This week we learned about building voicethreads and using moviemaker to make videos. The voicethread activity consisted of using a webpage to stream together some images. Once the images were together, a person could either record his or her own voice or write comments in order to discuss the images. For the assignment, I used images from the Ohio University libraries website to discuss a few of the useful features that can be accessed from the website. The voicethread can be found on my Google site. The moviemaker works similarly where images are streamed together. However, cool image effects like fading in or out can be used. Moviemaker also allows the recording of voices to discuss the images. An added bonus of moviemaker is the ability to include music within the video. Both of these would be very useful for me as a future teacher. I could use them to review information from lessons in a colorful and visual way. These lesson reviews could then be posted to my teacher webpage to easy access. As a social studies teacher, I could use historical images of individuals, battles, and other events along with narrations to provide background information for lessons and do the previously described information reviews. There was also a presentation over chapter six of the chapter for this week. The chapter discussed technology use for school principals and administrators. I found it interesting how the same Web 2.0 tools could be used by both school leaders and business leaders.
Standards met this week:
Model Digital-Age Work and Learning
Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
Commitment to Ethics
Commitment to Social Justice
Commitment to Professional Competence and Ongoing Professional Development
This week we learned about building voicethreads and using moviemaker to make videos. The voicethread activity consisted of using a webpage to stream together some images. Once the images were together, a person could either record his or her own voice or write comments in order to discuss the images. For the assignment, I used images from the Ohio University libraries website to discuss a few of the useful features that can be accessed from the website. The voicethread can be found on my Google site. The moviemaker works similarly where images are streamed together. However, cool image effects like fading in or out can be used. Moviemaker also allows the recording of voices to discuss the images. An added bonus of moviemaker is the ability to include music within the video. Both of these would be very useful for me as a future teacher. I could use them to review information from lessons in a colorful and visual way. These lesson reviews could then be posted to my teacher webpage to easy access. As a social studies teacher, I could use historical images of individuals, battles, and other events along with narrations to provide background information for lessons and do the previously described information reviews. There was also a presentation over chapter six of the chapter for this week. The chapter discussed technology use for school principals and administrators. I found it interesting how the same Web 2.0 tools could be used by both school leaders and business leaders.
Standards met this week: