Google Website

 

Designing a classroom website has been an interesting experience. I think that a teacher having his/her own website they designed for their classroom is imperative for the classroom throughout the course of the school year. I realized that so many different things can be done on a website in order to provide students and parents alike with the maximum amount of information. The Google website is by far the most diverse tool we have learned to use during the class. Honestly, I think it will be the most useful tool we have learned as well. Unfortunately, I still do not feel extremely confident in my website making abilities. I still get confused and lost on where to find things in order to edit certain aspects of the website. I also still have a difficult time making the text and picture compliment each other on each page that has a picture inserted into it. I am hoping it was just the template of the website that I chose that made it more difficult to work with. I really hope that during my internship I will have opportunities to create a classroom website so I can gain more website experience before I get a classroom of my own. Overall I found this experience in learning how to operate a website invaluable.

Movie

 

Before this project I knew nothing about how to make a movie. Honestly, I am not tech savvy in the least bit. So at first this project really intimidated me and I was not looking forward to it. However, when I started messing around with the imovie by making the Stoney Island example, I soon realized that the program was very user friendly.The hardest part of the project was finding the pictures, information, and making the storyboard. The fun part was actually putting the movie together. It is safe to say that I now feel confident in using imovie in order to make my own production. I am pretty proud of my movie, it is the first one I have ever made and I thought it turned out pretty well. Even though I know how to make a movie through imovie it still intimidates me that I may have to produce a movie using a PC one day because I would have no clue where to start.Hopefully I will have a Mac to work with when that day comes. I am not sure how often I would use this tool in the classroom, but whenever I do decide to use a movie it will be a fun experience.

Digital Diagram

 

I really enjoyed the digital diagram activity. I had never heard of this tool or seen it used in a classroom before this week. At first it was a little difficult trying to remember where all the tools were located within the program. However, once I was able to start my project it was a really easy program to opperate. Personally I am a visual learner so I found the digital diagram to be an extremely valuable tool for students who need more visual reinforcements. I also like how it can easily be printed off as a worksheet or visual handout. I will most definitely be using this tool inside my classroom. It it perfect for visual reinforcements, summaries, work station references, or introduction material.