Session Five

Over the weekend, I experienced a teaching moment about Prezi. My dad gives several presentations in a year to various groups. Many of his presentations are very conceptual, and I thought he might really like using Prezi. I showed him the intro video and some of how to use it. He got very excited and knew right away what topics would fit into this style. On Monday he's going to show some of his colleagues and expects that they will be buying a professional membership.

The other tool I used this week in my classroom was Voice Thread. I showed what I had complied on the Civil rights moment and To Kill a Mockingbird. The students appreciated seeing the pictures, and I liked that I didn't have to repeat myself five times. My favorite comment was from a student who said "that sounds like you!!" after I said that I put the presentation together.

Also this week I found another use for VoiceThread. One of the German students is doing an independent study and has to submit a final project. However, the program director doesn't speak German. So, the German teacher and I decided that she could speak her presentation into VoiceThread and then have the written comments on the side be in English.

The group project this week was very interesting. I had never heard of JayCut.com before. It seems like a very interesting application. It is an online video editing program. I would recommend checking it out.

As class quickly comes to an end, I'm very glad for everything that I have learned and hope the other classes will be as beneficial.