ichatting and movie

I'm pretty proud of myself right now! I've used ichat before but I hadn't used it in a long time. So, today I ichatted my little brother, Matt. And then I ended up talking to my mom, my dad, my other little brother, my brother's friend, and, finally, the dog. I forgot how much fun ichat is and I'm going to make an effort to talk to my family on ichat more. Also, I finished my movie! I made it on the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. Since Utah high school students have Utah History in their curriculum, I thought it would be a great topic to cover in my instructional video. And I think it turned out pretty well!

Olympic Movie

Project #2

So I've been working on Project #2 for my IP&T 286 class. The assignment is to make an instructional video that I could use in my class as a teacher. Since Utah History is required for high schoolers in Utah, I decided to make my video on the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002. I am going to use the iMovie program to make the video. I've spent quite a bit of time gathering images and making my storyboard for my video. The only thing I'm not sure how to do is use narration that is not my own recorded voice. I'm not quite sure what that direction means. One of the challenges I'm having is decided what information is important to include in such a short video, since it is only supposed to be one to three minutes long.

This is my finished website! http://sites.google.com/site/mrsallsopnfhs/

So I've been working on my website for a VERY long time now. I really hope that it turns out okay! The one thing that I am stuck on is adding a gadget/widget from a site besides google. None of the urls work. But, besides that slip-up, everything else on my website has gone pretty well. I am not tech-savvy at all, so I'm pretty proud of myself! I can see how having a class website would be helpful in connecting with students and giving them instant access to details about the class, such as announcements, projects, and provide them with extra resources.

Blogs I Read

Hey! Here's a couple of the blogs that I check out!
http://jennyheathcote.blogspot.com/2010/05/completed-websites.html
http://blog.benmcmurry.com/
http://courtneyhruby.blogspot.com/2010/05/class-websits.html
All of these blogs would be great for teachers to explore!

So our assignment for our IP&T class last week was to create a class website for a make-believe class we could potentially teach in the future. Actually, several of my professors at BYU have their own class websites and I find them extremely useful. I think that as a high school teacher, one of the most useful things about having a class website would be to post reading assignments and other sources for students to have access to. Most teachers have limited resources, so if you wanted your class to read a particular source that was not provided in the textbook, you're only option would be a photocopy a ton of copies for each student. But, if you had a website, you could simply post a link to the source and every student would have access to it.