Webquest in the working.

The biggest thing about my webquest was trying to find how to put my thoughts in it. I thought about videos, pictures, and many different activities. As I search the web, I found a number of ideas and activities. I did want to overcrowd my webquest with too many things. For my first webquest, I decided to keep it somewhat simple. I originally was going to do my webquest using google but someone share with me www.questgarden.com. This site pretty much laid out everything that I needed to do for the webquest. At the moment, I am pretty much finished with my webquest with the exception of a few things that I have to add in as well as my teacher notes. I have shown some of my co-workers what I have done and they seem to be really interested in learning how to do their selves. Looking forward to completing it and introducing it to my students.

ITEC7445 What I've learned and enjoyed from ITEC7445

I have really enjoyed this semester. I have learned about a number of different things when it comes to technology. The one thing that I enjoyed most was learning about how to create a webpage. I enjoyed learning to create the webpages using the actual html codes and then the easier preset pages through google and other web design servers. I also enjoyed making the Webquest and I am looking forward to using it with my children . I still have to upload a few more things to it but I found that my children were able to navigate through the page for the most part. Other things that interested my were Voicethread, Slideshare, Jing,and wiki. I was not too fond of Twitter but i can see where benefits of using it are available. I have enjoyed learning the many things we have talked about in class and it is has sparked some interested with my co workers as well. Many of them have been asking me questions about what I have been learning. While I am by no means an expert on this Instructional Technology stuff it is interesting being able to share what I do know. Thanks for everything.

ITEC 7430- Thing 12 Exploring online tools

For my first grade students, I like www.blabberize.com. I think that this would be a great way for the students to express themselves. My class was outside playing one day and I decided to take pictures of them. We later were focusing narrative writings so I decided to show my students the picture and I asked them to write a quick narrative describing what they were doing. Blabberize would give them the opportunity to add their voice to their one individual image and talk about what they are doing. I think that this would engage the students very much and I think that they would get a kick out of hearing and seeing themselves speak on the picture.

ITEC 7430- Internet Safety

For me, when it comes to use the internet to teach, internet safety is a big concern.
Many schools and most inappropriate sites blocked however thing still slip by. Teachers have to teach their students proper and safe internet etiquette. You would think that that would be good enough however while using the internet especially in school, teachers need to continuously monitor their students will they are using the internet. Like the example in the book about typing “legs” instead of “legos” even accidentally students can pull up things they should not be looking at. So constant monitoring is important. I think that it is all important that parents are made aware of just how hazardous internet usage can be. Take for example Facebook and Myspace, if settings are not set in the privacy section correctly then everyone can view all of the users information.


Some sites that offer suggests and ways to hep teach and secure your students and yourself are listed below but are not limited to only these...
www.safeinyourspace.org
www.cyberbully.org
www.ncpc.org
www.isafe.org
www.netsmartz.org
www.wiredsafety.org
www.ikeepsafe.org

ITEC 7430- Internet Safety

For me, when it comes to use the internet to teach, internet safety is a big concern.
Many schools and most inappropriate sites blocked however thing still slip by. Teachers have to teach their students proper and safe internet etiquette. You would think that that would be good enough however while using the internet especially in school, teachers need to continuously monitor their students will they are using the internet. Like the example in the book about typing “legs” instead of “legos” even accidentally students can pull up things they should not be looking at. So constant monitoring is important. I think that it is all important that parents are made aware of just how hazardous internet usage can be. Take for example Facebook and Myspace, if settings are not set in the privacy section correctly then everyone can view all of the users information.


Some sites that offer suggests and ways to hep teach and secure your students and yourself are listed below but are not limited to only these...
www.safeinyourspace.org
www.cyberbully.org
www.ncpc.org
www.isafe.org
www.netsmartz.org
www.wiredsafety.org
www.ikeepsafe.org

ITEC7430 Thing 15 Podcasting

The first time I ever used Podcast about 3 years ago before I went to Ecuador and I was learning spanish. I signed up for a Survival Guide for learning Spanish. I downloaded it on my Ipod and would listen to it during my free time. t was pretty cool and much handier (is that a word???- I don’t like the look of it. lol) than carry a book around. Other than that I used podcast to download “hoops and yoyo” which are the characters for hallmark cards. They are so hilarious. It is pure comedy. As far as using podcast in my classroom I may be about to use it for phonics with my first graders and even to read stories that my children have created. I thought about maybe recording my voice reading a story but I don’t think that is completely legal and “IT MAY VIOLATE SOME COPYRIGHT LAWS.” Other than that I could see the school possibly using it to record the school news show. I think that it would give students an extra incentive to here themselves on the internet.
I could definitely see Podcasting being used as to teach foreign languages. If students are absent from school and if possible lectures could be record and places on podcast for review. If students and parents are subscribed to the podcast feeds it could possibly be used to send messages about the school and/or class however I do not know how effective that would be if individuals do not check their mail and feeders frequently.

ITEC 7445 Multimedia Project Discussion

My project is going to be about the life cycle of butterflies. My students will be about to learn and have an understanding about the life cycle of butterflies. Students will be about to read and view picture about the different changes a caterpillar and a butterfly go through. The will be able to see video show the changes and be asked to recreate the life cycle on the web and even asked to draw/design it. I would eventually like to a life cycle page of the life cycle of different things such as plants and animals but I am going to start small for now. I plan to incorporate pictures and video links into it. I would like try and incorporate some Voicethread because I have such a large number of ESOL students. I will have read back up on that because I forgot how to use it. I am still learning about this project t and I sometimes worry that I may be turning it into a webpage vs a WebQuest. I think its partially because I feel somewhat over consumed with all the material we are learning about.