Week 7, Thing #16

There are so many opportunities to find great videos at youtube and teachertube. In the short time I spent looking through youtube, I found this great song about dividing fractions. I think one of the down falls of youtube is all the videos that you have to sort through to find worthwhile videos. Another down fall would be that students cannot access youtube from school. Everything would have to be teacher found.

Week 6, Thing #15

I am planning to use movie maker in my lesson plan with my students on a weather unit. I plan to accomplish this in January. I will post and example at that time.

Week 6, Thing #14

Voice Thread is a pretty cool site. I made a presentation for a couple of friends trying to convince them to take a trip with me. I had fun finding images and putting together a story. I think student would enjoy putting together presentations on voice thread. Also, students can put their own voice on the presentation and be able to heard how they sound when presenting. I think this would be a great self evaluation tool. Another aspect that I think would be beneficial for students is that I as the teacher could give them feedback on specific parts of their presentation at that part.

Week 5, Thing #13

GoogleDoc would be a fun application to use with students. I like how every student can be working on a project at their own computer at the same time. This will force every student to physically participate in a project. I think it is very important that I as the teacher can see what every student has edited. The students should also be aware that I can that capability. The only problem I see is getting the computer space at school and students complaining that their internet was not working at home.