My weebly Blog

This is my link: nadiamurphy.weebly.com

Our assignment was to create a professional portfolio using the weebly cite.
Some benefits of the online portfolio is that you can always go back and change it, you can have a link of your page and cite it on the job interview so that whoevee is looking at it has an idea about yourself.
I like that it gave us an idea of how the page work, so in that case if we really would like to use the cite, we can actually buy it to add more effects on our portfolio
I would continue to use this in the future if it were free, because that way i would not have any limits as to what, or how i want to decorate my portfolio.

Using Slideshare

computer simulation

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here is my link to my presentation

URL: www.slideshare.net/nadiaz08

This is my presentation for one of our topics given in class. It deals with computer simulation, and why computer games are good for children learning. I hope you enjoy the powerpoint presentation and if you have any questions, please feel free to comment on my blog. thankyou.

Nadia

april 13, 2010 Elluminate live

1) describe the experience with elluminate live. My experience was Great!! i got all connection hooked upo, exept my problem was getting the headset to work. other than that, elluminate live is an amazing site!
2) What did you like? Dislike?
I like how we can communicate from far away, and that whatever we draw on the screen, it is all there. There was no secret!!
i dislike how the communication was delay, or sometimes cut out.
3)how would a distance learning application like elluminate, benefit students? I think it would benefit students, not only by collaborating with eachother, but also they can actually paste up pictures of themselve or work to show out to the participants.
4)What are some ideas that you learned from Mrs. Bree?
I learned that it is worthed to get books on lesson plan even if it is expensive. she also gave great site on how to collaborate with other people from a far or some sites to use in a classroom.
5) What would you take with you to explore in more depth? Why?
I never heard of any of the sites except skype, so i would explore all site in more depth because it my be a value to use for class. some of the site are
www.glogster.com
www.wiggio.com
www.officelive.com
www.epals.com
www.curriki.com

March 16, 2010 timeline assignments

www.teach-nology.com

1) Describe your assignment? We had to create a lesson plan that will incude the timeline, and what my partner and i did, was we chose the subject social studies, and we created a lesson plan based on the presidents. For example we told about 6 history of the recent presidents, then we used the quizstar and rubistar to create are assessment.

2) What did you like about the timeline website?/ rubistar and quizstar.
I liked all three softwares, they were very easy to used, and not as complicate as i thought it would be. i am new to it, but it felt like i was already professional using the site. Great SITE!!!

3) How would you use these sites for a classroom assignment?
for the timeline, if it was first day of class, i would have the students do a timeline of themselves... For the rubi star, i really love this site, i would use this site for any of the students assignment. For example, presentation, essay, etc... and for the quizstar, i am so glad that this site exist, i do not have to keep pushing enter or adding bullets to my multiple choice or short answers, i just have to type a question and give a list of choice and then check mark the correct answer, then press submit, then it will do it all for you. It can also shuffle up the question, which is great as well.

4) How would you rate each software on a scale of 1-10
I would rate this scale a 10 because it did not give me any problem, and it also made my teaching career easier and better!

03/09/10 ROCKYOU.com

i couldn't input my codes so here is the link:

http://www.rockyou.com/show_my_gallery.php?source=ppsl&instanceid=156871412

For this assignment, we worked in groups and had to advertise this site. We took pictures of us and we uploaded it into our account, which we already signed up for. We made a story slideshow on using this cite based on what to do when we lost our car keys.

Was the software user-friendly?
It was okay, the problem was the internet server, which gave us hard time to upload pictures.
Did the software have extra useful features to enhance your presentation (or just minimal)?
It had enough features to make a presentation. Although no extra features that I know.

Is the software specifically useful for teachers?
I do not think it’s useful for teachers.

Would you recommend the software for other educators?
I would not recoomend to other educators, unless they are interested in doing slideshows, then maybe I will recommend.

If you had a choice to use this software again for a presentation, would you use it?
No, it does not have the features that I want. Maybe if it was updated and had more features, then yes.

What overall consensus rating would you give for this software 1- 10 (10 being the highest).
I would rate this cite a 9, because it has all the features that needs to be use in a presentation. It may not have extra features, but it is good enough.

03/ 02/ 2010 "ZUNAL"

link: www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=52752

1) describe your assignment. The assigment was pretty intense. i had no idea how it works, because when i explored other subject, they all had different information, so i was confuse. But then i stuck to one subject, which was music, and i followed a format that was already given. We had to create sort of like a lesson plan, but using the cite ZUNAL, this is to give the students oppurtunity to get on the computer and actually work electronically. The title of my lesson plan was Drumatize, the task was that the student will learn how to read drum notation. And this is grades 3rd to 5th. I listed down the process of what each student will be doing, and after they are done, i have conclusion, where the students can enjoy watching youtubes of children drumming, and see how fascinating it is to read and drum at the same time.

2) What did you like or dislike about the webquest project? and why? I like the webquest project because it gives the students an opportunity to go scavenger hunting online. And it also gives them a chance to get use to the computer. What i dislike about it is that it gives me hard time to input links to the cite, and sometimes the link does not open. That is the only downfall in my opinion.

3) What were some of the challenges you faced? Some of the challenges that i faced was looking for good and appropriate cite for the grade levels that i have chosen. Another is how exactly am i going to begin my lesson or introduction. and lastly, how can i make it fun and easy to understand, so that the lesson touches on the student MI.

4) If you had to do it over, what would you do differently? There is really nothing that i would change, although i would like to start a new lesson that would flow with the lesson i have just created.

5) how do you think your students will like using a webquest? why? It depends, some will like it if they know how to use the computer well, and some may not like it, if they have difficulty using the computer. Also It depends, if the activities are fun, then most likely the student will enjoy the cite, but if it is to complicated and boring, then most likely they will not even think of going or using the cite.

2/16/2010 "LUNAPIC"

Today we worked on photo editing. Our instructor had us go online and find for cites that does picture editing. Well, i chose the cite "lunapic.com" i thought is was hard at first, but when i get to play with it, it was very interesting. It is a great cite in my opinion because it does not ask for personal information. It's free, and you can go to it anytime. It has great animations, effects, frames, and all other tools to customize your image. it can turn your image into something totally different from the original image. For example, if i load up a picture that shows only the face. i can actually make the eyes blink. another is, if you load up pictures that has a date on the bottom, or any words posted on the picture, you can actually delete it and the original picture will seem like there were no words on it.

This cite has it negative and positive. The psitive i have just talked about, now the negative part about this cite is that if you have a slow computer, it will take you forever to edit your picture, the reason why is that everytime you make a change to a picture, it loads up automatically sort of like refreshing the window over and over again. That is the only negative part that i know when exploring the cite.

overall, on a scale of 1-10, i would definately give it a 10, because i had a fast internet loading, i had no problem with it. :) THIS CITE IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED if dealing with editing pictures!