Whew

What a relief. Cindy and I just finished our Wimba presentation. I was pretty nervous because even after practicing it a couple of times, I was still uncomfortable with Wimba. We figured out how to hear the audio for the video on Cindy's portion of the presentation, but of course mine didn't work! I was dissapointed because it is a pretty interesting video to hear the students collaborating on creating a prezi. Oh well! I think we did a pretty good job explaining how Prezi is used. I really enjoyed learning and playing around with PreziU. I can see myself using it as an educator if I do not have a smartboard in my classroom. Its also cool that you can use other teachers materials. If you have time take a look at www.edu.prezi.com.

Presentation

So this week we are doing presentations on Wimba and I have to say, it is a little nervewracking.  I have just completed my screencast with Jing, which was pretty interesting.  I thought it would be much more difficult than it actually was.  Its would be a great tool for professors of an online class to use as a tutorial for a project.  Other than that, I can't see myself using it in the future. 

So now I am on to preparing myself for the presentation that I will be doing with Cindy this Wednesday evening.  We have decided that we will split up our focus.  She is going to focus on how to use and make a Prezi presentation and I am going to focus on PreziU.  Prezi is this REALLY cool presentation maker/editor.  It uses these zooming effects that really capture your attention.  You can take a look at it at www.prezi.com. Not a believer? Check out this introduction video I found.

Smartboard!

This week we had our smartboard presentations.  I have to say I really enjoyed this project, and I have never had that much fun doing a presentation.  The smartboard software is awsome.  I hope that in the future I will have a smartboard in my classroom.  I have requested that we get one where I work, at Stockton's preschool.  I feel like a have a great understanding of how to use the smartboard after creating my presentation and watching everyone else's presentation.

Technology can help you learn!

Last week we had class on Wimba, which was exciting.  I was actually dreading the Wimba class because of a past experience with it.  I thought that without face to face contact with my professor, that it would be hard to focus.  Well I learned that it is nice to have a Wimba class, and that with an exciting lesson plan it can actually be fun.  My favorite part was when I was able to speak to the class through my headset.  I was not even required to have a headset in my past class, we just needed to listen.  It was fun being in the breakout room, doing research on tablets, and talking to my partner.  I learned a lot about tablets in an instructional use.  I really do hope that more schools establish this, because students need that interaction with technology.  If more schools instituted a tablet program, there would be less texting under desks and more learning going on.