Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Entering graphics from Google Form
testing
5 responses
Summary See complete responses
I have a cat?
Yes 2 40%
No 1 20%
I have a dog?
Yes 2 40%
No 1 20%
I have no animals at home.
yes 0 0%
no 2 40%
I would like a dog.
yes 2 40%
no 1 20%
I would like a cat.
yes 2 40%
no 1 20%
I would like an aligator.
yes 3 60%
no 0 0%
What creature from the list would you like?
pig 1 33%
duck 1 33%
chick 1 33%
bear 2 67%
mosquito 1 33%
fruit fly 2 67%
People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.
Number of daily responses
Number of responses without dates: 2
Part 6 Response
Part 6 Response Ch.23-26
I used Voki to create an avatar. I created one I thought would suit me well only to find out I would have to pay to use it. I used one that had no likeness to me at all. I'm not sure how some parents might respond to this. Not really worried about it though.
The process of sending the avatar to my blog was not at all intuitive as to how.
This could be used to introduce myself as a teacher or give instructions in a more interesting was.
Creating avatars is fun and I could see students getting into designing it and giving instructions to others in a upcoming events, classwork, and problem solving.
I would use it to introduce myself,tell of things to come in the classroom or give short instructions.
Voki gives 60 sec to use for narrating. I would need this combined with pictures and/or text on the same page to refer to what I'm talking about.
It would be fun to have the avatar pose a question to be answered the next day in class or present a math problem/puzzle or introduce a survey. Maybe connect it to Google Form.
Can one avatar talk to another? It would be fun to have two avatars discussing a problem. Or, could they be timed so one avatar asks a question and the other answers.
It was easy to give the narration for the avatar by selecting record and talking to the built in mic.
I was thinking it would good for someone who wants to remain anonymous to use an avatar and bogus name.
Response to Part 5
Response to Part 5
I created a survey, using Google Form, asking if families had several types of animals in their home. I then shared the survey by email. I sent the email to a different email address of mine that wasn't Gmail and was able to take the survey. I was able to take the survey as many times as I wanted. This didn't show the names. I need to investigate limiting responses to only let a person take the survey once.
Under "summary" I got a graphic of pie charts with percentages showing what percent of those responding had dogs, cats, and so forth. I tried saving the results to my blog and had trouble. I got help and was able to do it using "send to" after I right clicked on the page. My blog wouldn't let me copy and paste it in. I can use these to create relevant problems. This will give students practice with percents, fractions, decimals, and statistics. They could make predictions and check them out to see how well they predicted. "If 34% of 15 people surveyed liked dogs, how many do you predict would like dogs in a population of 3500 people? Explain why you think this. What might be the problems with the survey?"
I can definitely use this in math to survey students likes and dislikes, preferences, times available, and parent responses.
Students could create their won survey and share it with the class. I can see my students enjoying this. It could be out of a class project where they bring the results to class or post it on line. They could have group discussions on their results.
3rd response to standards
Response National Education Tech. Standard#1
Students could use their problem solving knowledge to create a narrative side show using the tech tool Photo Story 3. They would have to think through the step-by-step process writing it out and then narrate it. This could be done at home or in school and then saved to a blog or website or sent via email. This promotes creativity and personal expression and adds fun to their work. Students can pull in creative designs or pictures along with integrating music helping those watching to remember the math process as well as the student who designed it. Students could work together to produce a teaching slide show. I like this part because two heads are better than one and it builds community in the classroom.
Photo Story 3 could be used by students to create and explore patterns; "what mathematical expression might represent this pattern." "Can you create a different pattern that has the same math expression?"
They could also record there process in a project.
Monday, July 30, 2012
5 responses
Summary See complete responses
I have a cat?
Yes 2 40%
No 1 20%
I have a dog?
Yes 2 40%
No 1 20%
I have no animals at home.
yes 0 0%
no 2 40%
I would like a dog.
yes 2 40%
no 1 20%
I would like a cat.
yes 2 40%
no 1 20%
I would like an aligator.
yes 3 60%
no 0 0%
What creature from the list would you like?
pig 1 33%
duck 1 33%
chick 1 33%
bear 2 67%
mosquito 1 33%
fruit fly 2 67%
People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.
Number of daily responses
Number of responses without dates: 1
5 responses
Summary See complete responses
I have a cat?
Yes 2 40%
No 1 20%
I have a dog?
Yes 2 40%
No 1 20%
I have no animals at home.
yes 0 0%
no 2 40%
I would like a dog.
yes 2 40%
no 1 20%
I would like a cat.
yes 2 40%
no 1 20%
I would like an aligator.
yes 3 60%
no 0 0%
What creature from the list would you like?
pig 1 33%
duck 1 33%
chick 1 33%
bear 2 67%
mosquito 1 33%
fruit fly 2 67%
People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.
