Glogster Reflection

Glogster is a good teaching tool. My fourth assignment in my class, Principles of Instructional Technology, was to create an interactive poster. Glogster.edu was a new resource for me; it has tools to create a really good interactive poster, but like all technology we have to get used to it. I started practicing and getting to know all of the tools that it has, and at the same time reading and watching the videos posted on Angel by our teacher. This time it took me more time, because I had to decide what to teach with my poster. I spent a lot a time looking for videos from Internet links. I decided to make a power point presentation with the content I wanted to teach. I read about how we can attach data to the poster, but when I finished my power point presentation I had some trouble putting it in my poster. Finally, I did it. Having completed all of the elements required by the rubric, I started to organize them in my poster. I still need more practice with this new resource, but I think it is a great tool for developing creativity for students and teachers. It is a great tool to have an interactive class.  It makes learning fun for students.  I invite you to see my poster at pratcliff.edu.glogster.com/spanis-regular-verbs

http://pratcliff.edu.glogster.com/spanish-regular-verbs

 This is my Symbaloo Webmix, I invite  you to give it a view!  Este es my Symbaloo Webmix visitalo!    http://edu.symbaloo.com/mix/teachingspanish

Symbaloo reflection

This is my third assignment, when I started reading about Symbaloo I thought it was very interesting.  I always wanted to use a program like Symbaloo. I didn’t know that it already existed. Right away I started using it to organize websites that I use with my students.  I’m an ESL math tutor, and working with computers always took me extra time to prepare the assigments, because I had to search for the websites that I wanted to use with the students. The first step was to register, and after that, I was ready to build my first Webmix. I started looking at a Webmix that had already been created. I found really good material and added some of it to my Math Webmix. I started using my Webmix at school and I felt very happy about the time I saved with it. My first Webmix was simple; it was like practice that helped me begin my third assignment for my class Principles of Instructional Technology. My assignment had some requirements that I did not know anything about, looking at all of the information given to me by my teacher helped me understand, and it made my assignment easier. I started storing all the information required for this assignment.  Practicing helped me understand the process of all the things we can do in Symbaloo. I finished my assignment feeling satisfied and happy. I keep using my Math Webmix at work and I definitively will use this resource to teach in the future.  

Ejutla de Crespo Oaxaca, Mexico

Introduce yourself in Spanish

 Hola soy Patricia!

La vida es corta disfruta tu cafe!

Blog Reflection Post
The second assignment for my class was to create a “blog”. I didn’t know anything about how to create blogs, so I started researching about them. We can create a blog with different topics, some blogs talk about politics, sports, education, or are personal journals. All blogs have some similarities such as the name of the blog, the author’s profile; the posts are chronologically reverse (the most recent on the top), there is a section for comments, and a list of links. Some blogs have videos. After I educated myself about blogs, I started my adventure. First, I used blogeducation.com to create my blog, I started to personalize it, but I couldn’t do everything I wanted to do. If I wanted to have more resources I needed to upgrade and pay a monthly fee. I chose not to do it. I decided to try another blog site. The new website was blogger.com. I really like it because it allowed you to personalize your blog with more features. I was thinking about what name would be good for my blog. I decided to name it Learning Spanish because I will be sharing Spanish words with pictures. My followers could learn a new language while they follow me through this technology journey. Blogs can be very useful for teachers as an easier way to communicate with parents and students. Updating every day with comments and posting homework as well. Students and parents can ask questions, and/or write their opinion about the material posted. Blogs can make communication more fun and creative.

http://www.viedigital.com/- image

La Catedral- Oaxaca, Mexico (iglesia) The Cathedral- Oaxaca, Mexico (church)

http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?partnerID=symbaloo&scid=9208762&height=400&width=300

" There can be infinite uses of computer and of new age technology, but if teachers themselves are not able to bring it into the classroom and make it work, then it fails"- Nancy Kassebaum

Voki Reflection Post

In my class, Principles of Instructional Technology, my first assignment was to create an avatar in voki.com. This website allows you to customize the background of the avatar, the way it talks, and the way it looks. When you add the voice to your avatar the website gives you different options, you could record your own voice or you can assign one of the already recorded voices. For this project, I had to record my own voice. I enjoyed the activity; creating my avatar was fun, I decided to make it look similar to me. I had no trouble creating my voki at first, but when I wanted to record my voice, I couldn’t save it. I tried to record my voice with the microphone and with my computer, but after many attempts to save it, I had no success. I opted to use the call mode, I recorded my voice by phone, and finally I had succeeded. Other than that little problem everything worked great. Voki is a good, fun and hands on tool to use with students to make the learning environment more fun and interesting. I will be using it with my kids at my Elementary school. They can create their own avatar  to practice their pronuntiation. They will have the opportunity to hear their own voices. I have   incorporated technology with learning. It is an entretaining way to learn. 

Here is the link to my voki. Check it out!

http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=9191475&height=267&width=200

https://filebox.vt.edu/users/baldwino/MATH_4644/TechnologyPhilosophy.htm