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Multi Media Presentation

Below is a multimedia presentation I put together using google presentations and screentoaster.com. It is about the relevance of using Youtube and Facebook in a classroom.

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INTASC

There were 2 critical assessments for my educational technology class. Following is a table that describes the activities I did to meet these standards.

520 Google Spreadsheet Assn

The purpose of this project was to take a set of student test scores and study the trends.






With the data collected from student test scores, I was able to create a chart that is a more visual explanation of what occured. This will be a great way to show students, parents and other teachers any specific trends I see in scores. In regard to Special Education this is a wonderful tool for charting a students over all test scores and how they may have improved or possibly lost ability over time. Many parents struggle with the many tests and scores the schools throw at them that are "supposed" to tell them how their student is progressing. This tool would really make it so much simpler to explain certain processes and progress of my students.

Evernote Presentation

Using Evernote.com for organization purposes can be great for both personal reasons and professional. Check out the link below to our presentation.

Skype

This week I finally entered the world of "skyping". Yes, I signed up for my very own Skype account. This internet tool is what I'd describe as "crazy". That's a good thing though. Let me tell a little story about my first experience. I signed up for Skype while sitting in my living room with my husband and children. When I told my husband Todd how easy it was he decided to sign up too. This next week he will be leaving for 2 weeks to do his annual training for the National Guard. We decided this would be a great way for us to keep in face to face contact. We loved the idea and once the kids saw themselves on the screen they loved it too. So, about 30 minutes later I'm working on something else and suddenly my computer is making noise telling me someone is calling in. Amazingly enough, my Dad, the most unsavvy tech guy I know is calling me via Skype. Answering in shock we begin having a conversation on the computer. This was just crazy to me :) Then he tells me my cousin who I've talked to maybe twice in my whole life from Perryville, Missouri was trying to call him via Skype. So he answers it and find she is at her Grandmothers house, (my aunt & Dads sister)they all want to do a conference call. CRAZY! So, after many years of not talking to these people I am suddenly thrown into this great converstaion with them. Did I mention crazy?! After 20 minutes we all said our goodbyes and hung up. Wow, I had no idea I was the last person to jump on the Skype band wagon. This was quite an opportunity. Personally, Skype is obviously going to give me a chance to communicate with family and friends even easier than before.
Professionaly, I'm still trying to brainstorm ideas of using Skype in a classroom of Special Education students. I could see showing them how it works by having a guest speaker via a Skype interview. I could see this as usefull, interesting to them, and of course easier and more time efficient for the speaker. I've already read about job interviews being conducted in this matter. Perhaps it would be a technique my students would need to know in the future as far as career development went.
Skype is fun, easy to use and makes the impersonal aspects of internet commumication personal again. Two thumbs up!