Well, the new skill set I learned by using the Screencast-O-Matic online tool came in handy again. This tool captures and records what you do on a computer and your voice as you talk about what your doing or showing. We were meant to use Jing which does the same thing for the most part. Jing is a program that you can have on any of your devices and with just a couple clicks of your button you can record your voice and what you're doing on the computer. My problem is that my primary computer that I use is my school computer. Everything that needs downloading onto my computer must be requested, approved, and then installed. For whatever reason, Jing was never successfully downloaded, so I just reverted to using Screencast-O-Matic.com. Like I said earlier, I was lucky enough to have learned this method of recording already.
Now, as usual, I also bit off more than I could chew. I really wanted to do a meaningful presentation that showed off some of the things I learned during this course.
I really liked the Office 365 tools I learned about in my Virtual Team Assignment. Also, since I presenting my faculty with a survey about Technology use and confidence. This lead us to presenting about Office 365. When I shared this on-line professional development, my findings from my faculty is that they wanted to learn more about the Office 365 tool, the Office Notebook and One Note. So, my thought process was to do a brief introduction to both. Once I finished explaining the One Note, I saw the need to explain how to use it and how it is similar to the "Snipping tool" found on most of our computers already. Finally, I wanted to share how to hyperlink projects or images.
Basically, I was willing to go against one of the primary rules to PPT presentations. Keep it simple. I really decided to speedily cover 4 subjects for personal reasons. I wanted to make sure I documented some tricks so I wouldn't forget them:) I also knew that this presentation would probably be shared with my staff, but my staff knows me and to be frank, they expect it. By it, I mean, something a bit much, over the top, or on a scale of 1-10...an eleven:)
http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cDfXYr1AHo
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Reflections on my first experiences with Screencast-O-Matic (Virtual Team Assignment)
The way I have always lead my life and especially my teaching career is that I would volunteer when to do what was new and unknown. Back in Denver, I worked in an Experiential Education school that was always pushing the teachers to try new and different strategies in our classrooms. Back when iMovie was first introduced, I volunteered to learn and use it, when Skype was first introduced, I learned and used it to speak with friends' from Virginia and California who were teachers and their classrooms, and time and time again I would jump into new ventures with both fee. If it was a project or a committee that was created around new teaching concepts or technology, I wanted to be involved.
When being the voice around the Virtual Team's Assignment about implementing training in a new technology, I jumped at it. I wanted to learn a new skill and knew that I'd need to use it again anyway. So, the first thing I did was send out a request for anyone in my faculty who had experience with Screencasts. I found my Media Specialist was an avid user and even gave me his account and password so that my group could use some of the features that only come with a yearly subscription like playing video attachments embedded into our slides. I ended up recording what I wanted to say for each slide in a rough form and then listened to it as a whole made some notes for revising and then recorded the whole screencast in one take. My notes included examples to use, areas to add humor to break up monotony, and to remember to smile as I read to increase a positive tone.
The experience making this Virtual Team Screencast was a good one. I feel I represented my team and myself in a professional, effective, and entertaining way. I got very good feedback from my faculty and my teammates.
https://fultonk12.sharepoint.com/sites/elkinspointeteachers/_layouts/15/guestaccess.aspx?guestaccesstoken=ZRbd%2fahUrkxlWdt74zYu%2f63nHOzCuv0I%2bby9tdU9fOg%3d&docid=2_1932b40686ac14270a2376c62f48cf147
1. What did you know about Office 365 or how have you used it prior to this presentation?
2. How can you see using Office 365 in your classrooms in the future?
3. What aspects of this presentation need more clarification or what Office 365 tools would you want to know more about?
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When being the voice around the Virtual Team's Assignment about implementing training in a new technology, I jumped at it. I wanted to learn a new skill and knew that I'd need to use it again anyway. So, the first thing I did was send out a request for anyone in my faculty who had experience with Screencasts. I found my Media Specialist was an avid user and even gave me his account and password so that my group could use some of the features that only come with a yearly subscription like playing video attachments embedded into our slides. I ended up recording what I wanted to say for each slide in a rough form and then listened to it as a whole made some notes for revising and then recorded the whole screencast in one take. My notes included examples to use, areas to add humor to break up monotony, and to remember to smile as I read to increase a positive tone.
