Podcast

Today in class we learned how to make Podcast and we got to partnership off and make our own.

I believe that this will be helpful in the classroom cause sometimes you need a sub, but subs just dont give directions the same way we do ourselves. This way I could record my instructions for the sub to play. I believe we are doing this to increase our knowledge of the subject of podcasts because in all honesty I have heard of them but never used them until today. I also think that announcements can be recorded before school so the students doing them dont miss class to go do them. I also believe that his will also be helpful to sick students and parents of students. Not only will they be able to do the assignment they will be able to listen to instruction as well.

I know that children today are more technology advanced than me because when I was doing lesson plans last week. My friend told me that at her school they have laptop carts for the students. Where they are able to go to approved websites and stuff during class. From observing 1st graders this month I realized how much more advanced they are compared to when I was in 1st grade. Well I know that I have a schema of technology, but the things I am learning in this class are making my schema on the subject bigger and in some cases better. I can assign something like this to my students and depending on what we are learning make them podcast about that, plus I know how hard it is to get around in Elementary School cause you are relying on transportation I would assign them to do it with other classmates but some that live close so they are in walking distance of each other. I really like this assignment but will have to put a lot of thought in to more uses for it in a classroom setting.

Google Docs and Google Sites

This week in class I learned Google docs and how to edit my Google site.

I really liked both although it was kind of stressful cramming the information all together like that. I believe that both of these things (Google docs, and Google Sites) will be very beneficial in my classroom. I have already used Google Docs in other classes this week. Before we were sharing information by email, editing things and then re emailing them back to our groups. This wonderful thing has saved time for me and helped me to complete the tasks in a easier fashion. I love Google Docs it makes it possible for me to view information on my computer at home without having to have the updated Microsoft Office. I have the 2003 version. I can't wait to be able to share the Google sites with my colleges because although most teachers know technology many of them graduated like 15-20 years ago and don't know about some of the things Google can do for us. I know before class I did not know all of the things possible with Google, now I have more in my schema folder.

This information will benefit my future students because like you said in class with Google Docs you dont have to buy Microsoft Office everytime it changes, you can save your school and district money by using Gooogle Docs. It does most everything Microsoft does. I also think that the classroom website will benefit my students and keep their parents more informed on what is happening in class because techically I am spending more awake time with their children then they are. I also believe that the classroom site will help increase computer knowlegde of the students.Before I knew I could find things on Google, but now I see all the other possibilites. Thanks for teaching us these great and useful resources.