2nd Webquest - Career Search

Sorry, I posted this a little late.  I attempted to try it out with my class this afternoon to see if it worked, any changes needed to be made, etc.  It actually worked rather well.  Students did not finish though and will resume webquest / presentation tomorrow.  I did have to fix a few things and did not have time until after my softball game that got made up.  I coach for the high school just in case you were wondering.  Anyway, my webquest is a career search for my students as some of them are very unrealistic as to what skills they have and what their post-secondary goals are.  This webquest actually fits into my paperwork load that I have to keep on each student as they are of the transition age.  This is the last assignment.  I am going to miss this class......


http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=194998

Educreations

Instead of creating my own website, I chose to explore Educreations.  I have created a website before and wanted to explore something new.  This multimedia site is very easy to use, but I was frustrated with the fact that I could not upload documents.  I thought I could at first, so I spent all this time typing up some things, adding pictures, and making it look fancy.  Then I tried uploading all of the stuff I created and it wouldn't highlight it because it was a document.  On Educreations you can only upload pictures.  I tired saving my documents as photos, trying anything I can to make what I created work, but it wouldn't.  So, I had to picture hunt for images over my topic.  My topic was "Parts of Speech", defining basic terms such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, article adjectives, conjunctions, prepositions, pronouns, and interjections.  Along with defining the terms, I also showed how to label parts of speech within a sentence.  I had perfect sentences created breaking the sentence apart, piece by piece to the end.  However, I could not use them and had to find a picture of a sentence.  That was difficult, but I found a simple one that I could write on and label.  I like this site as I stated before, but another aspect I am not thrilled about is the fact that you cannot erase what you recorded.  If you want to, you have to start the entire thing over and that is including uploading all the pictures again.  I definitely see myself using this tool to in my classroom to introduce a concept or standard as well as for demonstration purposes.  I can also see my students using this tool as an assessment piece showing what they have learned.  It would be a fun partner activity. 

http://www.educreations.com/course/lesson/view/parts-of-speech/6974636/

New imovie With Music - Long Story

Okay, so I watched the video I uploaded and my music did not play.  Don't ask me....  So, I went back and hit a wrong button and had to re-do all my music.  Then I had to upload the project and share it to my desktop again.  It took forever once again, but I wanted everyone to see the movie I worked so hard on.  So, here is my imovie with music and all. 

imovie - Washington D.C. School Trip

I created my imovie over my trip to Washington D.C. last June with some students from my school.  We had 6 chaperones and almost 50 students attend.  It was a 3 day non-stop adventure.  I saw so much stuff in one day than I ever have before.  I learned a ton too and recommend that everyone visit Washington D.C. sometime in their life.  However, I hated working with my mac to create this imovie.  It took me forever to figure out and I am pretty sure I messed something up along the way.  I watched the tutorials, but they didn't help me.  I also called some friends that have created movies before and they said I just had to figure it out as I go.  It took me a long time and would prefer something else if I could.  I have liked everything we have done so far, but this was by far my least favorite.  Maybe, I am just not good at that stuff.  I hope your experience was better than mine.  I hope you enjoy your tour.  Once again, if something is messed up I apologize as so many things have gone wrong with this. 

Animoto video

Vegas Vacation