Technology in the Classroom

In class this past week we were working on a storyboard. This is made up of nine squares that when you click on them they have words that speak one or two short sentences. When finished I was really happy with the outcome and I know that children will have a blast playing the game. This is a listening game created for kids to be able to concentrate on the pictures and what they are saying so that they can unscramble them to solve the puzzel. I liked doing this project, the hardest part for me was to find pictures that would be interesting for children. One way that I solved this problem was to draw my own pictures. This is kind of a scary thought too because I am not an artists by far, but nevertheless they were more intactive pictures than ones that I would have taken on my own. Overall, this was a really interesting assignment. It was something that I wasn't familiar with and taught me a little about not only technology but also myself. I am really excited about our next project where we are creating and e-book so maybe you will here a more on that later!!

Integrating Technology

This spring semester I am in a class called Intro to Computers in Education. Here we had to think of some things that we wanted to learn and how we would integrate them into the classroom we wish to teach. One of the things that I have only heard a little about and wanted to know more was Movie Maker. How do you go about making a movie, or letting your students make a movie that can still relate to the material you are covering. I found an article on the FGCU database that touched a little on this subject.
In this article Lauren Richards talks about how students get excited about video games, television, and movies, and shows a way that the students can create their own short film. She talks about integrating science and social studies which is what I would like to teach at The elementary level. This article discusses how the student could just do some simple interviews and you can automatically see how they light up when you are taking learning outside of the book. I think that this article definitly shows how we can integrate movie making into the classroom without it being too complex for young children to understand.

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