Monday, May 2, 2011

Week 14: Are you a Tortoise or a Hare?

It appears that we are finally reaching the end of the semester.  If all things are right in your world, then you need only to finish your iMovie PSA project and write the final narratives for NETS-T 3-5.  If all things are not right in your world, then you are behind and have a lot of catching up to do.  I have graded and regraded everything except the Google Sites on cybersafety for Monday's class and will have everything graded for Thursday's class before class on Thursday.  For the Google Sites, please tell me who is in your group and what specific page(s) you worked on to make it easier for me to assess.  Also, please go back through your assignments to ensure you have received credit for your work.  If you have not, read my comments and resubmit any missing work ASAP (for Thursday class, give me a couple days to finish re-grading).

This Week:  We will be finishing the iMovie projects and ensuring you can embed them on your blog.  Bring your emerging tech checklist so I can help you with any work you need to get on your blog.  I will also go over the final NETS narratives and discuss which artifacts are going where (CLICK HERE to get access to some student samples).  Remember, my goal for next week is to have everyone finished with his/her TaskStream narratives completed and ready to discuss with me in class.  Ideally, when you leave class next week,  you will be finished with the course (he says with high hopes and fingers' crossed).

If you need extra help, please, please, talk to me and schedule a time to meet either this week or next.  I can make myself available, but I am not willing to work harder than my students are at their work ;-)

This Week's Question:  What has been your favorite assignment in this class and why?

56 comments:

  1. My favorite assignment so far has been creating my blog. I was very skeptical at first and didn't believe that it would end up looking like an actual blog. But somehow...somewhere...in this crazy world of technology, I have managed to pull it off, sort of. I am very excited to have learned how to use blogs for educational purposes and also for professional development. Thank you!

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  2. My favorite assignment so far has also been by blog. Not only is it a useful tool for the classroom, I can also use it in my personal life.

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  3. Mine has also been my blog! Ive found it to be a lot of fun....I looked it over and was impressed with all of the things that we have learned :o)

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  4. I would say the crossword project was my favorite.

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  5. My favorite assignment so far was the newsletter.

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  6. I have really enjoyed the imovie assignment. It has convinced me to buy a mac because of this one program. Imovie was something that i thought was going to be difficult but turned out to be fun and exciting and easy to use.

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  7. I would definitely say that the Classroom Newsletter was my favorite.

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  8. Inspiration :) I have already used it in my class and my students loved it!!!

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  9. My favorite project so far has been the Prezi assignment. It's nice to have a better looking, easier to use alternative to powerpoint, which usually puts the audience to sleep whenever it is started up.

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  10. I really liked the prezi assignment. I have been using it for all my presentations this semester.

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  11. Surprisingly, I really liked the cybersafety website. I thought it was so neat learning how to format and create your own website.

    Not to be too much of a suck up..but I have really liked every assignment in this course. All of it has been so useful and relative.

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  12. I really enjoyed the classroom newsletter assignment. I never knew you could create something so colorful and fun through Microsoft Word!

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  13. the imovie, i have always wanted to figure out how to use that program since i have it on my mac but i never got around to it. looking forward to making more educational movies in the future

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  14. My favorite assignment in this class was the Cybersafety Site. Although I absolutely hate group projects, I loved experimenting with the creation of a website and think that this will be a skill that I will continue to use for years to come.

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  15. I really liked the journal assignments. As dorky as it sounds, I have really learned a lot from those short articles.

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  16. I'm going to have to say blog, especially the journal about 100 things that made us happy.

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  17. My favorite assignment was the i-movie assignment! It was fun to be creative and experiment with all of the different variations to modify and edit the clips to make our own movies.

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  18. All of them! I have learned so much from this class. Thank you!

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  19. I liked doing the CSUSM iMovie PSA. I loved how creative I could get and I felt like a master editor!

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  20. My favorite assignment has been my blog. I like it because it is a digital showcase of all the work I have done in this class. After this class is done, I will continue to update my blog regularly. :)

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  21. Mine would have to be the Prezi assignment. I really like how easy and different it is from traditional powerpoint. The oohs and aahs are fun to receive when giving a presentation.

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  22. My favorite assignment is my blog

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  23. I liked the the crossword puzzle because it was a great way to learn how to do a digital crossword. Never knew.

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  24. My favorite assignment has been using the webcan for our intro.

