PERSONAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Storyboard

My Storyboard:
1. Title Screen
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MAKE SURE YOU (AMY) RESPOND TO THAT YOUTUBE VIDEO AND ALSO POST AN INTRODUCTION VIDEO BEFORE NEXT TIME

Assignment #4

For my iMovie project, I will be making a video that will be fun and educational for my students. Right now I'm thinking about a "pick a destination and tell your fellow classmates and teacher why you want to go there" movie. It's basic, I know, but it will allow them to use their creativity and will also provide a way for me to get to know them better. They will have to draw pictures of their travel spot and do it in the fashion of a travel show. Mine will give them an example and they can go from there. I'll put them in groups of three or four and it will be an assignment for the first month of school. I love Geography and I want to show them that learning about the world around us is FUN!!!

So far I have spent about an hour on this project trying to figure out what I would like to do. Future challenges that I may run into will be making it look professional even though I am far from being a professional videographer!

I just wanted to post my website link on here. Check it out!
https://sites.google.com/site/mrsfreemansclassisgreat/

Personal Learning Network links!

Record a video, then record a response on Youtube. Embed on blog!

MAKING VIDEOS!

Today we're learning about story-boarding and how to plan and record a video.

• Go to iMovie. Only 1-3 minutes long. http://ipt286.benmcmurry.com/projects/project-2/ has all of the instructions for this project. http://ipt286.benmcmurry.com/assignments/assignment-4/ is the assignment that is due next week (May 25th).
• Google "free audio" for finding sound effects. Or you can even go to iMovie Sound Effects. Play with the tools on iMovie. Make audio adjustments...you can do sound over features! Don't forget to put transitions into your movie. 
• You need to make sure to add your credits at the end, or even a few of these. You want to put your pictures and the web address here (the end of your presentation). 
• A few very important things:
• You are going to upload this to Youtube. If there is anything against copyright, then they will delete it. Upload it to youtube by clicking "Share" at the top. Easy! 
• Save your pictures and text to the Desktop first before you even open iMovie. Then all you need to do is drag the files and then begin to edit. 
• "Encode" means share. 
• It must be an instructional video OR a video that you would assign your own students and then you construct it as if you were one of your students. 
• Must include one still image and narration and on screen text. 

For Activity #1
Course Website
Wikipedia
Youtube
Lynda
Google
Awesome websites you love (as examples)
Hint: igoogle

Using My Website In the Classroom

The website that I recently created using Google Sites will definitely come in handy when I am a real teacher! It's called: http://sites.google.com/site/mrsfreemansclassisgreat/
In the future I will definitely use this to model what my site needs to be like. The skills that I have learned in the class have opened up my options as a teacher and I am excited to utilize them! I will use it to display my syllabus, assignments, background information, and contact information. This will make it a lot easier for today's students and parents who are online for up to several hours each day. Since I will be teaching in a secondary education school, it will also better prepare my students for how college works-- everything will be online to access. This way, those who are absent can print out the assignments and at least begin them and not fall behind. Through the class blog, students can also put up their notes and commentary about class and lecture. This will be a great way for me to see who is behind in class and who is right on track.

Today we're talking about websites. The difference between a blog and a website is that a blog is more of a journal (well, a blog IS a website), and a website is a page that has a lot of different information. A blog is a website but a website is not necessarily a blog.
What kind of content can you put on a website?
Copyright Laws
Creative Commons
Easier to use your OWN work and creativity than to use others' work and get in trouble later!
Try your best to follow the copyright laws!

In my future classroom, I will definitely incorporate my Google Reader (RSS). Using the New York Times, CNN.com, nationalgeographic.com, and other useful sites will really engage the students in realizing that the news is full of lessons. My goal is to help my English Language Learners and their mainstream classmates come together and learn not only each others' cultures, but the cultures around the world to help build positive relationships and understanding of those who are different.

Blogs can be used through the Google Reader as well. I added two teachers' blogs to my Reader  who talk about how they incorporate technology in their classes. My students can use blogs for communicating with me, use their blogs for class projects, displaying research material that they've found, submitting videos and websites...the possibilities are endless!