My final, final thoughts

I really enjoyed this class!! I have learned things that my teenagers don't know, YEAH! That above all else is empowering.

I enjoyed Jeff's teaching style and the collaborative atmosphere of our group. It was nice to have colleeges that were open to be supporting my learning curve.

I am excited to tyr some of thiese resources out within the classroom. Although I would love to have some sleep between now and then I am looking forward to using these features in a few weeks as I begin to intern.

Photo Story 3

Trying to upload video again, this time from YouTube.

YEAH!!! It finally worked!

Photo Story 3 movie

Well here goes again. I am going to try and post my movie for the umpteenth time. Wish me luck!





didnt work again, sign....

Final Reflection

As I continue to compose a website with great frustration I don't know how much I learned in this course. Or did I learn things and it is the working in Google that has me so frustrated?

I really enjoyed this class and all of the new ideas I have for communicating with my parents and my students. I also like the way I will be able to archive my teaching style for a personal portfolio. Having a personal portfolio will not only be handy to use when interviewing for a position, it will be a great way for me to monitor how my teaching style grows or changes over time.

I would recommend this course for future teachers and for individuals in general. What I don't use in my classroom, I still think I will use personally. Thanks Jeff for being such a great instructor!

Movie making and it's challenges

I enjoyed making the movie all in all. The sound track is a short coming of mine. I don't currently do a lot of listening on Ipods or from the web and therefore didn't have the prior knowledge to make this movie more exciting from a soundtrack point of view without taking lots more time than already put into the assignment. I am intrigued enough to want help from my daughter to learn this skill.

I also chose to work in Photo story so that I could use my pc at home. This program has some limitations compared to Imovie or even Movie Maker as to the versatility of what effects are available. But it worked well enough that I could even see using it in the classroom with students. Sometimes less options is better when you're starting out. Both for myself and the students.

Now if I can find a way to make the movie compatible with Blogger things will be good.

Graphic Organizers

As much as I think graphic organizers are helpful to students (and particularly to young students), I found the inspiration software very difficult and frustrating. I struggled with formatting from outline to graphic tree in the order I desired. And I tried and tried to "shrink" the organizer to fit a computer screen without scrolling, yet never quit made it. I am not sure how much I would use this in teaching just because of the time it would take me personally to create a usable work.

OME - Half Way Done

I have really enjoyed this class and all of the new concepts it has introduced as opportunities for personal and professional use. I get frustrated when I struggle to transfer knowledge after I leave the class or switch from the Macs in class to my PC at home. My favorite lesson so far has been learning how to manipulate digital images in various venues.