This was the fifth week of school already. We learned to use Wordle on Tuesday. This tool was fun to use because words were scrabbled, but the mose used words appeared the largest. The thing that intrigued me the most was all the President's speeches, and seeing which word they used the most throughout the years. We worked more on our WebQuest, and I have tried to think of an idea. I think I might do a project involving fake money, and it is spent att the students store's that they create. The assignment this week involved making a short movie clip using Picasa, and editing picutes in Gimp. The video took a while to finish because I had to find pictures to fit diversity and social justice.
Picasa and Gimp could be useful in the classroom because students will be able to use these programs since they are free. Using these programs can express their creativity. As a teacher you are able to edit pictures. In powerpoints a teacher can add pictures, and enhance them.
The ISTE standards used in this assignment are:
Student learning and creativity. As students we are using our creative side to put together a collage video. We are choosing which pictures to use, the font, colors, and how to put everything together using Picasa.
Digital-Age learning experience and assessments. This was the first time many of us have used the programs Picasa and Gimp.
Digital-Age work and learning. We had to put together our won video, and learned to use these new programs.
This was the fifth week of school already. We learned to use Wordle on Tuesday. This tool was fun to use because words were scrabbled, but the mose used words appeared the largest. The thing that intrigued me the most was all the President's speeches, and seeing which word they used the most throughout the years. We worked more on our WebQuest, and I have tried to think of an idea. I think I might do a project involving fake money, and it is spent att the students store's that they create. The assignment this week involved making a short movie clip using Picasa, and editing picutes in Gimp. The video took a while to finish because I had to find pictures to fit diversity and social justice.
Picasa and Gimp could be useful in the classroom because students will be able to use these programs since they are free. Using these programs can express their creativity. As a teacher you are able to edit pictures. In powerpoints a teacher can add pictures, and enhance them.
The ISTE standards used in this assignment are:
Student learning and creativity. As students we are using our creative side to put together a collage video. We are choosing which pictures to use, the font, colors, and how to put everything together using Picasa.
Digital-Age learning experience and assessments. This was the first time many of us have used the programs Picasa and Gimp.
Digital-Age work and learning. We had to put together our won video, and learned to use these new programs.