While we were learning about vid casts in class on Thursday there was one thing that I kept thinking, something must be wrong because I was one of the few students who understood everything that was discussed.
I really am enjoying this class and am super excited to use Photo Story 3 to create a video to take out into field with me.
Today I was with my dad trying to convince him to invest in a cam corder rather then using his digital camera to take video with. When he gave me the excuse that they were to expensive and not practical for him. I was like a small child on Christmas day when I was able to tell him about a Video Flip (I actually surprised my sister that I even knew what it was. As mentioned several times before I am not very technology savvy.)
Students today are so lucky and I don't even think they realize how many opportunities await them with only the click of a mouse.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Pod What???
As you may have guessed by now, I am not the most technology savvy person, so this class is very interesting for me but also challenging and a little on the stressful side of life. When you brought up pod casts I realized that I had heard of them and had actually used them before, I just never knew their technology name. This made me happy, and I realized I am not as technology illiterate as I thought.
After learning and experiencing with pod casts today, I feel the confidence that I could actually use pod casts as a learning tool in my future classroom.
I am actually really learning a lot from this class, and am really excited to explore with some of these things (especially pod casts) in my future classroom.
After learning and experiencing with pod casts today, I feel the confidence that I could actually use pod casts as a learning tool in my future classroom.
I am actually really learning a lot from this class, and am really excited to explore with some of these things (especially pod casts) in my future classroom.
Friday, September 10, 2010
It's a love hate Realationship
Three class periords into the semester, and I can already tell this class is going to run up the Advil bill:). I love the websites. I love that students, parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles anybody can get onto our "class website" and find out what we are doing in our classsroom without reveling all of thr students personal informaiton.
I however have found that the google website are complicated!!! The website itself is prettyself explanitory but getting all the google features to work together is where it gets complicated (That might have something do with 35 students trying to do the same thing at the same time:)).
For me as a studnet I have found our class website to be more helpful then the classes that use blackboard because they can offer more information more clearly then the blackboard classes can. I really am excited to learn more about the website and to incorporate it in my classroom because although it is annoyingly stressful I really can see the benefits of using it.
I however have found that the google website are complicated!!! The website itself is prettyself explanitory but getting all the google features to work together is where it gets complicated (That might have something do with 35 students trying to do the same thing at the same time:)).
For me as a studnet I have found our class website to be more helpful then the classes that use blackboard because they can offer more information more clearly then the blackboard classes can. I really am excited to learn more about the website and to incorporate it in my classroom because although it is annoyingly stressful I really can see the benefits of using it.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
What the...
I have to be totally honest. When we began experimenting with google tools I had one thought pop into my head, is there still time to drop out of the program?
Google tools was something that I had never even heard of let alone experimented with. When we began learning them in class my head would not stop spinning. However, the more I have played around with them the more I am beginning to like them. I love that they are universal, and that you don't have to have the same writing program to open up a document that the publisher wrote it in. I also love that it is free. Being a poor college student anything with the word FREE stamped on it is immediately going to get my attention. I really would like to learn more about google documents so that I can become more comfortable with them and hopefully use them in my future classroom.
As for UEN I love it! Last semester in my computer technology class my professor insisted that we only use websites found on UEN so I became very familiar with the it. There are several things that I like about it but two things that really appeal to me. First, that it is teacher and student oriented. Either teachers or students can log onto the website and have information specified for them in a matter of minutes. Which leads me the second reason, it offers an abundance of websites. I love that they have tried to make the website as interesting as possible. The websites range from: lesson plans, informational websites, classroom management, the list is endless. This is defiantly a website that I plan on using in my experience throughtout the program and for sure in my future classroom.
Google tools was something that I had never even heard of let alone experimented with. When we began learning them in class my head would not stop spinning. However, the more I have played around with them the more I am beginning to like them. I love that they are universal, and that you don't have to have the same writing program to open up a document that the publisher wrote it in. I also love that it is free. Being a poor college student anything with the word FREE stamped on it is immediately going to get my attention. I really would like to learn more about google documents so that I can become more comfortable with them and hopefully use them in my future classroom.
As for UEN I love it! Last semester in my computer technology class my professor insisted that we only use websites found on UEN so I became very familiar with the it. There are several things that I like about it but two things that really appeal to me. First, that it is teacher and student oriented. Either teachers or students can log onto the website and have information specified for them in a matter of minutes. Which leads me the second reason, it offers an abundance of websites. I love that they have tried to make the website as interesting as possible. The websites range from: lesson plans, informational websites, classroom management, the list is endless. This is defiantly a website that I plan on using in my experience throughtout the program and for sure in my future classroom.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Educational Hero
Growing up I never really liked school. I know that is the case with most young students but I seriously despised having to wake up and attend the local elementary school for 6-7 hours a day. So what are that the chances that a student who hated school so badly, now wants more then anything in the world to be teaching it her self. Irony I think, not I contribute my desire to teach to several people but for the sake of time will discuss just two.
Mom: Growing up, education was never really something that my grandparents impressed on their children. After high school the kids (especially the girls) were expected to get married and have a family. When my mom was 18, having just graduated from high school, her oldest brother was killed in a tragic accident. Needless to say my grandparents were distraught! My mom decided that following her brothers death the best way to deal with the loss was to keep herself busy. She enrolled in BYU for the fall semester without the support (rather the discouragement) of her parents. Four years later she graduated with her bachelors in Elementary Education and went on to teach 1st grade in Lehi for the next four years.
Mr. Olsen: When I was in 5th grade I was diagnosed with petite mal seizures a medical condition where several times throughout the day I would stare off into oblivion for about 30 seconds. It does not seem like that big of a deal but when is happens about 15-20 times a day I would be missing important curriculum which caused me to fall behind in my school work. Not only was it causing me to fall behind but it was causing me to think negative thoughts about myself. Mr. Olsen however understood my situation and was willing to work with me. He also helped me to understand that some things are out of our control and worked very hard with me to help me understand that I was still a bright student.
Mom: Growing up, education was never really something that my grandparents impressed on their children. After high school the kids (especially the girls) were expected to get married and have a family. When my mom was 18, having just graduated from high school, her oldest brother was killed in a tragic accident. Needless to say my grandparents were distraught! My mom decided that following her brothers death the best way to deal with the loss was to keep herself busy. She enrolled in BYU for the fall semester without the support (rather the discouragement) of her parents. Four years later she graduated with her bachelors in Elementary Education and went on to teach 1st grade in Lehi for the next four years.
Mr. Olsen: When I was in 5th grade I was diagnosed with petite mal seizures a medical condition where several times throughout the day I would stare off into oblivion for about 30 seconds. It does not seem like that big of a deal but when is happens about 15-20 times a day I would be missing important curriculum which caused me to fall behind in my school work. Not only was it causing me to fall behind but it was causing me to think negative thoughts about myself. Mr. Olsen however understood my situation and was willing to work with me. He also helped me to understand that some things are out of our control and worked very hard with me to help me understand that I was still a bright student.
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