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  25. Prezi..Although I didn't like it at the begining, i think i am gonna use it again for sure...I love it!

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  26. I have really enjoyed both the prezi and the imovie. The prezi is something I used in other classes already and imovie is something I have been wanting to learn for a long time. :)

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  27. My favorite assignment so far has been Prezi and iMovie. I have always enjoyed making movies but iMovie has made movie making that much more enjoyable. I am almost convinced on getting an iMac! Prezi was great to learn because it is a free online presentation tool that can be accessed anywhere, and Powerpoint drives me crazy!

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  28. Prezi was my favorite. It's fun and easy, and it's unique quality makes you feel like you're technologically ahead of the power-pointers.

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  29. My favorite was the crossword or inspiration assignment

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  30. MY FAVORITE ASSIGNMENT IN THE CLASS WAS THE IMOVIE! This assignment got me really excited about Mac computers and I am currently looking into purchasing a Mac!

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  31. My favorite assignment is my Blog. I have been able to express my creativity through it :)

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  32. The Newsletter was my favorite assignment. I cant wait to use it in my own classroom. :)

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  33. My favorite assignment has been the Prezi because we could be creative and it wasn't too tough.

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  34. My favorite assignment so far has been the Prezi, because I started off not knowing how to work with it but in the end fell in love with it. It was so easy to use and I was able to get creative! :)

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  35. My favorite assignment thus far has been the excel crossword puzzle. I thought it was great and I know I can use it in the future!

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  36. My favorite assignment so far was the newsletter. I will definitely use this in my classroom when I become a teacher.

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  37. My favorite assignment so far was the cyberbullying website. It was the first time I ever helped create a website and it was great fun looking for things to put on it.

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  38. My favorite assignment has been the newsletter because I feel like I'm definitely going to utilize it in my classroom. It's easy, modern, and is a great way to communicate with students and their parents.

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  39. Almost all of it, but the imove was the best.

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  40. Although some of the assignments took a while to complete, I honestly enjoyed all of them. The prezi assignment was enjoyable, and the website itself is a great tool to know how to use. However, my favorite overall was the newsletter. I fully intend to use this when I have my own classroom.

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  41. I liked creating and designing my blog the most.

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  42. Definitely loved doing the imovie PSA. It's really helpful for not just a classroom environment but for personal fun as well. Thanks for all the wealth of information.

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  43. I really enjoyed the classroom newsletter, but if I had to choose I would say the crossword puzzle in excel was my favorite.

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  44. I really liked Prezi. I wish I would have learned it earlier in my college career. I will never use powerpoint again!!

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  45. I really enjoy my Newsletter, because it came out all beautiful... However I enjoy learning awesome and new things.

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  46. I really enjoyed the Newsletter. The amount one could personalize their own newsletter gave way to tremendous amounts of unique designs. I will totally use it in my classroom.

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  47. like many others, i enjoyed the newsletter. i liked it because it required us to be creative and make it our own. i also really liked the iMovie assignment for the same reasons. they were both super awesome!

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  48. My favorite assignment was the Cybersafety Sites. I've never created a webpage before and it was a cool new learning experience!

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  49. The assignment I enjoyed most was Prezi. I like to do presentations and this is a super cool tool! The newsletter or the different uses of Google Docs were also very interesting to me.

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  50. My favorite assignemnt thus far has been the prezi presnetation. I totally love the program and have used it for my presentations in other classes.

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  51. The iMovie PSA assignment! I enjoyed learning all the ways to edit a video and posting it on our blog.

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  52. My favorite assignment has been the newsletter. I thought it was a cute and modern way to convey information to a class. I hope to implement one in my classroom when I become a teacher. It was neat to learn a couple of skillful tips to make it look interesting and professional.

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  53. My favorite assignment in this class was the IMovie, I really enjoyed editing the video the way I liked and adding the different special effects. This is something I never have done before and I have done so much with computers taking computer programming classes and having a senior computer analysist for a father. I didn't think I would ever get to make my own video, but I did with your class and loved it!

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  54. I will probably use Prezi for quite a few things. I think that it can be useful to collect a large pool of related data, and then specially prepare
    unique ‘arrangements’ as the situation demands.

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  55. My favorite assignment was the IMovie. I am looking for a new computer for family stuff and using the Apple and seeing how easy it really is sold me. So, now I am waiting to save up for my new Apple...Thanks!

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