Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Reflection over iMovie

The process of creating an iMovie was very labor intensive for me. I had never completed anything like this and there were many components to work through. I especially had trouble adding captions to each slide and the transitions were a little confusing too. Part of the trouble was probably due to the fact that I am not very familiar with using a Mac. Next time, I think I will use the Movie Maker on a PC instead. Upon completion, I feel very accomplished and I definitely feel that I will use my "About Me" video when introducing myself to future classes.

Digital Story

Monday, April 12, 2010

Interactive Spreadsheet Activity

Creating an interactive spreadsheet provided an opportunity for me to see how to effectively use worksheets to produce questions at a higher level. Because so much of what children see in classrooms today is basic skills, this provided an opportunity for me to see how to create a worksheet that is truly beneficial. I do believe that this activity was time consuming and I am not sure if I will actually be able to implement these when I am a classroom teacher. On the other hand, the Google design templates shown to us in class was very interesting and I am sure I will use those in the classroom as a great time saver!!