The experience making this Virtual Team Screencast was a good one. I feel I represented my team and myself in a professional, effective, and entertaining way. I got very good feedback from my faculty and my teammates.
https://fultonk12.sharepoint.com/sites/elkinspointeteachers/_layouts/15/guestaccess.aspx?guestaccesstoken=ZRbd%2fahUrkxlWdt74zYu%2f63nHOzCuv0I%2bby9tdU9fOg%3d&docid=2_1932b40686ac14270a2376c62f48cf147
1. What did you know about Office 365 or how have you used it prior to this presentation?
2. How can you see using Office 365 in your classrooms in the future?
3. What aspects of this presentation need more clarification or what Office 365 tools would you want to know more about?
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Monday, March 28, 2016
Virtual team project
Working in teams is always a challenge. I actually spend a majority of my time in the class that I teach, Adventure Quest, emphasizing appropriate team work. A lot of what I do is expressing the importance to getting off on the right foot with positive body language and welcoming introductions.
When you have a team meeting over the internet in a virtual meeting space, you have a whole new set of challenges. One member might not be as vocal in the awkward conversations at first, the technology has a learning curve before all members are able to utilize and access the meetings in the first place, another member may not be devoting their complete attention to the conversation, and personal or situational interruptions can impede some members from attending the meetings.
We had all of these examples of possible negative interruptions in our many online Skype meetings; however, we never allowed that to get in the way of our progress. We had positive members who were more than understanding with each other, we had hard working competent members, we had effective time management due to Matthew Short, and we had varied strengths in all of our members that lead to a comfortable and effective division of responsibilities throughout the process of our project.
I am really impressed as to how well this experience went and will actually miss following up with my fellow members of Group #4. I wish them all the best in their future both personally and professionally. They have all inspired me in one way or another and in the every-present salutation from Renee Shackleford, when we finish up a session, I hope they all "Stay Blessed!" #KSU-‐EDL7510,
#KSU-‐ITEC
When you have a team meeting over the internet in a virtual meeting space, you have a whole new set of challenges. One member might not be as vocal in the awkward conversations at first, the technology has a learning curve before all members are able to utilize and access the meetings in the first place, another member may not be devoting their complete attention to the conversation, and personal or situational interruptions can impede some members from attending the meetings.
We had all of these examples of possible negative interruptions in our many online Skype meetings; however, we never allowed that to get in the way of our progress. We had positive members who were more than understanding with each other, we had hard working competent members, we had effective time management due to Matthew Short, and we had varied strengths in all of our members that lead to a comfortable and effective division of responsibilities throughout the process of our project.
I am really impressed as to how well this experience went and will actually miss following up with my fellow members of Group #4. I wish them all the best in their future both personally and professionally. They have all inspired me in one way or another and in the every-present salutation from Renee Shackleford, when we finish up a session, I hope they all "Stay Blessed!" #KSU-‐EDL7510,
#KSU-‐ITEC
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Thank goodnes for our very helpful STS
Granville Broomes is Awesome.
I hate that everything that is recommended to us to download for these classes has to be approved by our School Technology Specialist and put on our computers through the authority of an Administrator, but at least he is willing to do it.
So far, we have had to upload iTunes, podcast recorder, KOBO to share readings, Nearpod, Edunuity, and Screencastomatic.
We are definitely getting a taste of what's out there in the current technology world, but just like the new aggregators there is just an amazing amount of information out there in the world wide web. I can only image how it's going to continue to grow in depths. What comes after the Information Age? I mean when will or how will this era transition to the next age?
Well, until that change we are charged with the task of learning and growing at the speed of "Next Generation Updates" which seem to be daily if not hourly. So, good luck staying on top. I was told when I first started teaching, that teaching is a lot like Surfing. Every three years or so a new wave starts to come at you and your best bet is get ready, get into position, and work hard at catching that wave so you can ride it to its end. Then you turn back to meet the next wave with the same effort. That way you will have more fun.
Some of these activities have been fun, so that's good with me.
Thank you.
#KSU-‐EDL7510,
#KSU-‐ITEC
I hate that everything that is recommended to us to download for these classes has to be approved by our School Technology Specialist and put on our computers through the authority of an Administrator, but at least he is willing to do it.
