One thing I learned about myself this week is that I need to calm down. I will make it through. I had a couple of scary moments this week, like when I thought I lost my power point when something happened to the internet, or when I somehow ended up with double voice overs on a couple of my slides (which by the way were working the last time I checked it, knock on wood.) Thank goodness for the level head of my daughter.
The Animoto was fun. It worked really well. I couldn’t use the music that I really wanted, but it still worked out well. Some of the 4th grade boys saw me working on it during my lunch. They thought it was pretty cool.
I enjoyed the websites for images and quotes. I’m glad they gave us some free ones to use, because I don’t think I would use them enough to make it worth the price, and I don’t think school would pay for them either. But I will pass the free ones along to the other teachers. The kids are always using images. The websites that I really liked were the quote sites. I particularly liked the Quote Garden.
Reading Presentation Zen is just so interesting. I loved the slides that gave examples of good slides and how they can be improved to be even better. I tried to use some of these principles in the revision of my power point. The changes made such a difference.
The Digi Tales chapter was very informative. If you are getting a new computer this is the perfect place to go to find out what you need. We are planning on getting a new Mac sometime in the next year and I am definitely going to take my book along.
Tok Box worked well, but I couldn’t get my microphone to work. I called Matt and he put me on speaker phone. Great idea Matt! Anyone have any thoughts on where to find the mute button on a Dell?
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Wanda, I like you, have had to coach myself into calming down. I don't know why I allow myself to get so uptight, I know that things somehow always work out in the end. One thing my level headed daughter tells me is not to be afraid just experiment with this stuff and it will work.
ReplyDeleteOut of all the things we've done, I like the Animoto. This is something that I feel I can confidently do with the students because it's quick and doesn't require too much technical stuff.
I am thinking of getting a new computer too, and you are right Digi Tales would be a good resouce to use.
I enjoyed animoto also. It was very easy however I found myself wanting a bit more control over what happened. I suppose that is the convenient thing about it though. You don't have to do much.
ReplyDeleteI really liked the chapters for this week. Integrating the Zen strategies took a little thinking but I managed to use a few of them in my presentation redo. In the end, I liked using the free photos. They are a higher quality than random photos on the internet and it made me be a little more creative with my powerpoints.