Job Interview Advice and Using Publisher

In today's class we started off by discussing job applications and Greg gave us some job interview techniques.

Some tips I took note of were:

- To address the criteria.
- We should receive the questions we will be asked during the interview just prior t0 the interview, it's a good idea to make some dot points to help you during the interview.
- It is ok to ask for constructive feedback if we don't get the job.
- Many jobs are listed on the Department of Education website and some jobs are advertised in The Age.
- It's important to have a great e-portfolio which outlines many things, amongst which are my teaching philosophy, and application of theories to the classroom. I should be aware of child protection and privacy with regard to photos.

Today we played with Publisher. I created a brochure for San Christobel De Las Casas in Southern Mexico. Publisher is useful for designing brochures or advertisements using graphics, different fonts and layouts. I used functions such as cutting and pasting, importing graphics from Google Images, creating different effects with pictures and backgrounds. I learnt that by clicking on the green dot you are able to rotate pictures.

This program would be great for children to use to develop their ICT skills, for literacy and for humanities (the subject content of the brochure). In particular students could write persuasive text to convince readers to visit a certain place or attend an event.