Hello again! Wow I have completed all requested assignments. I will have to say I found some of them challenging, but very usefull.
The Desktop Movie, was really scary at first, but after I started using the program I enjoyed it. windows Movie maker is a very user friendly program to use. I created a short movie on ecosystems. I hope to use this in my feature classroom. I think it will be very usefull in the science classroom. Although you probably can't have al lot of alive things in the classroom, the digital video allows you to show much more to the students.
The Wiki review was ok. Yes, it was useful because you do need to research different technologies, but it was time consuming. I did have to figure out what a Wiki was, so that was one of my topics I researched.
The WebQuest was very frustrating at first. I had to first get a website I could post the WebQuest on and desugning that was the most frustrating for me. I was kind of clueless and had to do a lot of extra exploring. I will say I use yahoo PageBuilder and it was very easy and friendly to use. I did like doing the WebQuest and learning about it, I think this can be a hands-on tool for students and allow them some independancy. Especially if there are gifted students who need to go above and beyond. A great way to give then extra lessons or more topics to explore.
Completeing the Electronic Portfolio was easy once I learned how to build a webpage. I would like to build on what I have started with lesson plans and other materials in order to showcase to future employers.
Overall, this course was challenging, but probably one of the most useful courses I have taken so far. I did find it fustrating not being able to be face to face with the instructor everyday. But, I did learn a great deal and hope to expand on it.
Good Day!
