Monday, February 22, 2010

BP12_2010021_One Minute Message #2

Go!Animate


BP11_2010021_Link to another's blog.


Take a look at the comments I left for Tamara! Thanks!

http://fullspeedaheadtc.blogspot.com/2010/02/bp52010022web20wordlenet.html?showComment=1266852496303_AIe9_BGUdTangPrxuzW8dXFUO9aSYf50f-WiKJAlZQ2XMaYas-ZxzZm3VoOK9eDnSx9U08jn-U50MNZKGtpfXzH6x_vjNYpM9m9hub2USKKS8cuQc996ckZjklMOpAEqWQVTBPUr8mnokl6sRwpLxMq20g-2NjBPw-o5662iU8RQGKl2rorsnn-LWF_USHbu6gzs9zjAz5AVcxgTfWbsXPmxbgzgrwQidp3KZxfsZ0kd2QzDv3e5kVg#c7868011454017204969

BP10_2010021_Link to another's blog.


Take a look at my comments for Erica!

http://ericacfullsail.blogspot.com/2010/02/bp82010022web20tool2.html?showComment=1266852155243#c6447123018726278957

BP9_2010021_Web2.0 T3 -Go!Animate















Disappearing Phone Booth

http://goanimate.com/go/movie/0FBnMx-RaYUU?utm_source=emailshare&refuser=0vk7z_NJl_bs


I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to Go! Animate. This Web 2.0 tool allows users to create comics. Membership is free, but there are some areas that require funding, but for a basic resource in the classroom the free resources are excellent.

The clip made could be used to introduce a number of ideas. For use in a computer lab, students can utilize this to show their understanding of vocabulary. I used fiend in the clip. The wanted poster that surfaces in the second portion shows there is a wanted man, or fiend. Lower elementary classroom teachers can put this to use by using the comic to strengthen their students’ abilities in visual discrimination. The caption could be changed to “What Missing”. Students would identify the phone booth as the missing object in clip two and they can also identify the poster as the missing object in clip one. Upper elementary classroom teachers could use this as a tool to teach the literary concept of irony. Instead of the lady being alarmed by the missing phone booth, she is overwhelmed and taken by the thought of the fiend removing the phone booth.

Now, these are just suggestions for the piece I created. Imagine what teachers and students could do with site. I am always a stickler for appropriate use in the classroom, this site as well as any other site with the ability of free verse usage needs to be monitored. Before students are allowed to publish from this site, I strongly suggest a review of what’s being uploaded.









Tuesday, February 16, 2010

BP7_2010021_Link to another's Blog

Hi, please take a look at the comments I've left for Jeff Kohls. Thanks!

http://jskohls.blogspot.com/2010/02/bp52010022web-20-tools.html?showComment=1266334223467_AIe9_BFuC4iI1K9CtH-3AyKFvwFkPSCfKemOVlDfiSsobm_ohm1JAc3_FGlUsofVlscewxJDdRgQYf0SXB-QxaxZQ6IOyuZn_MzqoXBLL9VJvaxoL5nqFh-9HBbTpL7HiBSk5zISU7nxg3z-A82wtO0o-ETFWMweFKJW7iR7a04wyUsceObqKbC565tS_cteyY_noh6BGBMbYJSAUkaOuZqAkReL-ZSOvRrXpCtYOoiaDzeOnyUMryA#c7819916979347667954

BP6_2010021_Link to another's Blog

Hi,

Please read the comments I left on Tamara Paris Collins' blog. Thanks!

http://fullspeedaheadtc.blogspot.com/2010/02/bp42010021web20.html?showComment=1265682940981#c6142520917363822943

Sunday, February 14, 2010

BP6_2010021_Flickr

http://www.flickr.com

I’d never used flickr prior to this week’s assignment. I am deeming it a wonderful organizational tool for photos and media. What came to mind for implementation in my work environment wasn’t exactly the students, but my peers. The teachers often have ideas that they want to share. They’ve talked about calendars with their class photo and greeting cards as well. The storage that we are allotted on the campus isn’t feasible to the number of pictures taken for the events that are held on the campus. I’d used flickr as a general storage area for the teachers on the campus. Since it has the capacity for private use only, this would be an excellent tool.

The lesson would be presented during a faculty meeting. Prior to the staff development, teachers would be asked to bring the names of the picture folders that are stored on the common site for the district. During this meeting, teachers would be introduced to the concept of flickr. The mobile lab would be used to enable teachers to login and create individual or grade level accounts. They would be able to peruse the site and discuss in small groups the benefits of using flickr for picture and video storage. As a whole group discussion, the teachers would discuss the benefit of using Flickr in their classrooms as well.

Flickr is yet another Web 2.0 tool that has endless possibilities for the classroom teacher.