EDUC 685
Interesting tools….
I received an email from Voicethread, the tool I used for my project tutorial last semester, announcing the fact that it was running for one of the top 100 tools and asked for my vote. I clicked on it and went into this site. http://www.webware.com/html/ww/100/2008/vote_video.html?compid=103571
This link allows you to see each one of the tools [...]
Mob Rules
Mob Rules ( The Law of Fives) At first the title made me think of the “Mafia” mob but I quickly saw that I was wrong. I was reading something very familiar. I had read this before (in the readings from EDUC685) and I recalled the story of the fishermen who changed their livelihood for [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Voicethread Project finally complete!BRAVO!
Well I finally finished my project! I am never done this early!!! I am worried that something is wrong!!!!It has been a long two days of total focus on screen shots, writing and reregistering myself in order to get the screen shots of each step… I learned quite a bit from making the tutorial on [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Project progress…not!
I had to take a day off from work today to try to concentrate on getting the 611 grant in. This is unusual for me. I don’t miss. In fact my students have asked me why I don’t miss. They must want a break from me.
I told them the on Friday the truth which is, that I have [...]
Checking in…
Goodness, it’s so late and I haven’t been home very long. Our Honor choir students had a Christmas concert this evening and I always attend. How could I not go?- Even though I have so much to do.
My student who was interested in going into the MUD did so at home over the weekend and [...]
What a week!!!
Well what a week it has been! I have a hard time remembering what day I had the computer blackout. It was Tuesday, our last day of school for the week and I was in 3rd period trying to access voice thread in class so my students could see a sample before we ventured into [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Voice Thread
I registered on voice thread last week and began using screen shots to show the steps for using Voice thread. Tonight I tried to switch and use a word Doc to show it but could not figure out how to use a pen or marker to circle where they need to click. I now have [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Livening Up Foreign Language
While adding a blog to my reader for grants to help me with my other class, I came across this blog
http://www.techlearning.com/
and found the best posting called “Livening Up Foreign Language”.
http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.php?articleID=196604811
It is an article by Harry Grover Tuttle from Technology and Learning about how technology enables language learning in authentic situations. This is the way [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Course level is a 4
I totally agree with the majority of the class that this is definitely a level 4 course. As I read through the different levels I could see the growth in each level from the teacher centered in level1 to leaner centered in the level 4.
This is what Dr. Lowell has so gently but persistently [...]
Capstone Proposal: Voice Thread
Write up the proposal for your final project. Make sure you answer the following questions.
1. What are you going to do?
I am going to do a tutorial for the use of Voice Thread.
2. How are you going to do it?
I will actually go through a step by step process with voice thread [...]
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