Last Real Class

Tonight we presented our Web 2.0 presentations and did student/teacher evaluations.

Next week, our lesson plan assignments are due and we have an online quiz to complete (includes entire semester!!!!!).

3rd to Last Class = )

We were very hands on today...

We explored kid pix, photo booth, inspiration/kidspiration, iphoto, and garageband.

As a class, we discussed how to use these in the classroom to get kids interested and motivated to learn.

CLASSS

These last few classes have been about desktop publishing (newsletter and brochure), podcasting, and now, tonight, we are learning about Bloom's Taxonomy.

Up the pyramid of Bloom's Taxonomy...

1. knowledge: recall or recognition of a statement

2. comprehension: understand, translate, paraphrase, interpret, or extrapolate material

3. application: use information and transfer knowledge from one setting to another

4. analysis: identifying detail and having the ability to discover and differentiate the component parts of a situation or information

5. synthesis: combine parts to create the big picture

6. evaluate: judge the value or use of information using appropriate criteria (support judgement with reason).

Class about Websites

Why use Websites?

The information is always there for students and parents to use at any time for the class.

All the papers, permission slips, and homework assignments can be posted for any us.

Design for Website

appropriateness

placement

consistency

content

etc

5 criteria from Cornell U for Evaluating Webpages

accuracy of web documents

authority of web documents

objective of web documents

currency of web documents

coverage of web documents

(copied and pasted from Cornell U article)

• Accuracy. If your page lists the author and institution that published the page and provides a way of contacting him/her
• Authority. If your page lists the author credentials and its domain is preferred (.edu, .gov, .org, or .net)
• Objectivity. If your page provides accurate information with limited advertising and it is objective in presenting the information, and . . .
• Currency. If your page is current and updated regularly (as stated on the page) and the links (if any) are also up-to-date
• Coverage. If you can view the information properly--not limited to fees, browser technology, or software requirement

Class about Creating an Effective PowerPoint

Some tips for creating PowerPoint:

- text color and background need to be pleasant to the eyes

- light background and dark text

- graphic and text match

- use bullets rather than sentences (keywords)

- short and sweet, but explain during presentation

- no reading from the slide!

- good size text (no pretty pretty fonts!!!)

- 28/32 for heading and 20/24 for subtext

- GRAMMAR AND CAPITALIZATION

- beyond text

- limit number of slides

- consistent from slide to slide (no busy or distracting backgrounds)

- use animations and transitions sparingly

- use white space for graphics (about one per page)

- let graphics tell a story

- giving the presentation

- don't read and speak loudly

- eye contact and movement

- know topic throughly (summarize topic before the actual presentation)

- use opening to catch attention

- pause between slides

- remember the "B" key

- turns off presentation

- body language

- use natural gestures, don't hide from audience, use notes for reference, and PRACTICE!!!

International Society For Technology in Education (ISTE)

- set standards for teachers to teach technology

Web 2.0 Class

Last class we learned about Web 2.0 sites. These are free programs that anyone can use for educational purposes. There was a failure in getting everyone on Google Earth, but it was definately a cool website. We even saw a program that 4th graders made in which they had the viewer flying from one city to another while learning about different types of animals in that region. The English Literature one was the coolest because we were able to see the castles etc. from the classic novels most students have to read. I'm excited for the project because I want to learn more about these websites and hopefully use them in my classroom!!!

Excel

I thought I knew excel, I was surprised to find out how little I actually did know. My knowledge of excel has greatly increased because I learned how to properly create bar graphs, create formulas, and it got me thinking about how I want to asses my students.

I think this assignment taught me how to calculate and weigh grades at a basic level. Now that I have grasped this knowledge I know that I feel more confident assessing and grading my students more efficiently.

First Day of Class

Well besides learning everything about the actual class itself, I also learned who my teacher was, which is a big deal because she wasn't on my rate my professor or on temple's website, so I was a tad worried. I also learned how to use the program inspiration which I have seen before, but never actually used!!! I'm actually excited for the next class = )