The power of the whole

INTASC Evaluation

Here is a link to my INTASC evaluation. As you will see, I have including various links which will help to see how these standards were met during my educational technology class.

http://tinyurl.com/yh2t83g

Sample Media Presentation

For my media project, I decided to do a short presentation on Art in the 20th century. I found this to be a very exciting activity, as art is my subject area that I will be working towards. As well as using iPhoto and i Movie, I also used Online Video Converter to export the Phillip Glass song as an audio file to my iTunes (it was very easy and a wonderful resource to add to my growing list of Web 2.0 tools at my fingertips) I can imagine that I would use a clip like this on the first day of class. It is so important that the first few days of school draw students in. The images in this clip touch on a number of different movements in art history, and I hope that what my students see excites them for the future of the class. Clips such as this can also be used to introduce a new unit, and can also be used by students as review for tests. I would definitely make these clips accessible to students on our class website, and invite them to comment and suggest additions or changes.

Analyzing Student Data in a Spreadsheet

The first spreadsheet shows the test scores from the 6-10th test, the test averages, and the student averages, as well as an overall testing average. You can see by the variation in color that the students have been organized according to their test score average. The top half are the students whose test scores were below average, and the lower half are the students whose test scores were above average. I enjoyed this activity, I found it interesting and whenever I was faced with a challenge I persevered because I enjoy google features so much!



The first chart illustrates the overall test averages for all tests 1-10. This is a great reference for gathering where your students learning is progressing to and where it has come from. It is important to be reminded of the progress of learning. being aware of this information can also provide important clues about what material is sticking and where there is room for change.



This final chart shoes the test scores of the below average portion of the class. I think these graphs are so important when assessing student growth and understanding. I like this graph because it is colorful and easy to read, and it was not as complicated to construct as I had once thought. Just as a side note, I would never have known how to do this before this class. The whole world of google has expanded my concept of internet to a place that I never thought I would go!




Here is a link to the hard copy.
http://tinyurl.com/yz6d3nc

Also, yesterday while working on this project, I skyped with my dad while he was flying. Yes, flying. He was somewhere over Idaho, 30,000 feet in the air, and I was here in Salem Oregon about 2 feet in the air (I was in a chair). Needless to say this was AWESOME. We also did some file exchanges and he edited my class Mgmt paper and then sent it back to me right before he landed. WOW, so so cool.

Web 2.0 Tool Demo

Here it is! Over the last week Meri and I worked on a presentation of 'Tokbox'. What we covered was the specifics of how to create an account, and the positives and negatives of this Web. 2.0 tool. Tokbox is an all around great tool for personalizing the instant message, collaborating with co-workers and allowing conversations to include not only audio and visual but also linked videos, pictures, and work screens. In conclusion, all it takes to realize the benefits and possibilities of this feature is to take 5 min set up an account, browse around and allow all the ideas to appear!




This is a quick screen toast I did showing how I logged into my Tokbox account and then browsed through some of the features.

Record your screencast online

This is a video message I recorded and sent to Meri (my partner on this activity) telling her what I had worked on so far and a couple other comments. Tokbox is a great tool for group work as can be seen by this video. It enables users to speak via video feed exactly what they are intending to communicate without importance being lost in translation or misunderstood due to the 1 dimensional nature of emails.

TokBox - Free Video Chat and Video Messaging

musical intelligence

Hey so I have been working on my podcast for Educational Psychology and in the process, I have discovered so many great videos of other teachers bringing music into their classroom. Here is one of my favorites!