Final Class

3/19/2013

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Today was very similar to last week.  Presentation after presentation after presentation.  Though they are rarely interactive, it is fun to see the variety of thematic units and presentation styles.  One student provided a previously recorded presentation.  She apparently does online classes for her students that are uploaded to YouTube.  I found it very informative, original, and effective. Several students used PowerPoint and Prezi.  My favorite presentation was displayed through iMovie.  Any presentation that shows the students working and actually learning in the classroom are my absolute favorite.  It makes the presentation enjoyable and peaks my interest.  Students love to be on film and in the spotlight.  These are great insights into the classroom.

The two quick classes I attended included InfuseLaerning and Zite.  Infuse is similar to secretive, and last week i learned a little about it.  This week was more in-depth and informative.  I really like the Zite app.  It pulls news that I am interested in and want to read. This will be a nice substitute to what I am currently using.  I love the bits of hints and tips pertaining to cooking and food. I will love this app!

The rest of the class was presentations, including my own.  I feel that it went fairly well.  The preparation leading up to this was a bit stressful, but worth the battle. I am definitely ready for the 2.0 class coming up next.
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Presentations - Socrative - Presentations

3/12/2013

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It was great to see the variety of presentations.  I really enjoyed seeing others use something different from PowerPoint.  I loved that iMovie trailers, videos, iBooks, Socrative, and websites to name a few.  This added diversity to the presentations and kept me interested.  I also loved having the rubric and evaluating other students in the class.

My favorite part of the class consisted of iPad app training.  I selected Socrative and found it extremely informative and useful.  This is definitely something I will use in my classroom.  I am glad that this is compatible with laptops, iPads, and mobile devices.  This will make it easier to have the entire class participate in a quiz, rather than 1 person dominate an iPad.  The Space Race will be one of the first thing i will try in my classroom.  Another incredible option of Socrative jumbles the answer order on each device.  This will help keep wandering eye focused on their screen. We also had the opportunity to see another program that is web based.  InfuseLearning shows promise of an incredibly designed site. I plan to look into each of these programs in more depth.

Presentations continued till the end of class.  I still enjoyed looking each person's project.  I am amazed at the amount of effort each individual put into their presentation.  The quality was incredible, even if PowerPoint dominated the format of the presentation.  It is interesting to see the each educator's teaching style come through in their presentation.  I also found it interesting at the variety of resources/materials each class uses. I should mention and thank Katie Dewey for swapping presentation dates with me.  The past few weeks I have been incredibly overwhelmed with report cards, PTCs, SEPs, visiting in-laws, pre-qualifying for a house loan/mortgage and house hunting.  If I were to present today, I would have displayed a mediocre presentation that would not have reflected my learning and understudying of the ADDIE model and Thematic Unit
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