A Week After My Technology Class: ♪ ♪All You Need Is Google ♪ ♪

My computer savvy husband was so excited that I learned a few things he didn't know, that we had a date last Friday night and sat at Panera Bread for three hours while I showed him what I learned. We created  a video together and he set up and Ipadio account so he, too, could make podcasts! The video of our dogs turned out to be a real hit with one of the children at our church! His parents kept Facebooking us to relay how many times the tike watched our video! :)

Then my husband enthusiastically set up an iGoogle page for me! What a wonder.  Imagine in one spot:  my blog reader info, gmail, weather info, access to posting on my blog, NPR news links AND a common calendar we can both add information to!  How did I ever function before Google?

Up until this class, I only thought Google was a tool for searching. These enterprizing people have found a way to catch you hook, line and sinker into believing that you can organize and manage your entire life on one website! Who would have imagined that just a few short years ago?  What will technology look like for our children when they are my age??

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Great VIdeo About Impact of Social Media

Puppy Video- by billbert

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.
 My First video attempt. Dedicated to my husband, Bill.

The Tangled Web

Today my mind is spinning with terms like curriculum pages that include weblinks, making your own videos using web based tools, scavenger hunts based on website info, virtual field trips and tours of websites or web based information. Now, tonight, I am supposed to contemplate how I plan to used these in my classroom.  Hopefully a few of these tools will stick to my web knowledge and I can foster a student centered learning atmosphere that will engage students in the learning process. This is going to be a web crawling learning experience!
You know, back in the old days of using books for information, it was pretty hard to delete a page of information- unless you tore out the page......not so on the web! Crl Z is my new best- web- friend!

My First Pod Cast. Is it Live or is it Ipadio?

Well, who would have thought that you would be hearing my voice over the internet, of all places!
This is the result of two hours' work in class! Try not to be too impressed! :)

Technology Class at Malone: Day Two - A Shift in Technology

Well, today has certainly shifted my outlook on teaching, especially Wikis. One, I know what it means- quick- in Hawaiian. Creating a Wiki is ANYTHING but quick! However, I guess it is much easier than learning the code to make a website. A big thank you to the wonderful HTML creators, who are infinitely more intelligent than I.
I am still trying to figure out the differences between the uses for a blog and a Wiki, but I have successfully created both. I guess success is in the eyes of the beholder.
Also, today, we looked at podcasts and learned how to navigate itunes. For
those under twenty years old I am sure this is as natural as breathing. For me it was a lesson in patience and perseverance. I have never explored itunes personally. Since everyone in my family, with the exception of me, has downloaded something to his ipod or Blackberry, I usually invoke the helpless female role and persuade one of my children or my husband to do it for me.
As far as teaching goes, it seems that the need for teacher collaboration is even more crucial when working with content and technology. As I begin to imagine the uses of Wikis and blogs in the classroom,  I see the need to involve the computer teacher and/or other teachers to help students learn to use these skills together to create and generate information that they have learned and make it meaningful to them. Tomorrow we are going to make our own podcasts. Now that is intimidating!  Whatever happend to reading a book outloud?

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