Rubistar

I created a rubric for making a poster in my classroom. I created the rubric using the rubistar website. Here is my rubric. I thought that this was an easy website to use to create a rubric for all sorts of different assignments. I could use this in my classroom for a number of different things. I learned how to create a rubric for how to grade a student's work in this assignment. The standards covered in this assignment are:
-2a Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity
-2c Customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources
-3a Demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations
-3c Communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats
-3d Model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning
-4c Promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information

Organizing Tools

I read the article "The Classroom Webpage, a must have for 2008" and found it very interesting. The article talks about the advantages of teachers creating webpages about their classroom. The author lists the advantages that a teacher will get by having their own page. One is efficiency because the teacher will have more time to teach because the students can access links from the teacher webpage. Another advantage is resources because the students have many more opportunities to access links using the teacher webpage. Relevance is another advantage because the students will see using the internet as being a regular part of school. Connection is another advantage of having your own webpage because the students will feel more connected to their teacher knowing they have internet skills. Another advantage is access because not only the students gain more access from the webpage, but also the students' parents. The last advantage the author talked about is the experience that students will be getting from using the classroom webpage. I agree that a teacher having their own webpage would benefit from doing so.

My | Prezi

Here is my prezi. I created this using the prezi website which is here. I really liked using this because it was new to me and I could really see myself using this in my classroom in the future. It was a little tricky at first, but after watching the videos on how to use it I figured it out. I like how different it is from any other program that helps you create a presentation. It is much different from powerpoint and I like it better because it is different. I think this could be used in a number of ways in the classroom for a number of different things. The uses of this new tool are endless if you have the knowledge to use it. The standards covered in this assignment are:
-1a Promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness
-1c Promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning and creative process
- 2a Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity
-2c Customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources
-3a Demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations
-3c Communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats

You Tube Video

In this assignment we were to find a you tube video and save it to our own computer so that we could find and use it at any time. I picked a funny video of a guy dancing like a robot. Here it is. I saved the video as a wmv. file and am now able to bring it up on my computer whenever I want to. I feel this is a good thing to learn because if you find a video that is really helpful then you can view it at any time without having to worry about the creator taking it off the internet. A teacher can use a video in the classroom to show the students how to do things or a number of other things. This assignment covered the following standards:
-Promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness
-Participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning
-Promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information
-Model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use of information resources to support research and learning
-Demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations
-Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and activity

Woordle2

I have created another woordle using my current tags. Here it is. I learned how to create an image using my delicious bookmarks. I could use this in my classroom to show students how to use delicious as well as how to create a woordle which would be fun for younger students to use. The standards that this assignment covered are:
-Facilitate and Inspire Student learning.
-Promote, support, and model innovative thinking and inventiveness
-Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to proote student learning and creativity
-Customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources.

Jeopardy Game

Here is my jeopardy game that I created. I created this game using questions related to the history of our country. I learned how to use labels in powerpoint and how to have them do certain actions when hit. I could use this type of assignment for anything where I could create a game or even use it other ways for anything you would use powerpoint for. I thought this was a fun assignment because it is something that I had never done before and could definately see myself using in the classroom.
The standards covered in this assignment are:
-Promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness
-Model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face to face and virtual environments.
-Provide students with varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching
-Demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations

PowerPoint animation

I created a one slide powerpoint showing the parts of a guitar. I created labels for a picture of a guitar and adjusted it so that you can select on a text box that says "show labels" and it will bring the labels up for you to view. Here it is. By doing this assignment I learned how to use the labels in powerpoint making them either make things appear or disappear. I could use this knowledge I have learned to do anything where I might have a map quiz or an anatomy quiz where something needs labeled. It would make it much easier to study using the hide labels so I can see how much I know about it and then show the labels to see if I was right.
The standards that this assignment covered:
-Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity
-Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity
-Communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital age media and formats
-Promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information