My EDM 310 Blog Assignments are Now Complete.

Although I did not get to talk to everyone and get to know you personally I enjoyed the Tuesday/Thursday class and 2pm. It aws very interesting at times and we had a good time. Everyone did a great job on your presentations!! I hope everyone has a great Christmas and maybe we will see each other next year. If not good luck in the future....

My Final Post

I feel that I learned alot in this class. I had a gmail account before I got into the class. After the class set one up I also learned that I could create an iGoogle page. I thought this was very cool. Now when I sign in its all the things I put there. This was probably my favorite part of the class. Another thing I learned was how to make a powerpoint from google docs. I actually had to do a powerpoint presentation in another class and this made it very easy. Instead of going through the hassle of saving the powerpoint to a jump drive all I had to do was pull up my igoogle page and there it was. I think all the things we learned with google will be the most helpful for me in the future. I also enjoyed the blogging. I had heard about blogging before but I never really understood what it was. After creating my own blog I understood it. I think we had a little to many blog post to do along with all our other classes and the projects we had to do in them. All in all I enjoyed it very much.

One thing I wish we could have learned more about is microsoft excel. I am pretty familiar with this because I use it at work but I had to teach myslef everything that I use at work. I have always wanted to know more about excel and I have never had the chance to take a class that offers that.

I really did enjoy this class. It was not to difficult but it was challenging enough to make you feel as if you accomplished something by the end of the semester.

Podcasting

Wow!! I never thought I would actually participate in a podcast. After listening to myself I started laughing. I am so country. I think we did a great job. I was very nervous because I had never done anything like this before. I wanted to do the topic about the different websites for teachers because I thought it was something I and all other teachers could get some use out of.

I think we could have went into more detail on some things. Also, I think we should have found a few more websites. If we had more websites we would have a little more to talk about and maybe not have paused so much. I had a great time doing the podcast and if I ever do another one I will know what not to do. :)

I listened to a couple of our classes podcast and it was really neat to hear them talking on the computer compared to when we listened to them actually doing their podcast. I think everyone did an excellent job. I also think most people were nervous about doing it and then when it was over it was kind of like why was I nervous about that.

I would like to do a few more podcast just to get a better feel of it. This is something that students would have such a good time doing and in order for me to let my studnets do podcast I can not be nervous.

Talking with Teachers Around the World

I talked with a teacher in New York. I actually started talking to her a while back. Her name is Cynthia Walker. She actually does blogging with her students. The students seem to like blogging. She said the main reason they like it so much is because it is something out of the ordinary. Her main focus is her students. She like me wants her students to come to class and have a good time but learn also. She likes to use different techniques to help the students learn in a fun way. She did say there are times when she will have to stop doing the fun activity and use the book because the students will start getting to loud.

I really enjoyed talking to her and seeing what and how she taught her class. It was interesting to see that she is more of a hands on learner and therefore she uses that in her classroom. She also accomidates for the students who may not leran so well hands on.

Blogs in the Classroom

I read Jennifer Harris' blog. I used to sit by her in class, until that computer did not work any longer, so I thought I would look at her blog. Anyway, I really enjoyed reading all that she had to say. In her blog it seemed that she took her time in writing them. It makes me want to change mine and write a bit more on come of my blogs. (but we all know there is not enough time in the day to do that) Jennifer did very well constructing her blog. It is very easy to read and go to the different links.

We did have some different views on some things, but like she said in one of her blogs it gives you a different way of looking at something. I am sure not everyone thinks or fees the same about things and this is why I feel that these blogs are a great tool. When you surf the net reading different blogs you can not only see what other people think but you can also learn from them. It is always good to expand your mind. Kinda like the growth mindset.

This class has taught me so many new things. Blogging os one of them. I have enjoyed blogging and I actually got a comment from someone on one of mine. I thought that was neat because I tend to forget that anyone can read my blog. In some of my blogs I probably sound totally ridiculous but you got to start somewhere.

I got the cahance to read a couple of blogs from a few different people. It was so interesting to see all the different view points. There are so many times when we think we are right and that our way of thinking is the most logical. Reading these different blogs really made me think.

Acess Visit

I went to the Access Lab at Daphne High School. I went on Nov. 25, 2008. The visit was very interesting and informatonal. It was also confusing. After learning and seeing everything the access lab has to offer, it seems to be a great tool with a lot of missing links right now. I think that the vision of this is aswesome but more work needs to be done. I dont think I would want to be the teacher that is teaching in this access labs.