Number of daily responses
Number of responses without dates: 1
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Response to Ch.15-19
Response to Ch.15-19
I investigated Photo Story 3 which was super easy to download and set up. I had no trouble editing it. I had to drag one picture at a time to be successful though. When I tried to load a file of pictures the pictures came in but I could move to the next step when I named the file no matter what name I put in. It was easy adding music. I ran into a weird thing where I overlapped music by mistake.
There is also the feature of adding the text you will say in the narration so that you don't forget to say the important parts. I could use this in the class as a presentation or have students do this for there presentation. I am going to try it with problem solving having a slide show of a problem step-by-step and then timing the slide to challenge the students to see if they can state the next step before the slide comes up.
I need to investigate how to save this into my blog so students can look at it. I like this tool.
I investigated Photo Story 3 which was super easy to download and set up. I had no trouble editing it. I had to drag one picture at a time to be successful though. When I tried to load a file of pictures the pictures came in but I could move to the next step when I named the file no matter what name I put in. It was easy adding music. I ran into a weird thing where I overlapped music by mistake.
There is also the feature of adding the text you will say in the narration so that you don't forget to say the important parts. I could use this in the class as a presentation or have students do this for there presentation. I am going to try it with problem solving having a slide show of a problem step-by-step and then timing the slide to challenge the students to see if they can state the next step before the slide comes up.
I need to investigate how to save this into my blog so students can look at it. I like this tool.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Response: Tools Ch. 15-19
Response: Tools Ch. 15-19
I looked at SKYPE. It was easy to sign up and simple to operate calling from SKYPE user to SKYPE user. I wasn't sure at first how to start instant messaging-it was hidden. I had to drag my curser along the bottom and discover the other menu. It is nice to be able to view past conversations of instant messaging. The conversations can be saved up to 30 days. The picture of the person I was talking with was clear when calling if there was plenty of light. I didn't see the person's words as they were typing but a small pencil indicated they were.
The voice was clear but slightly delayed.
Adding contacts was easy. You need to know they SKYPE name and email address.
SKYPE allows video conferencing up to 25 people at a time. Emergency call can't be made using this. Nice if using in the classroom no prank calls.
This can be set up on Portland Public School computers.
This could be effective in talking with another class in another part of the building, another school, or anywhere in the world where SKYPE is available. It could be a fun problem solving exercise or for working on projects.
The market share has increased yearly, so it looks like SKYPE will be around for some time.
There are complaints about customer service-not being able to get a hold of after many emails. Seems like much of this has to due with billing when using the SKYPE to nonSKYPE calling. Money was being taken out of a person's account without permission/inappropriate billing and over charging. If someone forgets their password it was hard to get it emailed to them. People had trouble deleting their account.
Other complaints were calls dropping off or cut off and voices fading away. Another was security concerning the money aspect-phone number being hacked and person getting charged.
I didn't give them money info. I would only use SKYPE to SKYPE interaction.
I looked at SKYPE. It was easy to sign up and simple to operate calling from SKYPE user to SKYPE user. I wasn't sure at first how to start instant messaging-it was hidden. I had to drag my curser along the bottom and discover the other menu. It is nice to be able to view past conversations of instant messaging. The conversations can be saved up to 30 days. The picture of the person I was talking with was clear when calling if there was plenty of light. I didn't see the person's words as they were typing but a small pencil indicated they were.
The voice was clear but slightly delayed.
Adding contacts was easy. You need to know they SKYPE name and email address.
SKYPE allows video conferencing up to 25 people at a time. Emergency call can't be made using this. Nice if using in the classroom no prank calls.
This can be set up on Portland Public School computers.
This could be effective in talking with another class in another part of the building, another school, or anywhere in the world where SKYPE is available. It could be a fun problem solving exercise or for working on projects.
The market share has increased yearly, so it looks like SKYPE will be around for some time.
There are complaints about customer service-not being able to get a hold of after many emails. Seems like much of this has to due with billing when using the SKYPE to nonSKYPE calling. Money was being taken out of a person's account without permission/inappropriate billing and over charging. If someone forgets their password it was hard to get it emailed to them. People had trouble deleting their account.
Other complaints were calls dropping off or cut off and voices fading away. Another was security concerning the money aspect-phone number being hacked and person getting charged.
