Podcast Assignment

Assignment: Create a 2 - 3 Minute Podcast. Make it an interview of a famous person, (author, celebrity, historical character) Edit and clean it up using audacity.

My reaction: I loved it! I'm not much of a singer but I learned how to work the audio software, Audacity. I am really looking foward to using this in my classroom. I think the kids are going to love producing podcast!

Click here for my podcast sample...close your ears if the singing is too much for you. ;)

Webspiration

Assigment: Create a flowchart using Webspiration. Show how you are organizing your website, and how the pages link together. Become familiar with Webspiration's capabilities.
My Reaction: I see potential in using this site. I don't know what I would use it for right now though. There would defintely be endless uses if I was a Science or Math teacher.

Click Here to see how I orgranized my wedbsite flowchart.

4X2-BONO VOX

Activity:
Chose a famous person. Create a 4 by 2 web site or google document about them.

Have at least 3 pictures
Have at least 3 links to other sites
Have at least 3 cool facts about them
Make it fast and make it simple.


My reaction: I think this is a great way to intoduce a unit. It can earn interest in the students eyes and possibly spark a desire to continue learning throughout the entire unit.

Here a screenshot of what I made. Links do not work since it is a screenshot.

Using Movie Maker

A few disclaimers: 1. First time using Movie Maker 2. Done in little time 3. Difficult time picking clips With all my disclaimers, I still had a great time doing this assignment. I think this could be really useful in the class. The keepvid.com website is wonderful. I have never really understood why counties refuse to give educators access to Youtube. But with keepvid.com I can overcome this rule!

One fo my favorite gadgets

Wikipedia Edits

Activity:

Find something on two different Wikipedia entries and edit them.

My reaction and work:

I started out by typing the name of the school I teach at in the search bar. When I did this I found Creekland MIddle school however it wasn't my school. It was another with the same name. So I really had a big task ahead of me. With help from John I finally got the hang of going into a Wikipedia entry that already existed and adding to it by distinguishing that there could be multiple choices. I realized that there was going to be a lot of coding but luckily I could just copy what the other school had already done and put mine through the same codes.
I went to my school website and took info from the school improvement plan so that I didn't misquote any information. I sited my source but apparently there was a Wikipedia Nazi that felt it was copyright infringement violoations so all facts from the improvement plan were deleted. Boooo :(.

Click here for the link to the wiki entry I edited.

Photo Editing Websites

Activity:

Web sites used: http://www.befunky.com/ and http://www.webresizer.com/resizer/

1. Select a photo from your collection or another you would like to play with.

2. Go to the befunky web site and upload your photo.

3. Experiment with the different photo editing options.

4. Make four different versions of your same photo.

5. Make sure you save them with different names: Ex: abe1, abe2, abe3, abe4

6. Use the webresizer website to crop off the befunky label and add a border or other effects.

7. Upload the original photo, plus the four new photos to your class blog.

My Work:

Original Photo:

Picture Number 1 Edited -Befunky (Black and White), Webresizer (Curved edges)

Picture Number 2 edited: Befunky (Popart) Webresizer (Cropped myself and my husband out of picture)

Picture Number 3 edited: Befunky (Sketch) and Webresizer (added thick border)

Picture Number 4 Edited: Befunky ( ) and Webresizer (multiple borders)