Journal #4

 The grade level standards I delved into was grades 11-12.  You can realize looking through these standards they are attempting to prepare the students for the college level education.  The technology standard that stood out to me was being able to asses different type of information from multiple sources and being able to transform that into different types of media and formats.  This includes excel spreadsheets, word processing softwares, and multimedia productions tools.  As I mentioned before this standard is challenging students creative thinking and problem solving techniques to answer given questions.  These tangible skills will prepare them for the next educational level and prepare them for their future in the workforce.

One tool I found useful in CPALMS was the instructional resources that included various lesson plans.  This tool would benefit my own lesson plans by being able to integrate different teachers perspectives on a given topic.  Being able to look through a different lens or in this case another teachers brain would benefit how I teach certain material.  Also, a topic that I may not be comfortable in I could use this tool to teach myself and furthermore be able to effectively teach my students.  

Being a proficient internet searcher as a teacher is not only beneficial for yourself but for your students.  You will not only be able to find pertinent information on a given topic, but also teach your students how to search more effectively.  Reverse image searching is a skill I will be using in the future because theres not always words or knowledge of a topic that will be able to search an item.  Sometimes and image is all you have but also all you need.