Final Project Reflection-ECOMP 7007

Working with Caroline, I presented the wonders of furling to our staff. Caroline and I created 3 tutorials using Jing (easy and the possibilities are endless), and a web page using Google pages (even easier). We presented on the recent Early Release in 3 mini sessions. The staff seemed very interested and excited about the value and potential for implementing all 3 programs (furl, jing, and google pages) into their 21st century classroom. Since Wednesday (early release), both Caroline and I have received emails and comments from other teachers on how they have begun creating their archives. As our school prepares to receive our new tech toys, there had been some apprehension among staff in being able to effectively use the materials. Many have shared that the furl lesson has eased their mind as it gave them a way to manage all the good stuff they find on the web. It was such a neat feeling as we shared this lesson to see people get excited about what they can do, we were even able to teach "Mr Technology" something new!

September 14-16

Eyes bleeding, head splitting, mind reeling-sums up the weekend! Loved the flexibilty that the Cohort concept promised, now that we are into it...not so much on the weekend PACKED with information and shaky technology! I do appreciate that we are actullay working on the end product as we go though. The unit I am working on will be used in the Spring so I am saving the headache later! Stay tuned!

Fun with Voki!

I figured out how to put Voki into my school blog! Check it out! I think I, I mean my students, will get a kick out of this. I was mostly impressed that I could figure out how to get it on there!

Voki

I was looking at Holly's Mombrarian blog to send to a friend of mine and saw the Voki post agian and decided to try it...am trying to do it to my school blog but I don't think I have access to the edit feature to get the html code in. It was easy (and fun) to do!

Dream Weaver

The upload process was quite easy (I did have Holly right next to me of course) to geocities. My web page is located at http://www.geocities.com/jobee13. It isn't beautiful but I think it gave me a good understanding of the development of the web page. I have made many web pages before for class related projects and sent the components to our tech person to FTP, I am glad to see the rest of the story as to the magic button that makes it surfable!

BRAIN STORM

Caroline and I have decided to work together on the final project. She and I are "tech mentors" at our school and we are sure we will be called on to do all sorts of fun things this year. In addition to the regular use of technology at our school, we are 21st Century schools as well! We have really found furl and bloglines useful when trying to manage the amount of technoinfo we have gotten lately. In talking about the early release day in October, Caroline and I are going to create a screencast to demonstrate both of these technology management tools to our teachers. We felt this would be a helpful so that they too will have a place to store the information they will be receiving as we proceed with the implementation of the 21st century classroom equipment.

Web presentation-DigiScope by Motic Play

Kelly Jones presented a software that was geared to Science. Using duel computers too! She is involved in a grant that allowed her access to the equipment. The software is kid friendly with sounds, images, and high interest. The software has multiple links and resources. She explained the uses in the classroom, the neatest thing is it is compact to allow her to take it outside and students can work it. The software allows a video link that can be placed on a blog for parents/students to see a demonstration. There are several web sites that supports the microscope.The science teachers sitting near me seemed intriqued as they had a side conversation during the presentation about the possibilities. Kelly walked the class through the software and its many links. This program is nboth MAc and PC compatiable. To see the Dodgen pond video that Kelly spoke of click: http://www.jones5th.blogspot.com/ Good job Kelly!