Module 6

Movie maker scared the crap out of me at first! I did not know if my couputer would download everything correctly and I had no idea how to get all my videos off my phone to the computer! THANK YOU RUSS! He really helped me on this assignment! He showed me how to activate my bluetooth on my phone then we transfered all my videos to his computer, saved it on my flash drive, and brought it up on my computer. Then Imovie maker was as easy as clicking and dragging the film where I wanted it to go. I really liked this assignment and was very proud of myself afterwards. I believe I could produce a movie now or at least edit it lol!

Module 5

This module was very interesting. I did not know that making a rubric could be so easy and benificial to my teaching. I love the idea that you can create a rubric for any age in school. I did a first grade rubric which was only about 3 spaces long and 3 spaces wide, but with help from Russ I was able to narrow down what was expected of my grading into three spaces without being to broad. I will use simple rubrics like this in my teaching no doubt!

Module 4

This module showed me how to have students do a final project while using technology. I choose to have my students complete a Jing presentation. This project is fun because the students get to choose what they want to do the presentation on from a list of approved websites. The sample I completed was a game that you could change the humidity and temperature to create different weather. This is a fun project that students can use to solidify their knowledge in weather and what causes it.