Comment for Erin's Week 2

I am with Erin on the PowerPoint. I thought it was a really cool and easy way to make a fun activity for students. Wikis were different. If I could chose, I'd stick with the Google Site because the lay out looks more appealing to me. I think Erin had some good ideas for her Wiki and PowerPoint.

Comment on Natasha Week 7 Blog

I was kidn of on the same page with Natasha about learning about making a Podcast. I learned a lot about finding free music to add to a Podcast and I learned that the program, Audicity, was somewhat easy to use. I'm glad to see that Natasha feels she can use a Podcast in a math class. Maybe I can bounce ideas off her so I can use this tool for my students.

Podcasts

I don't think I'm going to use Podcasts in my classroom. It wasn't too hard to make them, but I think Math would be hard to follow without any paper work. Podcasts are really cool idea for the classroom. I think teachers can use podcasts to interests students in a different way.

Rubrics and Tools for the Classroom

This assignment to make a rubric was challenging because it was hard for me to put into words of what I expected students to show in their work. Rubistar was helpful and it helped convey what I wanted to say. The program was very simple to use and it was very quick to turn over a produced product. Wordle was fun to use. I think that it would be fun to use a wordle for key concepts of a particular unit or section of content. Looking for sources for the Tools page on my google site was eye opening because it showed me that I have tons of resources outside of my given textbook.

Voice Thread

http://voicethread.com/share/2362438/

Movie Maker and Voice Thread

Making the movie was very fun. It was interesting to go through and edit my pictures and add music. The program was very easy to use and easy to finish projects. My only concern is that I may not have many uses for it in my future classroom.
The voice thread was hard for me to complete because of the programs not being able to relate on my netbook compared to the school netbooks. My movie that I wanted to use for my voice thread was not compatable to my computer.

Picasa

I had a hard time coming up with a story for diversity, but as I was working in Picasa, it came together. This program is really easy to use and making a movie with images is a great idea to build on a lesson.
I could use this to create notes and edit them to out key points and make a presentation to post on a class website. I think this could be a positive additive for the website.