Tonight in class I taught one of the rotations for the App Party. I taught on Evernote and Skitch. These are two of my favorite tools and I really enjoy sharing them with other students. I describe them as note taking and annotating tools on crack. The options are endless with these apps! Due to the fact that I was teaching, I did not get the opportunity to move around to other rotations and see what else was being taught. I really enjoy teaching but this is just another example of a time I get confused... am I student in class or an Ed Tech? It's hard to tell. No class notes... I was busy teaching. |
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It's that burnt out time of year. I am, teachers are, and students are. So tonight in class I really focused on tools I'm familiar with but haven't played around with much in a while. Technology is constantly changing and it's always good to refresh your skills and see what is knew.
We learned a lot about Prezi and I decided to work with it. I have used Prezi in the past many times but I am currently working on a Pearson SuccessNet course and I wanted to use Prezi to deliver some of the content material. I have used the Prezi templates already available but no created my own. I decided this time that I wanted to create my own Prezi about Maria Jones. You can find the completed work of are on the projects page for this course. After playing around and practicing during class I decided I did want to use this for some delivery of my course content. Together with Katie Dewey we were able to embed some Prezi materials into our EdCanvas'! EdCanvas has become an extremely valuable tool for me. I am currently using it for all of my canvas courses and transferring all content into and EdCanvas template. I love it because it keeps content organized and if I don't use the quiz features I can embed them into Canvas our learning system without teachers needing a login! I'm very happy with the tool and plan to use it myself and with my students and teachers in the future! Class notes stolen from Maria Jones via Evernote can be found here. This week I went to class on Tuesday night and got to participate with that cohort. It was interesting for me to see the different dynamic of another class. Honestly, the presentations were a little long and repetitive however it is nice to see everyone's different presentation styles. I would like to see a greater variety of presentation strategies than Power Points. I have enjoyed seeing the variety of Prezi options. My favorite part of class were the App Presentations. I again was able to teach more about Evernote. I actually focused on how I use Evernote to enhance my Weebly, take notes for endorsement in an organized fashion, and the amazing thing that is WebClipper. It is so fun to see the way the teachers get so excited about the options available. I also get so many good ideas for uses when presenting in a setting like this. I also loved learning just a little bit more about Evernote and all of the apps that work so well with it!
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