Web 2.0 tools

Smirnova Ipcppt

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Smirnova Ipcppt

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Final Blog Post

As I reflect on my blog I am amazed of what I actually accomplished. Never did I imagine I would be able to create, publish, and teach using technology and web 2.0 tools. Frankly until this course, I had never heard of a Web 2.0 tool. My absolute favorite assignment was digital storytelling. I am SO proud of my creation. It was one of the more difficult and time consuming assignments for me but the most rewarding. My least favorite assignment was group and personal wiki. I didn't really get anything out of it. I understand it's purpose and function but found it to be of little to no use to me during this course. I did the assignments for the sake of doing them. Throughout the course I thoroughly enjoyed the blogging process. I felt like my blog entries was my class participation. I only visited 7 other classmates blogs and left comments. It would have been nice to alternate from week to week, writing our own blog entry and visiting classmates blogs. I mostly gave feedback or praise and encouragement in response to classmates blogs.

Final Blog Post

As I reflect on my blog I am amazed of what I actually accomplished. Never did I imagine I would be able to create, publish, and teach using technology and web 2.0 tools. Frankly until this course, I had never heard of a Web 2.0 tool. My absolute favorite assignment was digital storytelling. I am SO proud of my creation. It was one of the more difficult and time consuming assignments for me but the most rewarding. My least favorite assignment was group and personal wiki. I didn't really get anything out of it. I understand it's purpose and function but found it to be of little to no use to me during this course. I did the assignments for the sake of doing them. Throughout the course I thoroughly enjoyed the blogging process. I felt like my blog entries was my class participation. I only visited 7 other classmates blogs and left comments. It would have been nice to alternate from week to week, writing our own blog entry and visiting classmates blogs. I mostly gave feedback or praise and encouragement in response to classmates blogs.

ICP Selection

For the ICP project I selected LinkedIn, Ning, and TappedIn. These are all Web 2.0 tools used for social networking. Social network Web 2.0 tools allow users to develop relationships between teachers, educators, administrators, professional individuals, groups, organizations, web sites, and other information/knowledge processing entities. Online communities engage in discussions, host classes, recommend web sites, offer professional opportunities, allow for interaction through discussion boards, and offer participants access a wide array of informational resources. These communities encompass individuals with diverse interests, skills, and backgrounds, which can meet and learn from one another in a productive professional environment. Web 2.0 tools used for social networking offer limitless possibilities.

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Communication between parents and teachers is essential for student success. When I become an educator I hope to establish partnerships with parents to allow the door for communication to ALWAYS be open. Parents need to know and feel that teachers are approachable. Often it is difficult for parents to frequent parent teacher conferences, open house, board meetings, and activities or programs taking place within their child's school. Parent's busy schedules often don't allow flexibility to accommodate such activities. Luckily parents and teachers can communicate in a variety of ways. In my opinion one of the very best ways to effectively communicate is via email. It is a fast and efficient way to ask questions, get answers, share information, and maintain a relationship/partnership. I know that I will use email as the main form of communication with parents. I believe podcast would be fun to use to share information with parents. I could create one podcast for ALL parents. For this weeks assignment we created a newsletter. I think it would be interesting to turn it into a podcast. For the newsletter I used Microsoft Publisher. I had difficulty choosing which template to use for the layout. I also had to figure out how to make the print/text larger without changing the font.. So, now I know how to use the zoom option. Two years ago I took a course at the Mount, Nature of Schools. I had to write a letter to parents explaining how I was going to incorporate multicultural influence into the curriculum. I used the letter for this assignment. I wish I had know about Microsoft publisher then. I'm not sure that I would do anything differently if I were to compose another newsletter.
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I really enjoyed this weeks assignments. I found them to be relatively easy and time efficient. As we learned through the readings and resources external rewards, such as grades, can provide a strong incentive for students to perform work and can affect student learning. For the assessment and evaluation process I choose engrade to create my grade book. An attractive feature of online grade books is that they can't get lost or stolen. You can save on CD or flash drive, email grades to other educators on your team, guidance counselors, administration, and provide students and parents with information more quickly, and readily and aid in organization. This program was real easy to use and gave clear step-by-step instructions with a great demo video. Once I do become an educator I hope the district I am employed by uses such programs as engrade.

Here is the link to my grade book
http://www.engrade.com/teacher-gradebook.php?c=1

Here is the link to HA6CaQ
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=ela-greek-mythology-quiz

DIGITAL STORYTELLING

Digital storytelling is basically using computer tools to tell a story. My father was the topic for my digital story. In June 2007 he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He passed away on November 10, 2007. This assignment was very personal. After reading the directions I decided to contact Dr.Smirnova and ask for creative liberty. It was granted and I began immediately. I asked my older sister to help with this assignment, I thought it was important to include her. Before deciding what program to use I began the process by choosing the photographs. Between the two of us we had so many, having a hard time narrowing it down . We wanted to depict a condensed version of his life. The next step was choosing a song. "American Pie" seemed like the logical decision. The song is clearly relating a defining moment in the American experience, something had been lost, and we knew it. We live it. A digital story is expected to evoke emotion. The greatest challenge was trying to sequence the photos to go along with the lyrics and his actual life. The pictures and song tell the story.