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Animoto Slide show

This slide show was presented by Animoto.com. It's fast-paced modern style of presentation is a BIG plus!

Flat Stanley Slide Show on Picture Trail

Picture Trail was a nice program as it was very user-friendly. I experimented with many of the designs and templates and found one suitable enough to at least display its potential. Although I don't care too much for all the glitter and bling, it was fun to experiment with all of Picture trail's many capabilities. Both Picture Trail and Flickr are both user-friendly, but Picture trail is a little more superior in it's features as well as with the ease of uploading the html.

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Flat Stanley Video Project

My lesson with the students was to first read the Flat Stanley book to them and introduce them to the assignment. Next I had them color and cut out their Flat Stanleys and then write in their journals about what they did with him while he was still in Saipan. When I returned to the class, they prepared letters to their "pen-pals" in the states and sent them off instructing the recipients to take Flat Stanley to various places in their location that are of historical or cultural significance. The recipients of these Flat Stanleys were also asked to log into the provided journal with an entry of where he went and what he did.

The students LOVED working on their Flat Stanleys and enjoyed every moment of the project from when I was there. They were a little disappointed that they had to cover their faces due to the fact that this was to be shown over the internet, but they were understanding. They loved the coloring and creative writing from their own journals. Most journals were about what the students did with Flat Stanley while on Saipan.

Since I've been a classroom teacher for 11 years, I have already had many experiences working with students on projects such as that with Flat Stanley. In fact, our class was a recipient of Flat Stanley for two years in a row. As you will see in the slide show and movie, Flat "Shawna" took a visit to a couple of sites in Saipan such as Bird Island and Old Man by the Sea (with the help of Photoshop of course). There are no changes that I would have made. But I DO like the idea of having the students put their own names next to the "Flat" as that gives each of them the chance to travel around the world to different locations. It also gives each of them a chance to do their own journaling with the cut out of themselves. I would also think about the ideas of upgrading the Flat Stanley project with more technology including Blogging (instead of journaling), e-mailing (instead of snail-mail), and using digital photo-editing (such as what I had done previously with my students).

What I learned most from doing this project, was how to "technologize" it into a creative movie and slide show. I also was able to put in some of my music into the background :). But the most important thing is that the students learned a lot with letter and journal-writing and also had fun reading their journals in front of the classroom. Overall, it was a fun and great learning experience!

View Flat Stanley Here from Jumpcut site.

Using Techlonology to assist Language Learning

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1) I learned a LOT from this presentation assignment with regards to how to use power-point on the internet. Following the motto: "Death to Power-point," I was able to make my presentation interactive with various links that were used as examples for the point I was making from each slide. I also learned a lot about CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) as a major part of the research of the presentation. I found many of my resources to be very useful including the WIKI demonstration, which I wished we had more time to experiment with in creating flashcards.

2) I had the most difficulty with the Elluminate Live operations, specifically with attaching the URL addresses to post on the web-board for all to see. This slowed me down as I had to type everything in manually without being able to copy and paste for some reason. If I were to do this presentation again, I would hope to have more practice ahead of time with posting websites and operation features of the Elluminate Live. I had very little difficulty with the Slide-share program itself. I would have also liked to have had more time to experiment and dialog about the program examples especially with my WIKI flashcard activity. I would also probably tone it down on some of the goofy pictures, especially since this is intended to be viewed in a professional setting (I did edit some of the pictures in the slides for this reason).

3) I would definitely use this slide-share program again in my future online courses that I teach. This was a very beneficial resource for me.

I've used rubistar many times in my teaching experiences both in Elementary School and for my college students. It is a great site and so easy to create rubrics for all types of activities and presentations. I would have to say that there are some things that cannot be assessed by means of a rubric. Turning the assignment in on time is an example of one that is either a "yes" or a "no." This is not really a dislike, but a limitation to what a rubric is able to assess. I will continue using rubistar 4teachers as part of my grading evaluations for all my students.