Hi there everyone, I wanted to share my summary of learning with you as I have learned a ton from this class. This class way exceeded my expectation and then some from the beginning. I was a little overwhelmed at first because I never knew if I was doing things correctly but soon figured out that a lot of what I was doing was overthinking everything! I came to realize that all I needed was a little bit of time to understand the task that needed accomplished within this class and I did what I needed to do without being so worried. I am proud to say there is a lot more knowledge in my brain because of the resources I now have from this class and will be taking them with me everywhere I go from now on.
The tool I used for my summary of learning was screencast-o-matic and it isn't something I have actually used before so I wasn't comfortable at first. However, shortly after listing to other examples as well as the 2 minute introduction on the home page, I was sure I could use it with little to no issues. I'm all about trying new things at least once, so if I was going to mess up I could try again or try something else. i heard about screencast-o-matic in a previous class that I took and didn't quite understand it's capabilities until now. It's similar to voicethread but instead of inserting slides, you just record your own computer screen as well as your voice at the same time. I choose this tool because it seemed easy while allowing me to browse through different things on my computer and not having to copy and save images constantly. I'm a busy woman so it made my life a lot easier.
My biggest take aways from this course were that I am allowed to make mistakes because most things can either be deleted or changed for the better if it isn't good enough. I really enjoyed most everything we had to do for this class and look forward to continue to use the tools given in the future. This is the first class that I within the first week said that I loved the class and look forward to doing more in it every chance I get. Mind you I have had other classes along with this one this summer so I did those first most of the time because I was saving the best for last. There you go Jeremy, this is the best class I have taken thus far and I can honestly say that because yes it's content but it gets my attention from being fun and entertaining.
I plan to use transliterate practices in my classroom by applying most of the tools available to anyone with my students. For example blogging is so simple and easy it would be dumb not to use it in the future. I hope to have my students blogging every night when they go home about something they learned that day in class or something they will remember forever because of that day. I would also like to connect with parents through twitter (even if my private one) because it's an easy way to communicate whether it'd be an issue they are having or a question their child might have that can't wait until the next day. Does this mean that I'll be connected to my phone or computer most of the time, no but at least it gives the opportunity for parents to rely on me as an educator a little more.
I absolutely enjoyed this class and hope to keep in touch with some people after it's over because how cool to be able to get idea's and give idea's for free through technology!!!
I really hope this video shows up.
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