ePortfolio

Well I have completed my wiki e portfolio.  It was neat to figure out all the options and things I can add to this.  I know this is a start to this portfolio and I still have lots of things I can add down the road to improve this, but just gettingthe hang of making a wiki and adding things, attaching files and downloading files, etc, was a learning experience,  i can honestly say I have been challenged in this course to expand my technological knoweldge and have enjoyed learning new things and can't wait to continue looking and finding new things to use to help me in my classes or with my peers.  I LOVED this class, alot it was soooo applicable to my everyday teaching and I can help my students better!!

Keeping the Wealth of Knowledge

I love having all of these resources at my fingertips....Just logging into my D2L and bam there are all kinds of things to check out... Now the question.... How can I keep the resources provided by Dr. Mc??? Is there a way to keep all the information and links he has put together for this class.  There is still so much in there that I haven't had time to check out, but would like to in the future??

Help

Ok so I have been working on making my wiki eportfolio and it has been a challenge.  I like to try to figure things out by just going head first and trying different things.  See what I can figure out just by doing and playing around with diferent buttons.  However sometimes this leads to frustration!!! So that is why they have the HELP menu on sites like that.  So I broke down with frustration because I can't figure out how to put a teachertube link on my wiki using the widget, so I went to the HELP menu...... But I read through the directions and still....NOT WORKING....HELP! I tried it multiple times re reading the directions buy still no luck.  So I guess I will give up for tonight too much frustration for one night.  I will start fresh tomorrow and try to tackle the issue.  Once again from the first post in our discussion I said I enjoy sing technology when it works, and this is the other side of it.....FRUSTRATION!!!!!  Good Night!!

Looking Back

So I have been taking the time to look at various programs, websites, docs, forms, etc during this class.  I can honestly say I have enjoyed this class because I have always enjoyed the thought of using technology in my classes but never really had the arsenal of weapons on my side.  Now I look back through all the things I have learned I am amazed at all the things I have learned that I can use in my classes and things that will help my classes run smoother.  I like to learn how to use technology with my classes because its the direction we are moving, but it seems like the kids are running that direction and the teachers are walking because

Mixbook

Well I am liking mixbook.  It is super easy to use and add your own photos and stickers, which makes it fun to play with and get creative. I could possibly use this in a few of my classes.  I have also been playing with Prezi and I do like it.  I never liked powerpoint because it is boring and it drives me nuts when people just read straight from it.  It has no room for creativity like Prezi adn a few others I have seen. AND its FREE!! I am ging to use Prezi or something similar to it for my group projects that I do in Health class.  I think the kids will be more into it just because it is something different other than power point!!  Alright well off to do more looking and learning about more free programs!

Technology or User Error

Well I was getting frustrated with using google forms.  The only reason I was frustrated was due to user error because I was used to using google docs which I LOVE and it automatically saves things.  At first I did not like the fact that I didn't need to save things it just kept saving automatically.  Then when using google forms i forgot it did not save automatically and I made two forms and did not save things and lost it.  So got mad at myself for forgetting.  So I think that google should either make all google docs, forms, etc save automatically or not save, just keep them all the same so people don't get confused!! So this was my user error, but now i remember to save my forms.  The forms work great. 
    Then while working on mixbook it was simple to use, but at one point my things were not saving right and then it worked so not sure what it was doing.  Well happy technology using

open source

Well I have been checking out all the free programs avalaible.  It is amazing to me how these programs are offered completely free.  I am still waitning for the CATCH?? I like to find you tube videos to show and I found teacher tube that is very similar.  However, it is produced by educators so you can feel more comfortable knowing that you are going to get better quality information and not something stupid that is not relevant to education.  I also found a few things relevant to physical education.  It is really neat becuase you can track various things with your fitness levels and make your own plans.  I will be checking into this more.