I didn't give them money info. I would only use SKYPE to SKYPE interaction.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Response to Standards 3a-d National Educational Technology Standards
Response to Standards 3a-d
National Educational Technology Standards
Students could create a survey for a store owner to see how much need there is for a specific product and then stock his/her store appropriately (not wanting to under or over stock-hopes to get the most income with least expenses). Say the store owner is looking at dog food or cat food supplies. Students can create a survey in Doodle to come up with a sample of the town they live in to see how many dog owners or cat owners there are out of the number of people surveyed (or maybe how many people within a 10 mile radius of the store) from the town. They could predict how many people out of the town of 3700 people need dog or cat supplies and what type. They could find out how many would not buy store bought food or how many stores are in the area that would be supplying dog and cat supplies. They could survey to find out what brand of foods are preferred and what percentages of each so the owner would know how much is needed of each.
Pairs of students could then present their findings in a Google doc.
All this would require collecting, organizing, analyzing, evaluating, and summarizing their findings with the help of the tech tools.
National Educational Technology Standards
Students could create a survey for a store owner to see how much need there is for a specific product and then stock his/her store appropriately (not wanting to under or over stock-hopes to get the most income with least expenses). Say the store owner is looking at dog food or cat food supplies. Students can create a survey in Doodle to come up with a sample of the town they live in to see how many dog owners or cat owners there are out of the number of people surveyed (or maybe how many people within a 10 mile radius of the store) from the town. They could predict how many people out of the town of 3700 people need dog or cat supplies and what type. They could find out how many would not buy store bought food or how many stores are in the area that would be supplying dog and cat supplies. They could survey to find out what brand of foods are preferred and what percentages of each so the owner would know how much is needed of each.
Pairs of students could then present their findings in a Google doc.
All this would require collecting, organizing, analyzing, evaluating, and summarizing their findings with the help of the tech tools.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Tools to Communicate and Collaborate
Response to Tools to Communicate and Collaborate
Stan and I collaborated on a parks project using Google Docs. I could use this as a homework assignment after introducing it in class. Since many of the core teachers use this in my school, students would be familiar with this. This would build community a group at a time-which I'm always looking for. I like the immediate feedback and students helping each other-brainstorming. What's nice is that they can correct each other and students can see this teaching each other. They can also come back to this later after doing research. There seems to be flexibility in that tables, links, and presentations can be used. I also like it because it is fun. One cumbersome part was the way the picture was inserted into the document. We had to drag the picture from the internet to our desktop and them drag that to the insert popup window and save. We also had to click a prompt "fix..." to move the picture around not just click the picture and drag.
We did wonder if there is a way to color code each persons contribution as the document is being produced. We each took a different color as we typed but this had to be selected each time we typed otherwise the last color selected would continue on with anyone else typing.
Another odd thing was when we inserted a link. We named it and attached the URL. But when we clicked on the name it showed the URL; and, then we clicked on that to go to the website.
Stan and I collaborated on a parks project using Google Docs. I could use this as a homework assignment after introducing it in class. Since many of the core teachers use this in my school, students would be familiar with this. This would build community a group at a time-which I'm always looking for. I like the immediate feedback and students helping each other-brainstorming. What's nice is that they can correct each other and students can see this teaching each other. They can also come back to this later after doing research. There seems to be flexibility in that tables, links, and presentations can be used. I also like it because it is fun. One cumbersome part was the way the picture was inserted into the document. We had to drag the picture from the internet to our desktop and them drag that to the insert popup window and save. We also had to click a prompt "fix..." to move the picture around not just click the picture and drag.
We did wonder if there is a way to color code each persons contribution as the document is being produced. We each took a different color as we typed but this had to be selected each time we typed otherwise the last color selected would continue on with anyone else typing.
Another odd thing was when we inserted a link. We named it and attached the URL. But when we clicked on the name it showed the URL; and, then we clicked on that to go to the website.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Response to National Educational Technology Standards 2a-d
Response to National Educational Technology Standards 2a-d
I thought of how fun it would be for students design a park. They could examine parks around the world virtually to see what they would be interested in building. They could choose where in the world to build it communicating with each other and with someone from that part of the world who could give them insight into the culture they would be dealing with: what people they would need to build it, what it would cost, what transportation would be needed, the times of working, what materials would be available and cost, what's the weather like in that area and what seasons if any, time constraints,materials /products, food costs, permits required, and so forth. They would be blogging, maybe using Skype, sharing websites and videos. They would be collecting and organizing information individually to share.
They could use the Google calendar to chart the time frame for completion of each step so they could see at a glance what needs to be done and who would be doing it.
They would do a presentation to the class of there findings using the media they used and how they used it.
I haven't used the graphic organizer tool Webspiration. But this looks like something the students could map out to help them and others see visually how they would go about building their park.
