Prospectus Submitus, Brutus

It's done.  He's gone and nothing's going to bring him back.  I am a little mournful that my EDUC 730 days are nearing an end... assuming successful completion of the course.  EDUC 730 will have an immediate impact on my practice.  I enjoyed both the content and the intensive format.  If any of you happen upon this - Thanks.

One down...

Just submitted my webquest and lesson plan.  I enjoyed creating the WebQuest.  It was fun finding the student resources.  I will use the WQ this Fall with my chemistry kids.  

WebQuest

Tonight, it back to collaboration with technology.  I've got a long way to go and a short time to get there....

Back to reality....

Now that I have left the technology incubator or Dr. Holder's class, I am a little nervous.  I enjoyed the comfort of having a group of supportive individuals at my side and an expert advisor on hand. 

I spent the weekend completing Dr Black's leadership assignment.  Part of my task was to create a personalized development plan.  It was a very rewarding activity.  I shared the plan with my wife; she's ready to help.  Good times in the White House.

It's back to work finishing Dr. Holder's course. My plan is to develop a lesson involving the periodic table.  I think my kids will benefit from the technology integration.  I am going to look for other opportunities to integrate technology.  Naming chemical compounds and writing chemical formulas is often a struggle.  That will definitely be another tech integration opportunity.

Outrageous Audio

We attempted to create a funny audio clip using half of a conversation provide for our group.  We open the file in Adobe Soundbooth.  The basics are fairly intuitive.  Our project can be downloaded from box.net, an online audio sharing site.

Audio Project

My poor mother-in-law!

Reflection 4: Opportunity

  You Tube did not like our .avi file from Adobe.  I used a free trial software to convert the first three minutes of our instructional video.   The conversion process was painless and took about one minute. 

We discussed Photoshop and watched a demonstration.  I tried to keep up with Dr. Holder, but was not quite successful.  Here is my first attempt.  I have hair!

Reflection 3: Join me on a quest....

   WebQuests are inquiry based activities that can create significant student engagement.  They provide a tremendous opportunity to incorporate multi modal media content in a manner that allows students to actively explore the content.   It’s engaging and fun. 

Check our WebQuest on David and Goliath. 

My hope is to create a Periodic Table WebQuest for my students this Fall. 

Reflection 2: Citation Salvation and more

  End Note is going to make a difference in my dissertation efforts.  Sure it's nice to auto-insert citations and simultaneously crate a reference page, but the real joy is that it is a clearinghouse for reference materials.  There is new hope for organization.  I am going to use End Note for our bibliography project.

  Video killed the radio star.....  I'm all in.  The personal and professional implications are tremendous.  I can hardly wait to share this with family, friends, colleagues, and students.  I experimented with Adobe Premiere Elements 7.0 today.  What a powerful tool.  I have much to learn, but I am excited.  Check out my attempt from this morning.