Blog post #15 Final Reflection

Final Project #16

I did a screen recording teaching you how to use Glogster and make an interactive poster. I thought this was a very fun project, Glogster is so easy to use!

Blog post #14

I was familiar with most of the top ten tips Jose Picardo suggested. I agreed most with what he said about social networks and making closed groups for communication. In my sorority we have a closed Facebook group and it is the best way to communicate with 71 girls. Most people have phones with Internet so they can see immediate posts to a facebook group. People love Facebook so why not use it for education; students will learn to love school even more with social networks. I completely agree that we should make the most of our pupil’s gadgets. We have so much available to us on our cellular phones. Why not take advantage of it? I also think that incorporating music into education is a great idea; I’m just not sure how you would do that and still achieve lesson objectives. I am a huge fan of having a class blog! I never even heard of them till EDM310. I have seen many of them and they seem to be so useful and they truly help parents be involved with their child’s school work! I agree that interactive white boards should be used more effectively. I have talked with a many teachers in Mobile County and the lessons that they teach on their smart board have been very effective, so I don’t that is an issue right now for teachers. I think Mr. Picardo’s top ten tips shows many people how much better education and learning can be with incorporating technology in the classroom.

C4K November Summary

My first C4k for this month was to Jack. He is a student who registered for a history class that has a high level of technology use. He talked about how much he loved this class and how great of a reputation the class has. He said he hoped for technology to be more a part of all of his class curriculums! I told him that I thought he did a great post and It was so great to see that one of his classes exceeded it’s expectations! I told him about my classes in high school and how they didn’t compare at all to his.

My second post was to comment on Mrs. Yollis’s class blog. I told the class how impressed I was by their blog! I loved the idea of family blogging and I thought the parents did as well! I know if I were a parent I would appreciate having this! I also thought it was so cute that some of the parents pretended to comment as if they were the kids family pet.

I didn’t get to do my last C4k. Dr. Strange has me marked sick for the whole week of Nov. 20th.

PLN final report

At first I thought having a PLN was going to be a hassle because I usually bookmark everything to my tabs on my mac book and I liked it that way. On a mac book you can’t see all of your tabs after you have bookmark so many web sites. With a PLN you can bookmark so much more websites! I really really like it now! It keeps my favorite places much more organized and has made EDM310 easier for me in some ways. It’s great having everything right at my fingertips! I know I will continue to use it after EDM310.