Finally Organized

O.k. Tech Class I got myself organized and the videos are posted for public consumption.  It is a Three Part journey.  So please watch em all... Oh yeah it is OK to laugh... Plus don't forget to comment on any of my videos I would love to hear your comments!!!!http://www.youtube.com/user/80s90s10s?feature=mhum

The Presentations

First, I have to say everyone did a great job and I understood everyone's articles based on their presentations.  I am amazed at the talent that our class has and it really pushes me to try to keep up with the rest of the class.  Josh's MP3 was out of this world with talent, and had me tappin my foot and really focusing on the lyrics.  Julie and Mike's glogster was great I have to thank Julie for all the years of video game playing. The prezi by swaffle, was awesome and I will definitely use that in the future.  Paula's video was very informative and Judy really let her personality come through in her video.  I really liked Ryan Marie video it was very eye catching.  Mandy did a great job as usual and she brought light to a very interesting subject. Julie G did a great job with her points of interest in her glogster poster.  I think the only other thing I would like to know is the rest of the articles the class reported on.

who knew we would be arguing with a board?

A light has been turned on,  in a recent trip to a third grade classroom I was able to witness the use of a interactive board.  Although it was brief I have reflected on what happened for the past several days.  The lesson was on multiples of 2 or 4 and it was set up in a Van diagram fashion.  The result of the lesson showed me that there are certain issues that with interactive boards.  The user friendliness  of the board was an issue, the children(just as myself found) was very hard to write on the board.  To answer you second question I will never deny a resource, fortunately I will be in a trial by error business.  The hope of every lesson I present will be to influence a child in a positive way.  The smart board can do this.  I think the biggest asset to the smart board is that it opens up yet another door for a person to express the knowledge and ideas that they may have.  Lastly, engagement of students is not based on quantity or presentation of subject matter.  It is the quality of subject matter, engagement of the students in my opinion is sparking an interest in a students life.  Simply put if you are interested in the subject you will want to know!