Wednesday, March 10, 2010

eBistro

The website is really well put together and it incorporates a lot of the material we did in this class. If you were a person or child who was a digital learner then this website would be a perfect fit. This website would be able to explain how to go about putting an imovie and iphoto into the classroom presentations. It also goes on to explain about Digital Storytelling, what it is, and how it is done. This website entails EVERYTHING that happened in this classroom. It is a perfect representation of what we did in this class. Our whole class curriculum has been concluded within this website.

Floorplanner

I am an extremely visual person and I love drawing out every detail. When I found floorplanner.com I was so thrilled, this is exactly what I love. Floorplanner.com allows you to set up an exact floor plan of any area you may live or work in. It is perfect for figuring out a new living arrangement or for a new classroom arrangement. With floorplanner, you are able to be organized and prepared for your classroom. It is also great for students to use. They can be creative and design houses or a classrooms, with geometric or mathematical shapes and figures.

Technology Projects Enhancing your Classroom

Technology projects that enhance your classroom for Teachers

1. Tech newsletters
2. Voice Thread
3. Smart Board
4. Glogster
5. Digital Storytelling - Slideshare.com
6. Online Whiteboard

Technology projects that enhance your classroom for Students

1. Voki
2. Google Docs
3. Big Huge Labs
4. Wordle
5. Interactive White Board
6. Google Earth

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Wix

I didn't create a site on Wix, but I spent a lot of time messing around on it and I believe I am going to use Wix instead of Google sites for my portfolio. Wix has the professional look I wanted to portray in Google Sites. It would take me too long create a whole site on Wix, so I figured I would just continue to work on my portfolio. Google Sites allows you to add html whereas Wix does not allow users to add html.

Rubric

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AYURe54JswUPZGNoNDY0cXRfNDZ6OHZzYm1nag&hl=en

Podcast about French Nouns

I podcasted about French Nouns. I would play the podcast in my class everyday for my students to hear the nouns and become familiar with another language and soon learn the language. The nouns would change every week.

http://aloberg1.podbean.com/#

Podbean was a little bit easier than mypodcast. I had to do my podcast on Garageband because I own a mac. After doing my podcast, I was able to simply transfer my voice on to Podbean and then describe what is going on in the podcast. Mypodcast would not allow me to open a new page or create a new page without first creating a podcast with my voice through Internet Explorer or a PC.

Tech News for Teachers

Classroom Tools

Here is our PLN's Tech News. It's an innovative way for students to learn about new technology and for parents to learn about them as well. With descriptions about each website or application and pictures showing the product.