Screencast

The screencast is something that I have been wanting to try for a while to help with reteaching and help with makeup work. I like the idea of saving a lesson to revisit during down time or if students are having difficulty.   I just can't seem to get the software from Jing to download.  I have tried two others haven't been successful.

First post Edu 573

First time actually posting to the blog. Now all we need are ideas on how to incorporate this into our instruction.

First Post

This is my first time utilizing Blogger and I must say I'm learning so much in this class!

Technology for Educators

Okay this is a first for me.  I am not quite comfortable with writing on the blog.  I do have a question about implementing the wikis, blogs, and podcast into my classroom.  I teach students with severe disabilities at the middle school level.  Does anyone have effective ways to modify and adapt the use of wikis and blogs?

Larry Marcum

This is my first time blogging.  I hope I learn something new.

Hello! This is my first time on a blog, I hope I can get the hang of it!

Edu 573

Just writing to make sure my posts can be seen. New to this...

Hello everyone! I am a little late getting started but excited to be involved.  Can't wait to learn about ways to improve my classroom through technology!

EDUC 573

Hello everyone!  Just dropping in to familiarize myself with Blogger.  This is my first online course in a long time, so I'm a little rusty!

EDU 573

I am posting this comment to see if Dr. Rubin or any of my classmates (EDUC 573) can see it. I think I am posting in the right place.

EDUC 573.... Checking??

I'm just checking to see that I am in the correct place for the EDUC 573 class... Fall II term?

Web Quest

My web quest was a success and the students had so much fun with it.  My web quest covered poetry and at the end the students were able to read their poems in a made up coffee shop.  It was so much fun!  All the links worked correctly and I feel that my students were able to learn or atleast begin to understand all the information that I needed to cover with the unit of poetry.  Their original poems were very good and were correctly formatted.

Pod Casts

My students have loved creating pod casts.  We now make a weekly pod cast so that the students are able to tell what is going on in the school and any upcoming events.  They have also used the pod casts as a way to review for quizzes and review information for any lessons.  They are loving using this technology!

Creating RSS Feeds

I have begun using the RSS feeds that I learned about in this class.  The students in my law and justice class will start casting their audio news clips following the United State Supreme Court.  This is a great way to have them independently researching and contributing to the class without "assigning" work. They seemed to be intrinsically motivated and have a excitement like I have only seen on a couple of occasions in the 11 years I have been teaching.

Awesome Information

What a very informative, dynamic, and just fun way to teach.  Many of these ideas, I was already using, however, some like the Wiki, for example I have implemented this semester.  My students love the concept of being author on our class blog (gambilllawandjustice.blosgpot.com).  This class is a necessity for even undergraduate students pursuing education.

Web blogs

I just noticed the coolest thing about my blog. On the stat page it showed how many people had viewed my page today and where they were located. I think I may become addicted to blogging once I completely understand it.

Rss Feeds

Really confused with setting up RSS feeds and creating folders. I have learned so much in this class but still feel that much of this is way over my head.