Once Upon a Time Video Final

Video Final Staring Me, Jodi, and Jess

10 Teaching Tips for Blogs

1.  Use the blog to store assignments
2.  Keep the blog up to date
3.  Make sure it is easy to navigate
4.  Don't make it too cluttered
5.  Have an easy to read design
6.  Have a blog just for the class and have a personal one for yourself (keep them separated)
7.  Check the blog often
8.  Make it visually pleasing
9.  Encourage students to make a blog and use as a journal
10.  Do not post personal information about the students

10 Teaching Tips for Video

1.      Make sure the lighting is right

2.      Make sure the sound is right

3.      Make sure the movie flows and has good transitions

4.      Make sure the music adds to the movie and does not distract from it

5.      Have it be fun, engaging and creative

6.      Have the content be relevant to the topic

7.      Use color to represent messages and convey themes

8.      No mumbling! Make sure language, word choice, etc. fit with the video

9.      When editing, don’t exclude main events

10.  Don’t be satisfied with the first take!!

A Broken Family Video Edit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYpOluLM8Tk&feature=youtu.be

10 Teaching Tips for Webquest

1.      Websites should correlate to the main topic

2.      Make your questions age appropriate

3.      Don’t make it too long or have too many websites

4.      Make it visually appealing

5.      Don’t make sure answers to questions are accessible

6.      Include instructions on navigating the webpages- clear and concise

7.      Make sure it is organized and has a flow

8.      Have a hard copy and a electronic copy available to the students

9.      Make sure you have an answer sheet

10.  Make sure it is fun and engaging

Webquest and Answer Sheet

Web quest

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10 Teaching Tips for Prezi

1. be aware of your zooming- motion

2. Don't over crowd your area- spacing

3. When you group stuff together make sure the following group correlates to the previous idea

4. Be aware of your color choices- contrast vs. complement

5. Don't give everything away at the start

6. When zooming don't have everything super spread apart - it might make people sick

7. Use the uploading feature for media to engage your audience

8. If you are making a prezi from a powerpoint use the main ideas but don't always upload the slides.

9. Be creative when using prezi, use your imagination

10. Have there be a set format and an overlaying theme.

Prezi

Copy of Weather on Prezi

Powerpoint: First Grade Weather

Powerpoint weather

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Ten Teaching Tips for Power Point

1. Do not use too much text
2. Use the 6x6 rule involving how much text is on a slide
3. Do not over decorate with pictures
4. Do not over animate
5. Dont just read off the power point
6. Dont have too many slides (OVERWHELMING)
7. Have a theme for the entire presentation
8. Use enticing colors/contrast
9. Add videos to make more interseting
10. Use readable font, but have fun

Ten Teaching Tips for Inspiration:

1.      Watch out for clutter

2.      Balance text and pictures

3.      Make colors compliment the project, not detract from it

4.      Balance the composition

5.      Structure should correlate to the topic being taught

6.      Keep pictures and text relevant too keep from over embellishing

7.      Tie questions in that relate back to the topic

8.      Make sure pictures connect to the children’s interests

9.      Tie in activities to make it interactive

10.  Use it as a foundation

Inspiration Project

School Technology Survey

1.  School name: Harry S. Truman Elementary School

2.  Name of Principal: Tyler Howe

3.  Names of teachers talked with whose classrooms you visited and grade level: Was sick, so did not go into the individual classrooms.  I mostly talked with Principal Howe. 

4.  Ask the teachers/principal their perspective on current and future use of technology in the classroom: Principal Howe has already brought a large amount of technology into the school and he hopes to keep adding new technologies to keep his school on the same level of other schools in the state and in the country. 

5.  Does the school have its own website?  Yes. If so who maintains the site what is the URL? The principle and Ted Thackeray (4^th/5^th teacher) maintain the website http://sites.google.com/site/trumanelementary/

6.  Do teachers at the school have class blogs? If so who has access to them?  A majority of the teachers have “class WebPages” which are basically blogs that everyone has access to.  The teachers use it to keep track of their files and assignments and to keep the students and parents informed. 

7.  Is there a school technology supervisor?        Name?  They have media specials who maintain the technologies, the computer lab and also the library.  They are Jeri Hofer and Kelly Rammel. 

8.  Do all the classrooms have computers in them?         Explain what you find: A lot of the classrooms have at least one or two computers. 

9.  Is there a computer lab/s?  If so how is it used and by whom?  Yes there is a computer lab.  The teachers have a signup sheet for days in which they need the student to use the computers. 

10.            What kinds of computers are in the school – PC’s, Laptops, Mac’s etc.?  Overhead projection equipment etc.: PCs, overheads, smart boards, projectors

11. What software programs are regularly used by teachers?

12.            Can/do teachers use the Internet in their instruction?  Detail findings.  Yes they can.  A lot of them use the smart board to interact with varies websites. 

13.            How does a teacher get further training to use technology?  The media specialists will train the teachers when they want to use of the technologies and show them how to use it. 

14.            See if you can get a sense of the % of students who might have a computer in their home:  I believe about 75% of the students might have a computer in their home, just based on the amount of students using cell phones

15.            Did you observe students using computer based technology?  If so detail what you observed:  Because I was sick, I did not go into the classrooms, but I was surprised to see a large amount of students using cell phones after school. 

16.            Other: The school has a twitter account, which I find to be convenient and pretty cool; I just don’t think it is exactly necessary.  They also have school announcements that the children do on video.  They record the pledge in different classrooms and play them on the school TVs on Monday mornings and announcements for what is taking place that week.  It is called TNN (Truman News Network)

January Blizzard

This year started out with a blizzard of bad news. 

1. Andrew (Dylan’s little brother) was taken away from us by their unfit mother, and now we are trying to get custody of him. 
2.  Barb (Dylan’s Grandma) let us turn her basement into an apartment for Dylan and I.  We are now in construction from hell, and I cannot wait till it is over. 
3.  Barb went to the hospital with two massive blood clots in her lungs. 
4.  Dylan started his electrician apprenticeship (FINALLY)
5.  I started school, and am getting SLAMMED with homework and stress. 

And those are just the major events.  Hopefully, the rest of the year will be nice and mellow, but when is life ever really mellow.  As much as I want to be pessimistic about my situation, the only way I can get through this and grow as a person is to take on all the challenges I am given with a smile on my face and fire in my soul.  I hope all of your years have not been nearly as stressful, but if they have, we can get through this together!

My Honey;

This is Dylan and I at the U2 concert.  I couldnt possibly do a blog without mentioning him because I wouldnt be the person I am today without him.  He is my best friend and the most incredible person I have ever met.  I am so lucky to have him in my life, and thankful to call him mine. 

Overwhelming.

Is anyone else ESTATIC that it is almost the weekend? I know that I am.  This has been one of the most caotic couple of weeks I have ever had.