Today we started out class by talking about our Delicious accounts. Professor Boyer figured out that my section average is 51.5, which I am easily exceeding because I have 101 bookmarks at the moment. The discussion this week was on Chapter 7: What May Be Lost and What May Be Gained. I felt the discussion was kind of confusing at times. One thing that was pointed out in this discussion was that funding IS available for those with initiative. One of the questions in discussion related to a funding issue and I thought it was interesting to hear other people's ideas and input on the matter.
Boyer also shared with us the site Elluminate, which I thought was very cool and interesting to learn about. It's a place where you can web conference, post virtual office hours, and also host webinars.
Next we talked about our podcasting project. We were informed that we will be podcasting on a contemporary issue related to technology and PK-12 learners. After finding an article then we need to start working on a script (complete before we record!). There are 3 areas we need to include in our podcast: 1) overview of the issue 2) what's the article say/summarize the article 3) what does this mean to me as a future teacher, my reaction/reflection (most interesting part!) RECORD PODCAST! 2-3 MINUTES. Next, add lead-in and lead-out music (use garageband on mac and each 15 sec. >already 30 sec of podcast) && at least one sound effect. Next, export podcast as an .mp3 file. Create a blog post that includes your podcast and a link to the original contemporary issue resource. Don't forget to write a reflection on this assignment on Blogger.
For some reason I felt less stressed at the end of this class period than I did entering.
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