Lesson Plans (2)

I really emjoyed listening to everyones ideas and lesson plans. It gave me many ideas to use and implement in my own class someday. The different uses of technology that people chose were very creative. I hope everyone has a chance to use all these ideas one day. One good idea for future classes would be a file that the class has access to and that has everyones lesson plans in it so others could use them as well.

Wikis and Podcasts

I have also used podcasts in the Sped class. They are a neat tool that allows you to watch something on your own time. I didn't know itunes had them for free, and that there were so many of them available. This is something I am going to check out more thouroughly.
I knew a little about wikis, but not to the extent of what we learned in class. I knew they were sites that all or some peolple could add to and change, but I had only seen them as an informational source. They way we used them in class was way cool!

My family

My family

Web Site Evaluation

For this assignment I used three different evaluation sheets. I had a hard time finding all of the forms, and sometimes I would find them but I couldn't fill them out after they were saved. So anyway, I only used 3. I used Schrock's, the ncsu one, and bvn one. The one I liked the most was Schrock's because it was easiest to use and navigate. The value of doing a website evaluation is that it helps you know if it is a trusted resource. If you can't find the author of a site and a copyright or date, then how do you know the information is true?

Topic 10 spread sheets

Spread sheets are a good way to stay organized and stay on top of things. We visited one site ( I can't remember the name) that had lots of neat things. There were many ways to keep the whole school working together and keeping up on all that is going on. You could do conference calls, polls, and share ideas with each other. Anyway, spread sheets are one of the things that I am going to try to use and become way more familiar with.

Topic 9 Word Processing

Working with the Google doc was fun because we are all at different sites, yet we all worked on the same document. It was interesting searching through the word processing sites and seeing all the different things there are available to use in the classroom. We created our own story by filling in the blanks on the wacky web tales page. We had a lot of fun. We also did puzzles of animals on the discovery page, it was a fun site to visit. Using word processing in the classroom has endless possibilities and many many opportunities for fun and learning all at the same time.

Topic 12 Digital Photography

I thought this class was so much fun. I loved learning all the cool tricks about touching up my photo's. I will definitely use this in the future, and think it will be fun. I like making scrapbook pages and I think the collage button will make a fun tool to use on some of them. I would also like to post one of my pictures on my blog too. The Picasa was so easy to use, and the fact that it is free is just another added benefit. Too cool!!