Wow! Look at that!

There were a lot of new tools that were really cool to learn about. Learning how to create a website was extremely cool. I can definetly see myself creating a class website when I start teaching. Here is a link to my class website. It still needs a lot of work before it actually looks close to being a website. So, this was probably the most useful skill I learned.
Embedding stuff is always somewhat tricky for me to figure out, but the tutorials were really helpful. Learnig about qualtirx was also really interesting, and will be helpful in conducting reserach and assessing students efforsts or preparation points. Discussion boards are of course always helpful, and are great for short analytical responses.
The viedo communication has proven to be rather tricky, I think it is because I have never used that kind of technology before.

Multimedia Project!

My Multimedia Project...

Before starting this assignment, my group had several different ideas for how we could in corporate media into the classroom. We considered creating a book trailer, or using various advertisements in order to teach students the persuasive power and role of the thesis statement. However, we eventually settled on using various movie clips in order to teach the heroic journey to students. This could be accomplished with almost any movie, however, for the purpose of this assignment we picked Harry Potter. Understanding the heroic journey directly corresponds to multiple curriculum requirements.
9th grade Objective 3
a) Describe how conflict, character, and plot work together
b) Explain how the character is developed through implication and process
c) Analyze how setting contributes to characterization, plot or them.
The Utah Core Curriculum standards can all be found through the following link
http://www.schools.utah.gov/

The Storyboard

My Discovery of an RSS Feed

Before this course, I was not aware of what an RSS feed was. I realize now, that an RSS feed is an extremley beneficial tool and resource for educators. As an english teacher, I will be able to use the RSS feed as a resource for recieving updates on the latest education journals, and to recieve updates on new young adult fiction novels. It can serve as a resource in helping me stay current on the latest teaching models and strategies.