It sounds like Delicious would be good to use since it keeps the bookmarks so no matter what computer the students were on they could retain those bookmarks.
I thought of how fun it would be for students design a park. They could examine parks around the world virtually to see what they would be interested in building. They could choose where in the world to build it communicating with each other and with someone from that part of the world who could give them insight into the culture they would be dealing with: what people they would need to build it, what it would cost, what transportation would be needed, the times of working, what materials would be available and cost, what's the weather like in that area and what seasons if any, time constraints,materials /products, food costs, permits required, and so forth. They would be blogging, maybe using Skype, sharing websites and videos. They would be collecting and organizing information individually to share.
They could use the Google calendar to chart the time frame for completion of each step so they could see at a glance what needs to be done and who would be doing it.
They would do a presentation to the class of there findings using the media they used and how they used it.
I haven't used the graphic organizer tool Webspiration. But this looks like something the students could map out to help them and others see visually how they would go about building their park.
It sounds like Delicious would be good to use since it keeps the bookmarks so no matter what computer the students were on they could retain those bookmarks.
Response to Preface and Ch.1,2
Response to Preface and Ch.1,2
I'm excited about getting web tools to use in my classes to enhance instruction. I feel overwhelmed at the possibilities available and the time it will take to investigate them. I appreciate having the time in class to explore these options. It is always good for me to review the process of lesson planning to meet student objectives. I like the simple outline of the Decision-Making matrix. Sometimes I feel bogged down if there is too much detail. I appreciated the books approach to defining terms and not assuming we know the vocabulary. I struggle with organizing material every year. I think I have things figured out and then it seems to get the best of me by the end of the year. I'm looking forward to taking a look at the organizational tools available.
I thought it how fun it would be for students to solve a problem with students overseas (VoIP). Also, I've thinking about how I can use surveying as homework to instigate a problem for next day solving. The book mentioned e-portfolios-sounds interesting. I've don't several types of portfolios but not technology driven. It sounds fun-just not sure how to do this with math without scanning in the work. May it could be a supplement to the handwritten work.
It was interest to see the comparison of Web 1.0 and Web 2.0-how the web is interactive now.
I'm excited about getting web tools to use in my classes to enhance instruction. I feel overwhelmed at the possibilities available and the time it will take to investigate them. I appreciate having the time in class to explore these options. It is always good for me to review the process of lesson planning to meet student objectives. I like the simple outline of the Decision-Making matrix. Sometimes I feel bogged down if there is too much detail. I appreciated the books approach to defining terms and not assuming we know the vocabulary. I struggle with organizing material every year. I think I have things figured out and then it seems to get the best of me by the end of the year. I'm looking forward to taking a look at the organizational tools available.
I thought it how fun it would be for students to solve a problem with students overseas (VoIP). Also, I've thinking about how I can use surveying as homework to instigate a problem for next day solving. The book mentioned e-portfolios-sounds interesting. I've don't several types of portfolios but not technology driven. It sounds fun-just not sure how to do this with math without scanning in the work. May it could be a supplement to the handwritten work.
It was interest to see the comparison of Web 1.0 and Web 2.0-how the web is interactive now.
Monday, July 16, 2012
Tool Chosen-Response
Tool Chosen Response
I investigated Google calendar. I hoped to improve communication to parents and students by listing assignments and comments. I had been using youhomework.com for several years. the first two years went well but after that parents had to sign up to get assignments. Parents complained. google calendar allows me to see the month at a glance. Yourhomework.com didn't ( I haven't checked lately). It was a listing by date. Google calendar also color codes according to different calendar designations. This makes it easier for me to see all classes and yet separate. Yourhomework.com didn't as far as I could tell when I was using it. I used the school software last year where headings of assignments were listed at the top with grades below. I didn't want to put some assignments because I don't give a grade for every assignment. This looks like a good communication tool for me to use with parents and students. One troublesome part may be getting all 150 plus parents "invited" for the calendars so they can check the calender without having a Google account.
I investigated Google calendar. I hoped to improve communication to parents and students by listing assignments and comments. I had been using youhomework.com for several years. the first two years went well but after that parents had to sign up to get assignments. Parents complained. google calendar allows me to see the month at a glance. Yourhomework.com didn't ( I haven't checked lately). It was a listing by date. Google calendar also color codes according to different calendar designations. This makes it easier for me to see all classes and yet separate. Yourhomework.com didn't as far as I could tell when I was using it. I used the school software last year where headings of assignments were listed at the top with grades below. I didn't want to put some assignments because I don't give a grade for every assignment. This looks like a good communication tool for me to use with parents and students. One troublesome part may be getting all 150 plus parents "invited" for the calendars so they can check the calender without having a Google account.
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