My Final Reflection

This class has been one of my favorite classes so far. I really enjoyed being able to come in everyday and work on the computers. I feel that I am a much more hands on learner and that's all about what this class has been. I don't have just one favorite project that we worked on because I enjoyed most of them. The iMovie was very cool. I have created movies like this is the past for different occasions so I felt somewhat confident creating this. The only thing that was different was the program that I used to make it. Another project that was new to me and that I loved was creating the website. I can definitely see myself using this when I have my own classroom. This is a great way to introduce myself to my parents and students while also getting the parents involved. I have learned so much in this class and feel much more confident in my technology skills.

iMovie

This was my first time using iMovie. It was kind of confusing and frustrating at times but I think it turned out well. Over the summer I created the same type of movie for my parents 50th wedding anniversary. I used Windows Movie Maker so it was a little different from iMovie. One thing that was frustrating for my with iMovie was not being able to see the whole picture sometimes. Some of my original pictures were also really blurry so I had to replace them. All in all I enjoyed this project and could see myself creating movies for classes that I teach.

Inspiration...

This Inspiration project was very stressful for me. I started off feeling like I knew what I was doing. As I started working I got so confused about the actual purpose of the web in a preschool classroom. Another thing that frustrated me was not being able to work on it outside of class. Since the program is only on these computers I couldn't look over it outside of class. In the end I can see how this would be an effective tool in the classroom but creating it was frustrating.

ABC's on Animoto

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

This was my second time using Animoto. I have really enjoyed it and will probably use it outside of this class. It is very easy to work with. The one and only problem I have with it is that the free version only gives you 30secs. I guess if I got serious with it and wanted to do more I could just pay for it. 

ABC Presentation

This was a fun activity. If I taught a class old enough to complete the activity I feel that the students would really enjoy it. Google docs is also a very cool tool to use with a group and very effective.

Slideshow

Google Docs... blew my mind!

Google Docs was so neat. When we started to create our document on a rock I didn't really understand the whole concept of other people being able to edit the document that I was working on. All of a sudden it said that Katie was adding something and text started to appear on the screen! I think that is so cool and could be very helpful when working on a project with a group. I wish I would have known about this sooner. It could have been very helpful in past group activities.