Week 9

It feels SO GOOD to be almost finished.....I've learned so much from this course and thought it's been stressful at times, I'm happy to have been on this voyage. Thank you Michelle for helping me thru this. You were very helpful:)

1. What did you like? Favorite discoveries? Learning to make a blog was my favorite thing I did & making the Voki & the video for it.

2. Least favorite thing? I do not like sitting in front of a computer for long periods of time and that was my least favorite part.

3. How has this journey affected your views on technology? It has opened my eyes how much technology is always changing & how it is so important to keep up with. There is so much out there!!

4. Were there any take-a-ways or unexpected outcomes fromt his program that surprised you? Hmmm....the unexpected outcome is I feel proud of what I've accomplished taking this course:)

5. What do you think you will be most likely to incorporate into your classroom/library? Being an aide, I don't see me using this but I'm glad to have the knowledge of what's out there!

6. Can you describe your learning experiences in ONE WORD? STRESSFUL!!! Especially stressful today with 2 power outages while trying to complete my course!

7. What suggestion would you make to help us improve this experience? Maybe the only improvement I could see would be not trying to cram so much information in some weeks. At times it got overwhelming.

Week 8

I was so glad to get finished with the pre-test & was quite excited I passed it!! Atomic learning has a lot of great ideas for teachers, but I don't see where I'd use it as a library aide. I feel maybe Bridget could find some things to use Atomic Learning for to incorporate to what is being studied in the classroom.

Week 7

I looked at each of the sites. I liked read-write-think alot. It had a lot of activities to make the student really think and apply his thoughts and be creative.
Wordle was really fun. I think the students would enjoy working with it. Terra Clues was a lot of fun & would help get the students interested in maps. Being an aide, I would not be responsible for planning any lessons, but I would share some of these sites with fellow teachers. These could also be used at home with grandkids:)

Week 6

It amazes me how much stuff is out there! I loved the Kids Zone. There were so many different activities on this site that the kids would be interested in doing daily. I thought the scribble maps was neat. Word sift was fun. These were good classroom aids that would hold the students attention.

Week 5

I think Wikis would be a great asset for teachers and students. It would really save paper as well. For students who are absent they are able to see what they have missed and the teacher knows for sure the have gotten the information. There's no wondering if the student got those missed handouts, etc. It would be a great tool for our staff as well to help out with communication.

Blogs are more of a diary where you can only make entries. But the wiki can be revised by anyone and would be better for situations where other people need to make their additions. The good side of the blog is no one can change it but you.

I created a wiki... http://www.wikispaces.com/user/my/smckelvy

Family Randoms....

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Week 4

OMG! I think it may have worked after all!! It only took all day!!! It DID!!! I'm feeling really great right now!!!! I did it all by myself:) The video I chose is How To Care for Library Books which would be good for the students to watch before they check out books. I thought it was very useful for the library.

Today I created my Animoto video. That was fun. Had no problems!! Just posted some pictures from the family:)