The story on my digital story

I showed Gersh my digital story or what remained of it and then I realized that it was not saved as a movie; I could beat myself. All that work down the drain. The beauty is I feel like a pro now in using movie maker.
I will sit tonight and and redo it. Wish me luck.
The course is over, but I am not over with it as yet. But no problem; by the time I am finish with this project I will be very comfortable to the point where I can teach my students this new skill and have them use it to enhance their literacy, technology and science skills.
I can envision them enjoying a project like this.

I viewed the digital stories of the other teachers in the course and they were "awesome".
Everyone did a great job.
I hope we all get A's.

just blogging

My head is full right now. I still haven't figure out why I cannot see my images in my digital story that I did using movie maker. The professor thinks it because the computers I used weren't equipped with a relevant media player. I hope that isn't the case. I am really nervous now.
What could have been the problem; what caused my thing to crash?
I hope by the time Prof looks at it she will weave her magic and make it work.

My digital story

I am feeling very depressed right now. I was able to finish my digital story on Sunday (it took me almost the entire day),but in the end I loved the finished product so I was feeling good .
My computer is over-heating, so I had to come on campus and finish all my other assignments
yesterday. I did. I even viewed my digital story and saw that everything was ok.
I tried to look at my story this morning again and realize that the pictures were not coming up. Where the pictures were, there are big red x's on those slides. I tried what I could, along with Harold, but we were unable to figure out the problem and fix it. Right now, I one of the most distraught person on the planet. Just thinking of doing the whole thing over is not a good prospect; but even worse is the fact that it is due today. That is what is killing me.
If only I reverse everything.
Boy, this is a big mess.

"THE BIG SCARE"

Today was an eventful day. I was able to start narration for my digital story, which is wonderful. I am really loving this digital story thing. I also did some tremendous work on my web page. I found pictures representing chinese students under different situations which were just adorable. The scary moment was when I was trying to format my page and thought I had lost it. But one of my group member was able to help me locate my file. I gave a big sigh. It just goes to show the value of team work. Tonight is one of those time that I truly appreciate team work. I looked at my other partner work and realize that she had done a wonderful job. It inspired me to edit my work and to ensure that I was up to par with her work. I am looking forward to our final product.
Tonight was a good night. I enjoyed every minute of it.

thoughts on moviemaker/digital story

This is something that I know for sure that my students will love(digital story).
It's a good way to get them to share their ideas and simultaneously learn the technology.
I think I love doing the stories using moviemaker. I will use it. I got to run,

Session 7

It's crunch time.Our Webquests are due on Wednesday. It has caught me by surprise. I was under the impression that we were going to get extra time to work on them. Luckily, I was collecting resources for my project, so all I am doing right now is putting everything together. Things are slowly falling into place. Hopefully, I will be able to put something together that would really be worthwhile for my students. I would really love to experiment with Webquests next semester in my classes. The technology specialist told me that they are trying to set up a new lab for next semester, so hopefully I will be able to use more technology in my lessons.

Session 5 reflections

Professor Gersh just made my night by telling the class that the written assignment is due on Monday. I am about quarter-way through it and I know it would have been "tight" to get it done tonight; I will try anyways.
Today we were working on getting resources for our culture quest project and already I am excited about it. I was looking at the education system and realize that the education system there is very similar to the system back home in Jamaica. Students compete for limited spaces in institutes of higher learning and also students must pass examinations to get into high schools.
Maybe this is one of the reasons why students there do much better than students in the US.
I am hoping that I will learn more about education in China and that I will use the information obtained to create an interesting and informative website for people to visit. Also, I am hoping that this experience will help me engage my students in more meaningful activities in my lessons so they walk away with more from the lessons.

Trying to keep abreast of my assignments

We have already met for four sessions, sixteen hours to be specific and I know time is "ruuning out". I have my webquest to work on, I need to start writing my script for my digital story, and there is the written assignment to finish. Its a lot to accomplish.

I am enjoying all the activities we are engaged in for each sessions; I wish we had more time. I am not giving up on anything though. I have gotten use to abandoning my family for periods of time to finish assignments; I am not complaining.

I am plaaning on teaching my sons some of the activities we are learning to enrich their literacy. I love the fact that we are given links where we can find resources for our children and our "children".

When I reflect on my powerpoint presentation, which was Monday, I am still amazed at how simply powerpoint is. But as I work through the program, I more appreciate the need for everyone, including our students, to be information literate.
With the basisc that Gersh taught us, I was able to expand on that and create a powerpoint presentation.
I am definitely planning on using this tool in my classes in September.
I would love to teach my students how to create their own powerpoint to present their findings when they do investigations, or to use it to make an oral presentation about something new they have learned.

My biggest challenge so far is the Webquest. I know the topic I will be using, but Iam still trying to put all the ideas in my head and come-up with the process.

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Today is session 3 and I know there is a lot of work to do. However, even though I am still apprehensive, I am feeling more hopeful. I now have two big new skills in my "toolbox"; and I am feeling really great about that. I just need to isolate myself from my family once again and get this work done. I know once I can use what I have learnt to cretae something things will be great.

I was also able to edit my "hotlist" and I have found two more websites for it.

The biggest thing for me today was learning how to make a powerpoint presentation. I have been trying to teach myself this thing for how long now or trying to sign up for a course that would teach me and it just seemed inaccessible. Not anymore! I can do it and it feels good being able to blog about it.

Session 2

Today was a heck of a class. I started in a very apprehensive mood; I looked at the assignment page and was at a lost as to how to get them done. I thought I had miss something and I was a mental freak. But in the latter part of the class Professor taught us the skill for the day and my
"night" turn into "day". I now have learnt a new skill and I am feeling better already. I tried to get into my blog account to post my blog and it was trying to push me back into the "dark"; but I am OK now.
I guess I woory too much; I need to learn to relax and enjoy myself while I become more computer literate.
I will blog some more later or tomorrow.

Introduction

Hi, My name is Audrey Chung. I teach Living Environment at August Martin High School. I'm pursuing a Master of Science Degree in Science Education.
I'm a mother of two boys and I have one husband.
I almost never made it to this class, because the college received my check late (so they claim) and "bumped" me from the list. I was mad and and also worried because I thought I would not be able to register. I was able to do a late registration today.
So here I am.
I am looking forward to becoming a more computer literate person so I can use technology more comfortably and efficiently in my lessons.