Watching Videos

My friends did a great job on their digital storybooks, especially:
1.Beth Duvall,
2.Megan Sorensen and Sarah Smith,
3.Nina,
4.Marissa,
5.Ms. Moss, and
6.Victoria

I feel that the hardest part about implementing this in a classroom will be fulfilling an objective. This activity is seriously TOO fun. As an educational tool, I think it will be important to ensure that it fulfills more than one objective because it will certainly take a significant amount of time. Just keeping it focused and giving the activity purpose will make it a highly effective teaching tool, in my opinion.

TPACK

Yeah, for knowledge! So I feel like this whole TPACK idea could be better represented as a smore. You have the graham cracker of pedagogical knowledge which keeps everything together--keeps your kiddos from getting all over everywhere. Then there's your content knowledge--that's the marshmallow. It's what gives your smore its substance. You need substance in a classroom so your kids aren't just playing around all day. Similarly, you need a marshmallow, well, because that's what defines a smore more than anything. Of course, one of the best parts is the chocolate:) That's our technological knowledge. Sure, you could have a smore without it, but WHO would ever want to? Chocolate improves a smore just as technology improves learning in the classroom. All together, you've got a masterpiece. Really. Smores are my favorite!!! And so is balanced teaching!!!

Learning...it's a good idea :)

I did learn some GREAT things this week. I feel like a whole new world has opened up before me! I actually got a Yahoo Home Page once and hooked up some RSS feeds, but I seriously had no idea what I was doing. NOW I get it! Anyway, the more I learn in this class, the more I feel that the resources contained within the internet are actually and literally ENDLESS!

More than anything, I enjoyed creating my webpage. I love photos, on-line videos, and thinking about my future as a teacher. I'm actually really into asthetics. I like making things look organized and freakin' cute. I have been mostly pleased with the looks of my webpage. I'm just glad to know how to get a webpage going. I am certain that I will use it in the future, and frankly it took a LONG time to figure it all out. But now that I've done it once, I feel like I could wip one out in 20 minutes. What a great learning opportunity.

Facebook just gets better and better...

I love g-mail video chat!!

The truth about Amy...

My technology background and experience starts out as a rather sad tale. But I suppose it must be told.

As a child I never found my typing abilities adequate. While others sped home after school to type away on instant messenger, I glared at my mother for denying me the privilege. Now I thank her.

Really, I always felt discouraged by my slow typing and inability to win video games. I just wasn't in to technology. Luckily, my high school teachers required me to turn in lots of typed up papers. Necessity proved my only cure. As I sat up late on more than one occasion, just typing away, I eventually gained confidence in typing as well as speed.

Other than that, I still don't know much about technology, but I want to learn more :)