Monday, April 1, 2013
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
I learned about several good websites. I have gotten the
most out of Brian Thomas from TCI. I use TCI products at my school and have
gotten some really good ideas from them.
I will be completely honest I do not really enjoy twitter. It is almost like reading a foreign language
to me. I will keep my twitter account
after this class, but I may not be using it daily. I understand why it is so
popular, but I guess it is not my style. I will not be using it with my
students at this point for the same reasons I do not friend students on
Facebook.
Free Technology for Teachers
After exploring Richard Byrne’s blog I found he has some
really good ideas. If I were to go to a different school, I would be excited to
try some of them. At my school the majority of the students do not have
computers or internet access at home. Our school has a few computer labs that
must be booked several months in advance. The browsers on the computers are out
of date and will not even support the Kahn academy. Hopefully in the future we
can get some better technology and I will be able to use some of the information.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Week 3 Screencast
I really enjoyed making this screencast. It was very easy to do and I will be using this app in my teaching.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Article Review
I choose the article
titled Teaching History with Technology from thwt.org. Edtechteacher is a
website dedicated to multimedia use with education. The article details several
different options for multimedia use. The first three are presentation options.
PowerPoint is the old stand by for many teachers. For teachers that use Mac’s,
there is Apple Keynote. It is a step up from PowerPoint and is very easy to
use. Prezi is a web based presentation tool. It is different from PowerPoint in
that it uses a single canvas, verses multiple slides like PowerPoint.
Animoto and Voice
Thread are tools that can be used for more basic moving making presentations.
Animoto is very easy to use and allows the user to add music. Voice Thread is a
digital storytelling web based tool. It allows multiple users to comment on a
single artifact.
Glogster allows the
user to create posters. It also allows for the set-up of virtual classroom.
Capzles is used for creating timelines. Users can up load images and music can
be added. Kerpoof is for the creations of animated comics. Users can collaborate
on projects.
The article also
contains links to tutorials for each of the programs, as well as suggestions
how to integrate presentations into curriculum.
**I am in the middle of moving and the microphone has been packed. That is why there is no narration.**
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