Wheel in the Sky

http://www.pipl.com This is a pretty scary site which allows you to find all the information you need about anyone. Next, we discussed our presentations over our Pecha Kucha project. The presentations will cover our final exam. Should you opt not to do a presentation, you may do a voicethread in its place.
Our main topic for the day involved Synchronous Conferencing. We were introduced to Skype. We had a conversation with a teacher in Bangkok, Thailand named Jeff. He informed us about international teaching opportunities. This was really interesting. We were able to see Jeff, on screen, as he discussed his job in Bangkok.
The class ended with a course evaluation.

Friday, March 12, 2010

Google Doc Survey

I created a google doc survey relating to movies made in the 80s. You can access the survey by clicking on the following link: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHJsVUJBczA2Sm8zSTQ5SzYxbGRHMGc6MA

So please click the link and take the survey. I think you will find it fun. I have a huge love for movies from the 80s. I enjoy everything from comedy to horror.

So far, the results on my survey favor the movie, The Breakfast Club and Friday The 13th. Molly Ringwald was selected as favorite actress.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

My Voice Thread: Learning to Play Guitar

Here is my voicethread "Learning to Play Guitar"
http://voicethread.com/share/904787/

Monday, February 15, 2010

Digiteens. New Ways of Sharing Information.

I think teens creating videos to share important information is a great idea. I think thois would be a great school project for High-Schoolers. Some of the information presented, I was not even aware of. The part dealing with death/injury as caused by driving while texting..was actually pretty eye opening to me. I did not realize so many people were dying because of texting. I thought alot of the topics covered were really intresting. It was good to see kids having knowledge of some serious issues..i.e. identity theft. This works well, in teaching other children. Children are far more interested in what their peers have to say as opposed to print or TV media. The video can be viewed here:
http://dotsub.com/view/49145dac-632d-4135-9d94-aaa383cf656d

I tried to embed the video, however, I keep getting an error. So please check it out by following the link provided.

Project Learning: Is it for Everyone?

I watched the video based on Project Learning. Basically, students pick a topic and spend the year/semester planning field trips and working on research for this topic. I, personally, think this is a pretty neat idea. I do not, however, feel that this works for everybody. I understand technology has come a long way and teachers are trying to implement it more and more in todays classes. HOwever, i am not entirely opposed to "old school" teaching. I think students can have just as much fun and learn with hands on activities without necessarily using technology. The school i did my observation at did not have that many computers. So where are these students supposed to make their slide shows, should a teacher decide to implement aproject based learning assignment? I do believe that using a project based learning assignment would teach one aspect of the subject being taught. What about the other aspects of the subject? Should only one topic of Science be covered? Oh well, watch the video and see what you think. The video can be viewed here:

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Student Independent Learning Project

here is the link to the video i watched.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MN-kV8Ahps&feature=player_embedded

Here is the video:

Wheel in the Sky

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Smart Board use in Elementary Schools