What?
We are learning about Digital Stories and how to use them in the classroom. Digital stories are a collaboration of photos or videos and music and/or audio that introduces a school topic or teaches a lesson to students. Often it is used as a "hook" to get students interested in the lesson.
So What?
This is a wonderful way to bring education into the classroom! So often lessons go on in a normal, boring fashion, and often students aren't interested in learning what the teacher has prepared-not even giving the information a chance. We are learning about this so that we can use it in our classrooms to help our students learn information in a new way. This is also a great skill to have in order to be able to prepare stories about our personal lives, our families, presentations, school events such as graduation, and so many other areas.
Now What?
This technology will help improve my schema greatly! This will be a fun skill to master. I've done a similar assignment on Windows Movie Maker, but had several complications with the sound, so I'm excited to be able to use higher technology to complete this assignment. This will help me to incorporate more technology in the classroom than I could before, and will give me sklls to make me more valuable for the school and staff. I can also teach other colleagues how to create digital stories as well, and perhaps even teach my students how to do one for an assignment themselves!
Video reflection?
The video was very interesting. I was suprised at all of the lives that have been lost. I knew of the shuttle Columbia and Challenger-but not the others. The music and tone appropriately paid tribute to those people. The video was very impactful but I felt like there were a few glitches and it didn't flow very well. Over all though, it was a very good video. It's a great example as to how to involve peoples' emotions and give them information at the same time.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Class as of 10/18
What?
Our group is still working on putting the finishing touches on our WebQuest Assignments. We didn't have class this week, so we didn't really work on it yet, but we will have it completed by Thursday.
So What?
It will be interesting having to work on it when we aren't together. It will give us some practice so that if we are ever in a situation were we are on vacation or something we can be able to talk to each other and learn how to get things done!
Now What?
The WebQuest is a super cool assignment that will be very useful for my future class. I think it's a really cool and creative new way to have students learn. I like how the assignment has us incorporate different elements-not all just online stuff. This will be useful as technology advances, and if there are any state requirements to use different media to learn, this will help!
Video
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Our group is still working on putting the finishing touches on our WebQuest Assignments. We didn't have class this week, so we didn't really work on it yet, but we will have it completed by Thursday.
So What?
It will be interesting having to work on it when we aren't together. It will give us some practice so that if we are ever in a situation were we are on vacation or something we can be able to talk to each other and learn how to get things done!
Now What?
The WebQuest is a super cool assignment that will be very useful for my future class. I think it's a really cool and creative new way to have students learn. I like how the assignment has us incorporate different elements-not all just online stuff. This will be useful as technology advances, and if there are any state requirements to use different media to learn, this will help!
Video
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Saturday, October 10, 2009
Class as of 10/10/09
What?
In class we were given more time to work on and finalize our WebQuests with our group.
So What?
It is helping me to collaborate with others to work on an assignment for students. Using the technology to create an assignment for students while working with others is tricky, but it's helpful because it gets us trained to work on collaborative assignments that we will most likely have to do when we are teachers.
Now What?
This is great to be able to work on a big assignment with group members because it will give us practice for later in the work place. We will all know what to expect more from others, and how to work with people no matter what their work type is-whether they like to be in control of everything or if they don't like doing much, etc.
Video reflection
I clicked on the link and was not able to pull up the video. I also did a search for it on Teacher Tube and it would not come up. I searched it and found a link for the School House Rock video, and when I clicked on the link, it would not pull up. Instead it brought up other videos that had nothing to do with School House Rock.
In class we were given more time to work on and finalize our WebQuests with our group.
So What?
It is helping me to collaborate with others to work on an assignment for students. Using the technology to create an assignment for students while working with others is tricky, but it's helpful because it gets us trained to work on collaborative assignments that we will most likely have to do when we are teachers.
Now What?
This is great to be able to work on a big assignment with group members because it will give us practice for later in the work place. We will all know what to expect more from others, and how to work with people no matter what their work type is-whether they like to be in control of everything or if they don't like doing much, etc.
Video reflection
I clicked on the link and was not able to pull up the video. I also did a search for it on Teacher Tube and it would not come up. I searched it and found a link for the School House Rock video, and when I clicked on the link, it would not pull up. Instead it brought up other videos that had nothing to do with School House Rock.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Class of 10/3
What?
In class we learned more about our Web Quests and were able to work more on them. We began our PowerPoint and typed up part of our layout for our project. We also learned how to link all of our slides, and Jonathan worked on that while Kelly and I did our layout.
So What?
We are learning this in class because it is a further extension of our education in ways that technology can help us in the classroom, and help our students to learn. This is also a great ability to have because it will help when I do presentations. I also learned how to link on our slides, something that I did not know before. This will help my presentations to become more proficient and useful.
Now What?
This is a great way for students to use technology to learn. Not only does it incorporate the internet and different education web sites, but it helps students to learn by using PowerPoint to link them to the internet.
Video
THAT IS SO COOL!!!! I can't believe that kind of technology is available! Just in my lifetime, it's amazing to look back and see the progress we have made! I can't believe it! I'm only 20, and yet when I was born, computers were just transitioning from being the size of an entire room, to being able to own one in your own home! Let alone being on a table! It amazes me! I was really floored when I watched how they downloaded a picture to a phone in 2 seconds and without any downloading to computers or emailing! I couldn't believe it! This will definately change the way a classroom works, probably in the next 20 years. I may have students' desks which are no longer desks! They'll probably be giant computer screens! This could really help children to get a hands on concept of things that they otherwise would not be able to.
In class we learned more about our Web Quests and were able to work more on them. We began our PowerPoint and typed up part of our layout for our project. We also learned how to link all of our slides, and Jonathan worked on that while Kelly and I did our layout.
So What?
We are learning this in class because it is a further extension of our education in ways that technology can help us in the classroom, and help our students to learn. This is also a great ability to have because it will help when I do presentations. I also learned how to link on our slides, something that I did not know before. This will help my presentations to become more proficient and useful.
Now What?
This is a great way for students to use technology to learn. Not only does it incorporate the internet and different education web sites, but it helps students to learn by using PowerPoint to link them to the internet.
Video
THAT IS SO COOL!!!! I can't believe that kind of technology is available! Just in my lifetime, it's amazing to look back and see the progress we have made! I can't believe it! I'm only 20, and yet when I was born, computers were just transitioning from being the size of an entire room, to being able to own one in your own home! Let alone being on a table! It amazes me! I was really floored when I watched how they downloaded a picture to a phone in 2 seconds and without any downloading to computers or emailing! I couldn't believe it! This will definately change the way a classroom works, probably in the next 20 years. I may have students' desks which are no longer desks! They'll probably be giant computer screens! This could really help children to get a hands on concept of things that they otherwise would not be able to.
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