Thursday, April 23, 2009
Second Life
Second Life is a good technology for students to learn how to make characters meet others on line. It allows students to interact in a “safe” computer setting, rather than taking chances with their lives. Second life gives people the chance to take risks and to not be boring. In real time / life situations we may be afraid to say something because of other people’s reactions to what we say. In second life, we can make a group of students because of the flexibility of joining people together. I have just begun to use “second life” this semester and found it to be an interesting tool to use to teach my students. I enjoy the second life as a way of transporting myself into a “cartoon like” scenario; it’s real, but not really real. It does not affect my first life in the sense that it is “make believe/ not real.” This second life allows students to take on line classes. I like it because I can present my presentation in second life, I do not get “nervous” in front of people in second life, as I do in “real life” situations.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Drawing Tools
Drawing Tools:
We will talk about drawing tools and its affect on the project. Because the drawing tools are important to the designer in making pictures for the classroom. In the technology we have a lot of drawing tools. These tools have the same goal, but they are used differently, when working with different ages of students. The drawing tools is a good technology for creating projects, also it supports my classroom. We should know how each portion of the drawing tools work in each option. In my classroom I taught my students how they can use the drawing tools. Before the start of class I gave an instruction on how to use the drawing tools, and then allowed the students to work with and practice using the drawing tools. We should keep working with the students, as the students will improve only when using the tools in a repetitive way. Each drawing tools program has its own strategies, and we need to know these different strategies and when/how to use them.
We will talk about drawing tools and its affect on the project. Because the drawing tools are important to the designer in making pictures for the classroom. In the technology we have a lot of drawing tools. These tools have the same goal, but they are used differently, when working with different ages of students. The drawing tools is a good technology for creating projects, also it supports my classroom. We should know how each portion of the drawing tools work in each option. In my classroom I taught my students how they can use the drawing tools. Before the start of class I gave an instruction on how to use the drawing tools, and then allowed the students to work with and practice using the drawing tools. We should keep working with the students, as the students will improve only when using the tools in a repetitive way. Each drawing tools program has its own strategies, and we need to know these different strategies and when/how to use them.
Podcast and Vodcast:
I will talk about the difference between vodcast and podcast. The vodcast is just a video and audio. I think the vodcast is important/better than pod cast. I know that there are differences between vodcast and podcasts. I think vodcasts give people a good reaction because they watch video and audio at the same time. The video is very important to learn the student. This is the main important thing in the vodcast. The vodcast has two advantages 1st advantage is the student has both the video and audio topic at the same time. The 2nd advantage is that the student knows the environment , they know where the speaker is speaking to them from, i.e., their home, their office, the street, etc. In the pod cast the speaker is just speaking, I can add some music, but can not show pictures. This is is why some people don’t like the pod cast. You can see now a lot of people like i pod with video and audio, and now a lot of companies try to make a good screen for the I pod.
I will talk about the difference between vodcast and podcast. The vodcast is just a video and audio. I think the vodcast is important/better than pod cast. I know that there are differences between vodcast and podcasts. I think vodcasts give people a good reaction because they watch video and audio at the same time. The video is very important to learn the student. This is the main important thing in the vodcast. The vodcast has two advantages 1st advantage is the student has both the video and audio topic at the same time. The 2nd advantage is that the student knows the environment , they know where the speaker is speaking to them from, i.e., their home, their office, the street, etc. In the pod cast the speaker is just speaking, I can add some music, but can not show pictures. This is is why some people don’t like the pod cast. You can see now a lot of people like i pod with video and audio, and now a lot of companies try to make a good screen for the I pod.
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