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!!

topic 8 Webquests

Oops! forgot to title my last post.

I enjoyed learning about webquests. I had no idea what they were so it was very informative. I think it would be very exciting to do these in your classroom. I would need to do more research on them, but I am having fun getting ideas for lessons.
I did learn about the three different kinds of webquests. Project based, problem based, and inquiry based learning. It seems that there many many things to learn about webquests.

Topic 7 copyright

Taking the copyright quiz was a big help. It made me realize that I need to review it a little more. I guess I did ok on most of it, but their were a couple that I didn't know. Knowing the copyright laws is important.

Topic 6 Power point

Creating power points to use as mini lessons as well as other things is a lot of fun. There are so many things that can be done now on the power point program, that each new one created could be different from the last. I think the kids would enjoy seeing what new things you came up with each time you made one. It would also increase their interest in wanting to make their own. I know I had a lot of fun playing around with it when our group made ours for the project.

Topic 5 YETC

I think that YETC and the other sources that are available are a great tool for teachers. I went in and played around for a while and I was amazed at all that I found. There are not only lesson plans, but printable materials for use, CD rom programs, text books, and different fonts and clip art that are available. Plus much much more. A person could explore for hours. This is a great resource to remember for the future.

Lesson Plan 1

I have been having a hard time concentrating long enough to get this assignment done, but I think I finally have it. There's nothing like last minute. I chose to do a lesson for 2nd grade on life cycles of butterflies. One of the sites that I visited is called the incredible journey of the butterflies. It is set up to view in six sections, but it shows the different "journeys" of the butterfly. I thought it was really cool and thought the kids would really enjoy it too. Here is the site, www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/butterflies/program.html
I enjoyed trying to find fun sites for the kids. I visited quite a few and discovered which ones would teach them anything, and which ones were just boring. I had a lot of fun doing this assignment.