We are learning how to use programs and tools that assist with the creation of videocasts. The programs that we are learning are the following: Microsoft Office Picture Manager 2003, Jing and Audacity.
These programs make learning funnier for teachers, students, and colleagues. They are fun programs for students to learn and use and also for teachers use. We are doing this so that we can expand our technology knowledge and abilities, and thus be able to make better presentations. Be learning these programs, I now have knowledge of more tools to use for projects in my other classes or for personal reasons. This technology makes it possible for me and my colleges to have more fun and make better presentations.
This technology will help my future students create great presentations. This new information changes my current schema. Now I will not be limited only to PowerPoint, and be able to progress the effectiveness of my presentations. In the future I will be teacher that requires much work to be presented over technology. I am strong believer in that presenting information causes one to experience elite learning. My students in groups will give videocast presentations of grammar, vocab and culture topics. They will be able to save info off of their screens and share it with one another in collaboration. By using this technology I will be providing my students with the knowledge they will need in our ever progressing technology world. This will help me become a better future colleague as I will be able to help contribute to presentations that the department will make or programs that we can make to help our students lab learning. It is vital that we learn and use the new technology available to us. Technology is created to make our lives more effiecient and effective. Ignorance of technology leads to lack of knowledge and frustration in the real world.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Podcasts
We are learning how to make Podcasts. This simple technology is completley new to me. I had know idea that great programs such as garageband existed. Podcasts are a great way to instruct students in a diverse way.
As a teacher I will be able to be a more exciting teacher. My students will have a funnier learning experience and my colleague will apreciate the excitement from these sources. This is an excellent resource that I can use in other class presentations or in employment presentations. Podcasts make my life simplier and funnier, in the future my colleagues and I can have fun making great presentations
My students will be able to learn how to make Podcasts. Their generation is very media based. This new information changes my technology schema and gives me more options beyond Power Point for presentations. For future assignments, I can have my students make a Podcast with a classmate such as we did this week. This will help me become a better teacher as I will keep things up to date and thus funnier. With other teachers we will be able to collabrate better and make podcasts for the department. When I was a student I found I did not choose to learn because everything was outdated and boring. By implementing new and exciting technology students will be more engaged and thus be more likely to learn.
As a teacher I will be able to be a more exciting teacher. My students will have a funnier learning experience and my colleague will apreciate the excitement from these sources. This is an excellent resource that I can use in other class presentations or in employment presentations. Podcasts make my life simplier and funnier, in the future my colleagues and I can have fun making great presentations
My students will be able to learn how to make Podcasts. Their generation is very media based. This new information changes my technology schema and gives me more options beyond Power Point for presentations. For future assignments, I can have my students make a Podcast with a classmate such as we did this week. This will help me become a better teacher as I will keep things up to date and thus funnier. With other teachers we will be able to collabrate better and make podcasts for the department. When I was a student I found I did not choose to learn because everything was outdated and boring. By implementing new and exciting technology students will be more engaged and thus be more likely to learn.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Google Sites
Learning how to make a google website involves the use of many tools. One must learn how to make various appealing pages, implement a calender, make a place for archives and other resouces, ect.
This make the life of the teacher, studetns and colleagues more organized and easier. Sites allow everyone to be informed of what is going on and nobody is left ignorant unless they choose to be irresponsible. We are doing this so that we can be better organized as teachers. I can implement the calender from this site to help me keep organized in my personal, educational and professional life. This website is a great resource. It can let people learn about me and help my colleagues and I stay on the same page and up to date with each other. The site is a like a full-on life planner and resourcer that is available anywhere I go.
This technology will help my future students to be more organized and aware; thus, resulting in greater educational success. This information does not change my current schema much since I was raised the use of technology and I strongly beleive that it should be used in education. I can give my students an assignment to create their own personal page or have two students work together to make a team page. Google sites help me become a better future teacher as they allow for me to be more organized and effecient in my instruction; the site allows me to have better communication with my students. This also helps me becmoe a better colleague as I will be able to post and communicate easily with my colleagues. As a department we will be able to collaboration virutal and share many ideas and link on our own time. A website allows for us to easily become more personal and express ourselves and desires to the whole world. Anything that makes our lifes simplier and more effiecient should be used, why would one not want to take adavantage of our ever-progressing technology?