So far, we have had to upload iTunes, podcast recorder, KOBO to share readings, Nearpod, Edunuity, and Screencastomatic.
We are definitely getting a taste of what's out there in the current technology world, but just like the new aggregators there is just an amazing amount of information out there in the world wide web. I can only image how it's going to continue to grow in depths. What comes after the Information Age? I mean when will or how will this era transition to the next age?
Well, until that change we are charged with the task of learning and growing at the speed of "Next Generation Updates" which seem to be daily if not hourly. So, good luck staying on top. I was told when I first started teaching, that teaching is a lot like Surfing. Every three years or so a new wave starts to come at you and your best bet is get ready, get into position, and work hard at catching that wave so you can ride it to its end. Then you turn back to meet the next wave with the same effort. That way you will have more fun.
Some of these activities have been fun, so that's good with me.
Thank you.
#KSU-‐EDL7510,
#KSU-‐ITEC
Sunday, March 6, 2016
Starting to see just how classes can be transformed
I first heard of a flipped classroom while I visited the Ron Clark Academy. I have had it in my mind to start working on this teaching technique, however, the roadblocks of new technology and lack of time to learn the process. This is where I find value in the projects that we are learning here in this semester's classes. I am very excited to learn and use ScreenCast and VoiceThread.
For the Professional Development that my virtual team is creating, we are planning to introduce Office 365 to my faculty at Elkins Pointe. We are creating a Google Slide presentation that I will narrate over using ScreenCast and then turn it all into a video. We will then create a brief reflective survey about the effectiveness of the video as a PD. I feel that this approach will honor my faculty's planning time since they can watch the video whenever they have the time instead of calling them all together and listen to a presentation. Learning these two ways to voice record and using video will be very exciting to me that will lead to a new direction for my classroom. #KSU-‐EDL7510,
#KSU-‐ITEC,
For the Professional Development that my virtual team is creating, we are planning to introduce Office 365 to my faculty at Elkins Pointe. We are creating a Google Slide presentation that I will narrate over using ScreenCast and then turn it all into a video. We will then create a brief reflective survey about the effectiveness of the video as a PD. I feel that this approach will honor my faculty's planning time since they can watch the video whenever they have the time instead of calling them all together and listen to a presentation. Learning these two ways to voice record and using video will be very exciting to me that will lead to a new direction for my classroom. #KSU-‐EDL7510,
#KSU-‐ITEC,
Sunday, February 28, 2016
OK, ok... Classroom 2.0 is pretty cool
So, I got to say how impressed I was with my first experience with Classroom 2.0. It has motivated me to pick a topic, podcast, or video for my morning commute. I found a YouTube channel playlist entitled, "The Future of Education." I scanned the playlist and near the end I found a title that grabbed my attention. It was called, "The effects of Poverty on Health and Education." Since my elementary school experience of being educated in a racially divided town and attending the predominately African American Public school. Poverty surrounded my school. Poverty influenced this school. The materials, books, and resources reflected poverty...and yet we learned. We had a very strong school. It was difficult, but our teachers worked hard, so did we. When I would get around the students who attended the local private school, I was made to feel second class. I do know that my friends and I who did well at this school all came from strong nurturing families, so while we were in this public school with such hardships, we had a richness in our supporting families.
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Monday, February 15, 2016
the info around us, WOW
I'm finally getting the feel for the shared site references like DIIGO. I also see the value of other news aggregators and wonder if anyone has used Symballoo? Here is the link: http://www.symbaloo.com/home/mix/13eOcK1fiV . I will definitely use this too. Although Twitter has become a great place to share and store ideas for resources. I'm starting to understand more of what our students already seem to know...that the information is out there. If you want to learn something, go find it. WOW, with our feedly site on this blog, Delicious, and Diigo, I've already found more info. than I will ever have time to delve into. I will say that I am excited for this, especially as my school pushes us further create personalized individual learning. We as teachers have the potential to become personalized individual learners too. Pretty awesome!!
Happy discoveries and keep searching :) #KSU-‐EDL7510,
#KSU-‐ITEC
Happy discoveries and keep searching :) #KSU-‐EDL7510,
#KSU-‐ITEC
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