GOODBYE :(

This will be my last blog that I will be posting and I appreciate everyone for taking the time out to read my blog as well as comment. I really does mean a lot. Thank you to Dr. Strange for teaching me many tools that I can use in the classroom as well as for my personal use. :)

INTERVIEW ABOUT TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM

I chose to interview my classmate Lauren Walker, she is a P.E. major at the University of South Alabama. I asked her a few questions on using technology in the classroom.

HOW TO CREATE A FACEBOOK

With all the different tools that we learned how to use, we decided to make a video to show you how to create a FACEBOOK page. This is a great way to keep in touch with people as we all network. Hope you enjoy and everybody should get a FACEBOOK.

HONEST REFLECTION

ANSWERS TO DR. STRANGE'S HONESTY REFLECTION

1. There are many things that I had thought I knew about technology and all the different types of tools there are out in the world but, when I cam to this EDM310 I felt like I knew nothing. There are so many different little things that you can do that are online and free. I think that as a future teacher I really have no excuse no to do the best and have a classroom that is interactive. Of the many things that I have learned in this semester I enjoyed the website Google very much. It was not only a search engine but a place where I was able to an numberless amount of things to do, such as Google Docs, this was a place where I could create surveys and analyze the results, create presentations, share documents with my classmates and teacher, and type and save research papers online in case if my computer should ever fail me. I had to create this blog and had to post many assignments. In some of the assignments I had to create videos and upload them using You Tube. I also created many voice comments using the website Vocaroo. I learned how to add links to web pages that I talk about in my posts which helps get whatever point I am trying to make across to my reader. I also learned about Twitter as well as Skype. I think I will use most of these tools in the classroom.

2. I learned many things in this class there was nothing that I did not want to learn as well as did not get a chance to learn. Dr. Strange really opened my eyes to many new avenues of presenting work as well as creating new and innovative projects.

3. Honestly all the things I have learned in this class will help me in my other classes in the future as well as in my own classroom that I will have one day.

4. I was interested in most of the topics. I had fun blogging and towards the end of the semester when we got to do more of the fun little projects.

5. Nothing was to hard to understand and do I think everything was more tedious if anything. It took some getting used to when learning how to wither embed things or make links to different web pages. It was hard at first but when you play with everything a bit it becomes much easier.

6. I was not bored in this class too much. I was bored in the beginning but towards the end of the semester I was having much more fun and I was much more engaged. I liked to do the projects at the end of the semester. The Google Earth project was much fun. I would use it when I plan my next vacations or have places to explain about.

7. I don't think that there was too much work I think that some of the work just could have used more directions and maybe not more directions just easier directions. I think if the assignments were in one place as well they could be found easier and much easier to keep track of.

8. I would say that I am very technology literate after taking this course. I wouldn't say GREAT but on the path to getting there. I am learning more and more as i keep playing with many different applications and tools. I would have to say that I do know a lot more than I did before starting this course.

9. I will keep working towards becoming more and more literate about technology. as well as commenting on my friends blogs in the later future. Like i have said before if I was to keep playing and messing with more applications I will learn more. When I start teaching I will try and attend different workshops on how to keep updated with technology as well as teaching me how I can use the things I already know about in a new way.

ANSWER TO TWO QUESTIONS-

I cannot say what exactly my sentence would be but, I think it would be something along the lines of this. "Each day that I get older, I strive to open my eyes and learn as much as possible without ever giving up!". This sentence I believe embodies what I truly think about life and how someone should live their life.

BLOG ASSIGNMENT #13

POST ON ANY TOPIC THAT STEMS FROM EDM 310

I think that the topic I will choose is the benefits that you can get from posting Voice Comments on each others Blogs by using the free tool called Vocaroo. This is a free online tool that allows you to record yourself and then provides a link for you to be able to post it wherever you would like. I feel Vocaroo is special because it is a more personal way to comment on someones blog or just speak to a person in a way that you necessarily do not have to be there in person. I have used this tool many times and at first it took some getting used to but I have learned how to properly work it and i must say that it is quite easy. Below I will have a link to an example as to what exactly a Vocaroo Voice Comment is. I hope that many of you will find this as fascinating as I have.

EXAMPLE OF VOCAROO COMMENT

VOICE THREAD COMMENT

I have left a voice thread comment for a classmate in Class E. Her name is Kim McNorton and I commented on her WORDLE project.

here is a link to my work.

KIMS ASSIGNMENT

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