Final Podcast 2 Read aloud, "Balto, the Dog Who Saved Nome"

https://c1.livetext.com/folder/7132087/XfQWIWuA_Balto.mp4

Final Podcast Spelling Practice Test Week 1

https://c1.livetext.com/folder/7132087/Aq3yaDfV_spelling_week_1.mp4

Video Final Pronouns

Teachertube video pick

I watched many videos on TeacherTube. I found several that I thought would be useful to use in class or during computer lab. I chose to post a video on Jamestown Settlements. I created a website for a previous class for 5th grade history. The site was to enrich students' learning on American Early Colonies. This video was perfect so I added the link on my website.
Other videos that I enjoyed were on grammar and math. The fundamentals are important for student's to master. If they are having difficulty in a particular area, I can see having a student watch a video or two during computer lab or at home to help reinforce teaching at school.

Final 2 minute video

Podcast

After sifting through the different podcasts available through iTunes, I came across this one. Science Made Fun has hundreds of podcasts on every science topic I could think of. Each one was interesting to listen to and provided detailed information on each topic. I can see easily using this during class as a listening activity, center activity or in computer lab to enrich a science topic.
There were a few things I didn't like. One frustration was finding a decent, free educational podcast at first. Not being familiar with iTunes, it took me awhile to fumble around with the program and search engine. Further within the topic of educational podcasts, finding one that I felt was reputible was at first challenging. I do have a fear that teachers/students may rely on these types of sources for information and not verify the information is accurate. Does iTunes check each podcast for legitimacy and accuracy? Could I get on there and say that Mercury is a moon and mislead thousands of people?
I can see the benefits of podcasts in the classroom but would verify all information before presenting it to the class.
Other educational podcasts were PBS and Dragonfly.
A helpful website I found is http://epnweb.org/. It explains thoroughly what a podcast is and offers links to educational podcasts.

Photostory Review

In order to view my Photostory review you will need to click on the bottom tab for older posts due to my opinion post on the assignment as well.
Please email me if there is a problem. Thanks. Deborah

Photostory project

I have to say this was the toughest assignment! Reviewing the article was easy, but using Photostory to do it. I created my slides in PowerPoint and then saved each slide as a JPEG. Then imported those into Photostory. Saving it as a wmv file for me caused issues at first when I added it to the blog and I had to redo the entire assignment. Did anyone else experience this type of frustration? Was there and easier way to do it?
I used photostory in my last class and loved the program for that, but this yikes! I am glad it is done and hope it turned out ok!
Thanks for reading my rant!

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