to develop professional products.”Often new teachers, and even existing teachers, become flustered with the wasted time and disorganization that arises in creating announcements. Problems include issues with formatting, importing images, links, sizing and more. To help avoid these problems we often find ourselves sharing out with multitudes of emails sending ‘form’ announcements.’ Yet while the idea of sharing is wonderful, we currently lack a great way to organize our thoughts and materials let alone post exemplary pieces. **Intent: **

To help assuage the chaos, wasted time, and multitudes of emails, I am going to start an Announcement Wiki. There will be a page for each type of announcement. For example, there will be a page for Weekly Announcement layouts, one for formatting, one for current/special event announcements, etc. This will be an easily accessible means for all teachers in our department to pull high quality information as needed and modify it with without difficulty. Furthermore it would permit the teachers to continually improve upon existing formats increasing the professional quality and overall productivity.