CED530 Week 4

Last week, I really enjoyed doing the 30 second Animoto. (I'm waiting for my educator account still) Even though I only made a 30 second one, I thought it was really cool!!! Out of all the things we have done in this program so far, I loved this site. I had so many ideas going through my head. We have a science/social studies fair coming up in March, so I'm going to use the Animoto for the presentations. I'm also going to use it for my personal photos as well.
Thoughts for this week......
I think Prezi looks cool. I have an account I just haven't had time to explore yet. I'm just excited to get to the actual presentations. Sorry Louis, but I'm not a fan of papers and citing sources in APA. That's why I didn't want to be an English teacher. hahaha No offense if you read this
Overall, these past two weeks have gotten me excited about presentations. But......I'm still unsure how the Pecha Kucha is going to go. That should be interesting. I'm sure I can do it, but I really like to talk! My students wish I wouldn't talk as much as I do.
I really liked the book Presentaion Zen and I will definitely refer back to it in the future.

CED530 Week 3

I'm still not sure if I like the whole idea of voicethread. I don't like the way my voice sounds when I play it back. I would rather just talk through my presentation. I do like the whole idea of zen with presentations, but I'm not buying into voicethread. I would rather create a zen presentation and talk my way through it.
I can't believe how bad my power points are!! I really realized this week how much they parallel all the things you shouldn't do. WOW!!! Oh well, that is why I'm in this program. I love the stories that we have been watching. I feel that every class and every new concept I learn have been great. I'm excited to use these teaching tools in my lessons. I'm kind of worried about the Pecha Kucha though. I like to talk and I don't know if I can contain myself to small amounts of time per slide. I guess we will wait and see. I don't really have a choice I guess. haha

CED530 Week 2

The voice threads and digital story telling are going to be interesting. The voice threads are cool because they can be used for so many different ways in the classroom. One of the thoughts that popped in my mind about voice threads, is the ability to give directions on them. If I have a project that I have done for years with my students, I can make a voice thread for it. This way the students can see and hear the directions on the Smartboard. They can see what the outcome is going to be as well. I like the idea of allowing them to hit a button on the board to hear the directions again. I wont have to repeat myself a thousand times.......maybe. haha
I think there are so many options with voice threads and I'm excited to get started. Although, don't like the sound of my voice when I hear it on a recording!!!! I don't know if I'm going to like that part.