Socrative Quiz

In one of my classes this week, our professor had us take a type of online quiz on this website called socrative. It was very creative and something I will definitely consider using. How the quiz worked was that the teacher went on the website and made the quiz. Next,the students got their cell phones out and went on the websites--yes, their actual cell phones. From there, they typed in the class code and answered the questions to the quiz. I think that instead of teachers and schools being so afraid of cell phones, they should start incorporating them into class such as this example.

20 shot short story

After the presentation in the TLC on Monday, I feel a lot better about the short story project. At first, I was very worried because I have absolutely no knowledge on video cameras. But now I know that we can do it on our iPhones, and even use windows movie maker for the project. Fortunately, I have experience with this. I'm very excited to do this project and to see everyone elses!

Blogging on Blogs

In Wilber's Chapters 3&4, he talks and teaches us about blogs and also gives us many links and references to sample blogs. This gave me various ideas on different ways to use blogs. I didn't realize how helpful they could be. Like, for example, Bud the Teacher's wiki. I will most definitely be referencing back to this one. He teaches a lot about technology and gives examples of things he has done with his students. My next favorite one was the Links to School Bloggers because it would be the most useful. It gives tons of examples of people's blogs! Who knew they could be used for so many reasons? I learned that blogging is for much more than just typing what's going on in your mind a couple of times a week. Blogs can be great resources for pretty much anything you want to do, especially in the classroom.

Digital Videos

I am definitely a "hand waver" when it comes to digital videos. While beginning the readings this week, I started off scared and sure that I wasn't going to comprehend anything because it was all about videos; however,the readings ended up teaching me a lot. I have never done a digital video, but it definitely sounds interesting. After reading about particular activities, I am excited to learn not only how to make a digital video myself, but to have my students do them as well.

Readings from this week

The readings this week talked a lot about blogging, wikis, and digitial stories. I have had great experiences with both blogging and wikis. In high school, my English teacher used a class wiki to post all of our work and to submit all of our work. It was definitely something different from the usual paper syllabis and handing in hard copies of our paper. The class really liked it because it was something different and something that could be done on the computer. I havent really had any experience with digital stories, but I am really excited to learn more about them. I think this would get students more excited about just writing a paper because they would have to think about making their essays bigger than just writing on a paper.

Quizlet

For my presentation of a digital source, I will be presenting to you guys a site called "Quizlet." When I first thought of Quizlet, I remembered that my teachers in high school had mentioned a couple of times that they made some of our quizzes on there. I thought this would be a great site to present to the class for teachers; however, when I visited the site, I found that it was a great website for students as well as teachers. As you will see, Quizlet gives many options on how to study away from the traditional notecards and study guides. It is also a great place for teachers to make quizzes and tests fast. The link is below.

Quizlet