Final Taskstream Submission

Following is the table of critical assessments for my Ed Tech class with support data and links that demonstrate I have met all the critical assessment criteria.

Photo Story 3 Multimedia Project

Come paint with me and Dee Boyles. I recreated a favorite day in Photo Story 3 with narration and music to boot! It is free to sign up and all I needed to add was to download Microsoft Media Player 10. Photo Story 3 was very user friendly and tons of fun.

I will use Photo Story 3 in teaching my art students by having them document different stages in their artworks. It is powerful for students to see and remember all the under layers and the metamorphosis that occurs during the process of creation. I love how it shows and encourages experimentation in the spirit of play!

Here's a direct link to the my video on YouTube.

Photo Story 3

Microsoft Media Player 10

Analyzing Student Data in a Spreadsheet

This was an exercise to learn Google Sheets. We were to practice altering data from a spreadsheet and create a graph from the specified data. The data in this particular spreadsheet reflects the test scores of 12 students whose scores were below the class average of 191.92, for tests 6 through 10 of the grading period.

As one notices in the Growth Trend chart below the spreadsheet, improvement is made by all. Even though a few students relapsed temporarily, they eventually rejoined the group's overall progress. This graphic and colorful charting capability will be a wonderful visual for those students and teachers wanting to quickly assess their own progress.

Here is the full data sheet.

Google Sheets reflects any updates instantly, which is of course a tremendous time saver in the world of data entry. By establishing the initial data spreadsheet, all I had to do to create a chart from that data was simply click a few times, and voila!, all the data was translated into the chart of my choice immediately. The documents you can generate; tables, charts, and graphs will surely bring any presentation to life. Having a visually graphic and colorful representation is a great reinforcer for student's learning. The fact that data reflects real life variables in useful and relevant applications is an asset in constructing engaging lessons for optimal learning plans.

Since I have no prior computer content knowledge in Excel, perhaps this will be easier than unlearning a program. I would like to think so. Yet another enticing tool to explore.

Link:

Web 2.0 Tool Demo

Cory Strasser and I researched the useful bookmarking capabilities of Delicious.com.

We explored some applications and present multiple examples for the classroom found

in our demonstration below.Enjoy!

Link to presentation:

And now for anotherWeb 2.0 Tool, Skype.

Okay.. so I finally was able to set up my personal Skype account. I found it a little vague

in finding how to maneuver about. Soo weird to see myself on video, lovely, but i did enjoy the echo-lady's voice and wanted to keep talking like her all day. Just waiting to find a friend to skype the day away with...hmmm.....ta ta for now. Hey, the phone just rang, and it was Cory's smart wife. We "skyped" on our first meeting. Imagine that! Cool.

As far as applications for this tool, Skype, first of all it is great that it does not tie up the phone line. I could see it being used in the classroom, if a student or myself were sick, we could connect on skype and clarify any directions, questions, or show examples of physical work. For example, the teacher could use the computer itself like a video camera. The teacher could point the camera toward the chalkboard and work through a math problem with an absent student watching. Also, it would be very supportive for student conferences, when a parent is unable to make it physically to school. I value face to face conferences, to impress advocacy for a student and their learning, with all being present and the student having a voice. Having the elements of Skype being both visual and audio/verbal are very powerful elements for student's learning and reinforcing new knowledge. Also, that it is a friendly technological language that they understand and are comfortable with, which again supports their learning. Of course for personal applications Skype would be used for family and friends for hours upon hours. It is soo fun! Now this is my most favorite tool. What a wonderful way to connect!