Photostory

I'm not sure what I have to write about this week. I hate doing these. I strongly suggest to have these due before class not on Sundays. I never remember to reflect on homework I probably haven't done yet. The timing is super annoying, but the actual purpose and content of them is not. I see a value in doing these it has just got to be more flexible. If Sunday's worked for me great but you won't get near as thoughtful reflections if we haven't even done the assignment. All we'll be able to reflect upon is your presentation in class about what we will be doing and why that's important and so what, then what. This is just a little FYI.

Anyways I guess I need to comment again on Photostory. It is a pain. There are so many better programs out there to do this with. I didn't enjoy it very much. I like my material and working it into a script but all the details of creating a movie are just tedious.

For my students I see these types of videos all the time and they are very beneficial in conveying things because of the type of media that it is. I love the actual use of these I just feel like they would become over occupied with the technical things like I did. It's hard to be a perfectionist doing this assignment.

In the future I'll probably find videos on the internet or in some library that deal with the subject I'm teaching rather than mess with this system again. I will use this method of media technology though probably at some point. I'll just probably use a much more effective program and process.

Wow I'm not in the best of moods right now. I apologize ahead of time.

Week 6 Reflection

This week we covered making websites on google. We learned how to create a website and make it however we want. We also learned how to edit the navigation bar while inserting links to our other websites. In addition, we created text boxes and entered information. Pretty much we learned how to use and manipulate the website. Really cool.

Using google sites is very important. As a teacher I want a website that my students can go to. Students are becoming so digitalized! Everything must be available on the internet and I have to provide that somehow. Now I feel like I know how. I can use google sites and create anything I need to help my students better succeed.

For my future classroom. This means for me that I need to put a lot more hours into figuring out the whole internet thing. There are just so many possibilities it is easy to get overwhelmed. My students need an efficient website with all the information on it they will need. They will expect probably a lot more than I know how to do. But that's OK I will figure it out. My goal is to have a digital classroom in many aspects because I value the ease, the efficiency, and the accessibility of it. It is great to have a head start on getting a class website started.

We also got a briefing on our next assignment digital story telling. It should be pretty fun! I'm excited to learn how to do something similar to the examples that we say in class about anorexia. Very cool.