Timeglider

This assignment asks you to go to Timeglider and create a time line.  This is a site to create time lines that allow you to share history or project planning.  This could be very helpful in the teaching field.  Especially if you are in an online class.  This time line would allow you to keep up with the work when you are working at your own pace.  You have to sign up and create an account.  It is also a free account or gives you the option to pay to create a long term account.  After you create your account you are then brought to a screen that asks you to paste the confirmation code from your email.

I decided to do a time line on some of the construction of our new home.  I was not sure of what else to do it on.  So I hope this is okay.



When I previewed this time line on this blog it gave me the message that I did not have the current version of Adobe. When I place this time line on the blog I can view it. I am not sure what this message about Adobe was for.

Grade Your Resume

We created a resume a while back using Google Docs.  This assignment asked us to grade our resume through RezScore.  This website does not require you to log in.  The first step is to upload a copy of your resume.  The second step is to contact you about your resume.  The third step then grades your resume.  My resume did not upload so I had to copy and paste my resume into RezScore.  I am not sure but I do not think the graphics showed up when I downloaded the document from Google Docs to Microsoft Word.  So I am sure my resume looked a little plain in the RezScore format.  Google Docs allowed to you use a resume with small picture and designs which do not show up in word.  This probably explains why I scored a C on my resume cause it is plain.  This score says it is an average resume.  It scored a 70 for Brevity, 36 for Impact, and 40 for Depth.  It does give you tips for improvement and this site also gives you the option of getting a resume makeover, request a rewrite, to broadcast your resume, and a free resume builder for a fee.  In a tough economy like the US has this is probably a really helpful and great sight for a job seeker to build and post a resume.  This would be a very helpful site for someone who is having trouble finding employment.

This activity of Grading Your Resume relates to ISTE NETS Standards 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5.  All Standards are met with this activity to help encourage someone to use technology to help better their resume to find suitable employment and allow the job seeker to post their resume online for future employers to see.

Photostory

Our assignment was to download Photostory from Microsoft and use it to create an educational video about Cyberbullying.  You were then asked to upload your Photostory to YouTube.  This activity was a really neat idea.  The activity allowed a person to create a video about a subject and tell about it.  How to fix it, get rid of something or help make it better.  This is a neat idea to keep people informed and up to date on new laws, issues or sanctions.  (I enjoyed making this video.)  Cyberbullying is becoming a bigger issue each and every day.  Seems like you are always seeing or reading a news article about someone that took their life because of a bully.  When will the cycle end or get help to stop?  I see cyberbullying becoming a bigger issue as our dependence on technology increases.





This activity relates to ISTE NETS Standards 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Loop A You Tube Video

This blog asked us to loop a You Tube video.  When you loop a you tube video you are asking the video to play and then play again without clicking on anything.  I put the command &loop=1 at the end of the URL video address and I could not get it to work the first few times I tried.  I searched the internet for other options and tried all of them and finally got it to work.  The only thing I did to get it to work after several failed attempts was to put &loop=1 command after both times in the embedded address where the video ID was located.  This was the only option I tried and then it worked.  This was not an easy task to complete but after a couple of hours and lots of testing I finally got it. I tried several different videos to make sure it just was not one video that would not let me do this. I did not have to download a version to my computer to do this.

You Tube Video

This assignment requires you to go to You Tube and pull a video off of there and save it to your computer without purchasing items to do so.  I like viewing the videos of the animals doing math.  Here is a link to the you tube video of a horse doing square roots.  I always wonder how long it took people to train these horses to do the problems. 

I actually did not have any idea how to save this video to my computer.  I used Bing to find an answer.  The answer to my question led me to KeepVid.  This website allows you to download the video in any format that you choose.  You do not have to register or pay to use this service.  You can use the get the URL link at the bottom of your you tube video and insert it in the box on KeepVid. This video was in 3GPP format on you tube and I downloaded it to my computer in MP3 format.  This allowed me to save the video on my desktop and view it with Windows Media Player.  You would use this feature to download a video to your computer in case you tube took the video down, the owner of the video took it down, or the internet was down you would still have access to this video.  I have not put a video in a PowerPoint presentation but with this feature you can download the you tube video to your computer and then include your video in your presentation.  You would want to download a video you would like to use just in case the video cannot be found on the internet.  You would then have a hard copy on your computer.  This task was a little easier than I thought it would be.

This assignment involves standards 1, 2 and 3 of the ISTE NETS Standards.

Jeopardy

This assignment allowed us to create our own Jeopardy game. I created my Jeopardy game with math trivia. This is one of my favorite games so this was my favorite activity. I think this would be very easy to put into a lesson plan and include the whole class. This would be helpful for an exam study guide. It was a lot of fun creating this game board. I think this would be a great assignment for students to create their own game.
Here is a link to my Jeopardy game that I created on Mathematics.

This activity is relates to all 5 standards of the ISTE NETS.  This would be a great activity to get everyone in the class involved.

Prezi

This assignment we were to create a presentation using Prezi.  It is sort of like PowerPoint but in a different format.  Prezi allows you to create your presentation starting with ideas.  You can build off of the idea you state or you can hide the idea and not worry about it.  Your presentation is all on screen at one time in one big slide unlike PowerPoint in many different and individual slides.  I like doing these kind of activities on PowerPoint.  Prezi is nice but a little confusing to use.  One advantage of Prezi is that you can access the function menu on the left side of the screen throughout the whole event.  There is no searching on the toolbar for a certain task.  You can add shapes, boxes, or change the directions of the text with just putting the cursor over the object or texts you would like to rotate.  Disadvatages of Prezi is that if you are "click happy" (like me) with the mouse you may run into some trouble as not going back to the menu on the left side of screen to change the functions.  This caused me a few irritation issues.  I do not think Prezi is worse than PowerPoint.  I think they are both about the same program and I think too, it depends on if you are efficient in PowerPoint if you will like Prezi or not.  The only issue I had with Prezi was I could not figure out how to insert a link into my presentation. I searched help and that was a question posted by two other people.  Here is a link to my online Prezi presentation.

Factoring Numbers on Prezi

The Prezi presentation includes all 5 steps of the ISTE NETS T Standards.  Creativity of the presentation for Step 1.  Using the new Prezi program and the computer for Step 2.  Step 3 allowing other students and teachers to view work for feedback.  Step 4 to promote responsibility by allowing a student to create and use their own Prezi site.  Step 5 would be allowing students to explore other applications to complete assignments.