Booksmart
Booksmart is one of my new favorite technology tools that I have found.Booksmart is a program that is used to create books of all kinds. The program canactually be downloaded from blurb.com and is absolutely free. The program is veryeasy to use with a nice layout and self explanatory tool symbols. Booksmart offersmany different templates for each book you can make. Possible books are photo books,text books, quote books, and others as well. Because Booksmart is connected withblurb.com there are online tutorials and how-to's when it comes to creating your book.They also have very helpful representatives if you have any questions.
I really love this tool because it gives students the opportunity to create their own
book. Many kids don't look forward to writing a book and drawing pictures themselves
and this is a good alternative. The layouts are easy to follow and children will have somuch fun making their book. What they won't realize is they are actually learningwhile having fun. This program has the opportunity to help children learn how to insertimages and move them around, change the size and perform other altering actions onthem. It will also help children have a good time writing a story or adding commentaryto different parts of their book. Books are ordered and shipped to you in hardback orsoftcover. I really like the options they have and they are very inexpensive as well. Ithink students will find this to be a very enjoyable learning experience and it can beused at home for the whole family to enjoy too.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Tech Tool #1
Podcasting
One great tool that I am learning to like a lot is podcasting. The tool is very easy
to use. Teachers can find various podcasts that teach the subject they are studying. Whenthey find the podcast they would like to use it can be downloaded to computers in theirclassroom. The actual podcast is an audio or visual media source that has information onwhatever the subject is. Podcasts are offered for many subjects including science,language arts, fine arts, social studies, and many other subjects. It is very easy todownload the program and have students learn from it. I think it is a very fun and cooltool that kids would like to learn from.
I plan to use podcasting in my classroom because I think students can benefit from
its use. Each child learns differently and I believe this may be a great way for students tolearn in a different way that is not offered with a teacher. I like that tutorials can beavailable to each child at home. Teachers can show their students how to access differentpodcasts that can help them study or do homework outside of school. I think podcastingin the classroom would be a great thing because students have the opportunity to learnfrom a source other than the teacher. But, when the podcast is over there is a teacher inthe classroom to answer any questions and clear up any confusion. I hope to becomemore familiar with podcasting and use it in my classroom whenever I can.
One great tool that I am learning to like a lot is podcasting. The tool is very easy
to use. Teachers can find various podcasts that teach the subject they are studying. Whenthey find the podcast they would like to use it can be downloaded to computers in theirclassroom. The actual podcast is an audio or visual media source that has information onwhatever the subject is. Podcasts are offered for many subjects including science,language arts, fine arts, social studies, and many other subjects. It is very easy todownload the program and have students learn from it. I think it is a very fun and cooltool that kids would like to learn from.
I plan to use podcasting in my classroom because I think students can benefit from
its use. Each child learns differently and I believe this may be a great way for students tolearn in a different way that is not offered with a teacher. I like that tutorials can beavailable to each child at home. Teachers can show their students how to access differentpodcasts that can help them study or do homework outside of school. I think podcastingin the classroom would be a great thing because students have the opportunity to learnfrom a source other than the teacher. But, when the podcast is over there is a teacher inthe classroom to answer any questions and clear up any confusion. I hope to becomemore familiar with podcasting and use it in my classroom whenever I can.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Google Sites
As I have continued to work on my final project stuff I have really liked building my google site. Pretending to be a teacher has been great fun.
Google sites is really awesome because it is free to have web pages that can be accessed by anyone. I like the easy navigation of the site and how it is set up. The options for layout are great and the tools easy to use. I really like the insert options for google sites because I can add an image, or the url for the picture. I can also insert a picture slide show from different web albums.
The different theme options help to make my site fun and personalized which is also great. I am also finding that I may want a personal website just for fun. I am almost done with my website and just need to work on my tools in technology page. This semester we have learned about so many tools I am not sure what to pick!
Google sites is pretty awesome and will be when I am a teacher. I think parents and students would be able to navigate the site very easily to get any information they need. I wish my teachers had a website so I could get extra info and they don't. So I plan to have a website as a teacher.
Google sites is really awesome because it is free to have web pages that can be accessed by anyone. I like the easy navigation of the site and how it is set up. The options for layout are great and the tools easy to use. I really like the insert options for google sites because I can add an image, or the url for the picture. I can also insert a picture slide show from different web albums.
The different theme options help to make my site fun and personalized which is also great. I am also finding that I may want a personal website just for fun. I am almost done with my website and just need to work on my tools in technology page. This semester we have learned about so many tools I am not sure what to pick!
Google sites is pretty awesome and will be when I am a teacher. I think parents and students would be able to navigate the site very easily to get any information they need. I wish my teachers had a website so I could get extra info and they don't. So I plan to have a website as a teacher.
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