Podcast

This is the link to the script I used for my Podcast. The written lesson plan can be found here. I am using a webquest for my lesson plan. This is a webquest I have used in the past and it is one the students can really get into. Click here to hear the audio portion of the lesson. (Be patient it takes a while to load). I created this recording using the link provided in the lesson plan. After making the recording I saved it as a wav file. However, I kept getting a message that read "voice logo" will be recorded, and sure enough as my audio plays a "voice" comes across my recording saying "avs4you". To get the audio into by blog I saved the file to our FTP web space ( just like we did for the Jeopardy game). I then was able to upload the audio from there. When you click on the link it does take several minutes to load, but it will eventually open on the itunes site. I'm not sure how to clean-up the audio and get rid of the "voice" that keeps intruding over my voice, however, I am happy that I figured out how to upload an audio to my blog.

Google Forms

This is the link to a survey about social networking. I teach a statistics course and I occasionally need data for the students to analyze. With Google Forms I could have the students create their own surveys about topics relevant to them. The data could then be used to create histograms or normal distribution curves. The student could also interpret the mean, median and mode of the data. Feel free to take the survey! After submitting your answers you can check out the answers of other participants.

Rubric

This is a rubric that I have used in the past to evaluate a poster project for my Concpetual Math classes. The students, in groups, are required to create a park using proper scale. The project also includes a budget and a written proposal. The rubric was created using the Rubistar website and was uploaded through Google Docs.

Movie Maker

Ths is a link to my Credit Card movie which is just a re-vamp of my original PowerPoint. After creating the project I saved it as a web document following the steps provided in Movie Maker. I had to sign up for Mydeo which is a media storage and hosting site. Once the movie was saved to Mydeo I was provided with a URL that I hyperlinked to my blog.

Geometry Jeopardy

This is the link to my Geometry Jeopardy. This is a game I would use in my Applied Geometry classes, and I have used similar programs in the past.

Ignite

This is the PowerPoint we were to create using the Ignite format, which is 20 slides that should move automatically after 10-15 seconds. The Ignite site seemed to have a more humorous slant, so I tried my hand at a little "tongue-in-cheek" humor. I hope you enjoy my take on a Day in the Life of a Teacher. I used PowerPoint to create this presentation, and when viewed in PowerPoint my slides did change every 10 seconds, and I also had the presentation looped so it would play continuously. Once completed I used Slide Share to upload and post the PowerPoint. Unfortunately I lost the 10 second transition and the viewer now must click to advance the slides. I ran into a similar problem with our previous 65 slide PowerPoint. I liked the idea of a shorter presentation and the Ignite format is one I would encourage students to consider, especially if I had a lot of presentations to get through. This type of format would force to students to focus on what was important in their work.

Teachers Day Power Pt

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PhotoStory - Homework in the Math Classroom

This Photostory is from my Action Research Project this past spring. The original project was a PowerPoint and it had a more dry and technical approach; it was full of statistics, research and literature reviews. With Photostory I created a "movie" version of the PowerPoint, added some things, and then deleted all of the statistics and research to make the movie less clinical. I hope you enjoy it. I liked creating the Photostory; I found it easy to use and upload. I did notice that I have some feedback on my microphone on the few slides that I narrated. I probably should have bought or borrowed a plug in microphone instead of relying on the microphone in my laptop. As for my students I believe they would have fun with this type of presentation as opposed to PowerPoint. Any assignment that could be created with PowerPoint could easily be transferred to this format. In my classroom I would probably give my students the option of using either one.