Movie Presentation

This is the movie trailer that Chris Shears and I decided to do a sweded version of..."The Matrix"



Below is the Movie trailer that Chris Shears and I created. A sweded version of the classic 1999 box office smash hit,
"The Matrix"


Click here for the Student movie assignment and Rubric

Audio assignment

"Prepositions of Place and Movement"
This is my audio assignment I have made for my students. 

The assignment and rubric are linked at the bottom. 
I have embedded my audio recording below.

Click Here to view the assignment that each student will have to complete.

Web site

Below are the links to my web site and and an explanation for the group assignment I would give my students.

This is a direct follow on assignment for directions....

For an explanation of this lesson click here (Rubric provided)

Click here for link to my website

My favorite multimedia tool! "Prezi" (blog 7)

My favorite tool that I have learned about in class over the past few weeks would be “prezi”. I have a feeling that prezi is going to be the answer most of my peers will be blogging about as well.

Before I started this course I had difficulty using Microsoft power point. I hardly implemented it in my classes and mostly relied on using lots of handouts. However after taking this course and learning more about multimedia tools and how to adapt them into my classes, I would have to say that learning prezi and utilizing it in my classes will change the way I teach and structure my classes.

Prezi is a great tool that can help teachers present information in a fun way. Prezi allows you to zoom in and out of frames and rotate in any direction easily. The coolest feature in my opinion is the ability to hide frames within frames. Using prezi will make my classes more entertaining and keep the students focused longer.

Although at times, it was very confusing, frustrating and difficult learning how to operate prezi, it goes without saying that I am thankful that I now have a very useful and effective tool I can use in my classes. I will be implementing prezi into my university classes starting immediately. It will be a little annoying to redo most of my lessons but in the long run I think it will be worth it. 

Directions Presentation

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2afGIAK3M64MUluVnZmY3dmSTA/edit?usp=sharing

Screencast.... (Kakao Talk)

Here's my screencast, "An easy way to group chat using Kakao Talk". Hope you find it useful, enjoy!

9 essential skills (blog 6)

9 Essential Skills Kids Should Learn.

The topic of this article is “9 Essential Skills Kids Should Learn” written by Leo Babauta. http://zenhabits.net/kid-skills/

This article suggests nine essential skills that students should be learning to adequately prepare them for the future. The writer believes children are not being taught the proper skills that they will need in the future. He believes that because the future is unpredictable, always changing and unknown, teachers need to prepare children to adapt and deal with change by teaching them these nine essential skills.

1. Asking qestions
2. Solving problems
3. Tackling projects
4. Finding passion
5. Independence
6. Being happy on their own
7. Compassion
8. Tolerance
9. Dealing with change

I agree with the essence of what “Leo Babauta” is talking about. Children should be encouraged to ask questions and solve problems. This will help them in the future to deal with any kind of situation. Tackling projects at school that they are passionate about either by themselves (independent thinking problem solving etc) or in a group (development of compassion and tolerance towards others) will essentially improve a child’s confidence and better prepare them for any kind of future endeavor. The future is unpredictable and unknown so dealing with change is probably the most important life skill to teach children. Things change very quickly and when they do change, we also must adapt and adjust ourselves accordingly.

I primarily teach university students so I feel that by the time the students come into my class they should have already learned most of the skills mentioned above. All teachers are a huge influence in students lives; these nine essential skills may start at an early age but they continue through all levels of education.