This make the life of the teacher, studetns and colleagues more organized and easier. Sites allow everyone to be informed of what is going on and nobody is left ignorant unless they choose to be irresponsible. We are doing this so that we can be better organized as teachers. I can implement the calender from this site to help me keep organized in my personal, educational and professional life. This website is a great resource. It can let people learn about me and help my colleagues and I stay on the same page and up to date with each other. The site is a like a full-on life planner and resourcer that is available anywhere I go.
This technology will help my future students to be more organized and aware; thus, resulting in greater educational success. This information does not change my current schema much since I was raised the use of technology and I strongly beleive that it should be used in education. I can give my students an assignment to create their own personal page or have two students work together to make a team page. Google sites help me become a better future teacher as they allow for me to be more organized and effecient in my instruction; the site allows me to have better communication with my students. This also helps me becmoe a better colleague as I will be able to post and communicate easily with my colleagues. As a department we will be able to collaboration virutal and share many ideas and link on our own time. A website allows for us to easily become more personal and express ourselves and desires to the whole world. Anything that makes our lifes simplier and more effiecient should be used, why would one not want to take adavantage of our ever-progressing technology?
Friday, September 3, 2010
Week 2 (Everything Google)
What:
Learning how to use Google documents is very beneficial. The Google tools will help me easily collaborate with my colleagues. However, most importantly these tools will assist me in being organized; and allow for me to more effectively present material and have material easily disposable for my students use.
So What:
These tools benefit everyone. Teachers, students, and colleagues are able to easily collaborate on projects. They are also able to personally or professionally organize and network their lives.
We are doing these projects so that we can have first hand experience and understand the usefulness of this free technology. Google applications will be a great asset to me as a teacher. I will be able to place presentations for my students use, and correct their documents on-line. These benefit all parties by saving on cost and time. Hence, Google helps my life be more efficient and simpler. Google should also benefit my colleagues as we are able to plan and organize on our own time and do not always need to meet in person at a set time in order to collaborate.
Now What:
This technology will help my future students education be simpler. They will be able to check the class calender and work on projects at more suitable times. My schema as a child was to do most of all school work by hand with a pencil and paper. Everything was on paper. This technology creates a new schema that allows to teach more diversely. This information will allow me to teach more efficiently and also place more responsible on my students as they will be able to access the material themselves. The students will be able to work on their final project of doing a Spanish short presentation to the class. They will be able to create Power Points and collaborate on the project from locations convenient to them.
Google information will help me to become a better future teacher as it aids me in diverse instruction. I am for the use of technology, thus, I will be able to be a good colleague and teach older teachers how to use this technology. In are departments this technology can help us be on the same page. We will be able to make up similar syllabuses and have similar requirements for all of our students. When we come across good ideas or articles that we feel could benefit our department, then we will easily be able to share these type of documents with our colleagues. Finally, I am not a fan of having to get together for meetings to discuss every little thing. This technology allows us to communicate easily and own our own convenience without having to always get together in person.
Learning how to use Google documents is very beneficial. The Google tools will help me easily collaborate with my colleagues. However, most importantly these tools will assist me in being organized; and allow for me to more effectively present material and have material easily disposable for my students use.
So What:
These tools benefit everyone. Teachers, students, and colleagues are able to easily collaborate on projects. They are also able to personally or professionally organize and network their lives.
We are doing these projects so that we can have first hand experience and understand the usefulness of this free technology. Google applications will be a great asset to me as a teacher. I will be able to place presentations for my students use, and correct their documents on-line. These benefit all parties by saving on cost and time. Hence, Google helps my life be more efficient and simpler. Google should also benefit my colleagues as we are able to plan and organize on our own time and do not always need to meet in person at a set time in order to collaborate.
Now What:
This technology will help my future students education be simpler. They will be able to check the class calender and work on projects at more suitable times. My schema as a child was to do most of all school work by hand with a pencil and paper. Everything was on paper. This technology creates a new schema that allows to teach more diversely. This information will allow me to teach more efficiently and also place more responsible on my students as they will be able to access the material themselves. The students will be able to work on their final project of doing a Spanish short presentation to the class. They will be able to create Power Points and collaborate on the project from locations convenient to them.
Google information will help me to become a better future teacher as it aids me in diverse instruction. I am for the use of technology, thus, I will be able to be a good colleague and teach older teachers how to use this technology. In are departments this technology can help us be on the same page. We will be able to make up similar syllabuses and have similar requirements for all of our students. When we come across good ideas or articles that we feel could benefit our department, then we will easily be able to share these type of documents with our colleagues. Finally, I am not a fan of having to get together for meetings to discuss every little thing. This technology allows us to communicate easily and own our own convenience without having to always get together in person.
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