Discuss some of the qualities and specs of the phone you researched in class. You should include things that were listed on the board/folder for full credit. Discuss issues like formatting, battery, camera, gps, music player and other specs.
If you are new to the class and did not do the original assignment you should look up a phone and research some of it's qualities!
Mr. Thibault
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Post 7: Comic Life in the classroom article.
Thacker, Charles. (2007). How to Use Comic Life in the Classroom. Retrieved September 23, 09,from http://www.macinstruct.com/node/69
The educational and multimedia software called Comic Life was designed to introduce fun, hands on instruction with creativity for today’s students using the latest in digital media technology. The program uses intuitive resources presently available in most classrooms – a computer, camera, scanner, and other digital media. Additionally, the software can be used to facilitate student projects in all types of classrooms and with some creativity; anyone can develop exciting imagery to bring to life textbooks and classroom lessons. This innovative approach to delivering instruction can enhance the performance of each student.
The author of this article, Charles Thacker, provides some assignment ideas that lend themselves to the use of Comic Life:
• Timelines (history, events, sequences)
• Historical figures (history of, life of)
• Instructions (step by step, details, illustrations, easy to follow)
• Dialogue punctuation
• Character analysis
• Plot analysis
• Storytelling
• Pre-Writing Tool
• Post-Reading Tool
• Teaching Onomatopoeias
Our Comic Life workshop is designed to aid instruction by introducing ideas and examples of software using technology that will engage their students in creative and artistic learning. Many ideas and tools mentioned by Thatcher will be facilitated in the workshop. Teachers joining the workshop will go away with sample projects they can use instantaneously in their classroom. Participants will become comfortable with the technology and learn how to fulfill the state and national standards using Comic Life in their lessons while fulfilling recent technology requirements.
The educational and multimedia software called Comic Life was designed to introduce fun, hands on instruction with creativity for today’s students using the latest in digital media technology. The program uses intuitive resources presently available in most classrooms – a computer, camera, scanner, and other digital media. Additionally, the software can be used to facilitate student projects in all types of classrooms and with some creativity; anyone can develop exciting imagery to bring to life textbooks and classroom lessons. This innovative approach to delivering instruction can enhance the performance of each student.
The author of this article, Charles Thacker, provides some assignment ideas that lend themselves to the use of Comic Life:
• Timelines (history, events, sequences)
• Historical figures (history of, life of)
• Instructions (step by step, details, illustrations, easy to follow)
• Dialogue punctuation
• Character analysis
• Plot analysis
• Storytelling
• Pre-Writing Tool
• Post-Reading Tool
• Teaching Onomatopoeias
Our Comic Life workshop is designed to aid instruction by introducing ideas and examples of software using technology that will engage their students in creative and artistic learning. Many ideas and tools mentioned by Thatcher will be facilitated in the workshop. Teachers joining the workshop will go away with sample projects they can use instantaneously in their classroom. Participants will become comfortable with the technology and learn how to fulfill the state and national standards using Comic Life in their lessons while fulfilling recent technology requirements.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Using Comic Life software in the classroom!
In my Comic Life example, I decided to create a music themed comic featuring several well-known singers from all types of genres in music. I thought it would be a great way to start off a lesson on local artist to help teach students about the music from the state of Georgia.
This has been a fun project to work on because it is very easy to understand and the program allows for a student's true creative side to be expressed. I would end the project with each student researching about their favorite local artist and then create a Comic Life project that teaches something about their chosen artist!
Try the software and see how creative you can be! Comic Life
Thursday, September 24, 2009
A Day Period 1,2, and 4
In your own words, describe what directors, actors, and stage crew do to create "mood" on stage.
Blogging Entry #5
What I have learned:
I have learned so many things in creating our blogs for this class. I have never used a blog before but can find many great uses for any classroom setting. I believe that the future of technology and school will include the use a laptop computer for all students. Blogs can actually help store and save entries that are traditionally done on notebook paper. Most blogs found on the web are free of charge and can be set up for many different topics and interests.
Theater Class use of blogs:
In an ideal setting where everyone would have access to a lab, I would have the students set up a blogging project space for personal reflections and learning outcomes. Blogging can be done after classroom lessons and can be added to on a daily basis. This theater blog space would definitely include some entries on characterization, monologue study, theater history and performance evaluations. Students will also be able to create video and voice recordings that can be used for further study and critique. The nice thing about blogging is that students can share what they have done in class with anyone who has internet access.
Many Blog spots have space to also include many videos and pictures with links to other links on the web. Blogging has become an alternative to web page creating in most classrooms because it is quick and free through a server and the lab does not have to include any extra software to execute.
Richardson, W. (2006). Blogs, wikis, podcasts: And other powerful web tools for classrooms. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
References Boss, S., & Krauss, J. (2008). Reinventing project-based learning: Your field guide to real-world projects in the digital age. Eugene, OR: ISTE.
Barry Thibault
I have learned so many things in creating our blogs for this class. I have never used a blog before but can find many great uses for any classroom setting. I believe that the future of technology and school will include the use a laptop computer for all students. Blogs can actually help store and save entries that are traditionally done on notebook paper. Most blogs found on the web are free of charge and can be set up for many different topics and interests.
Theater Class use of blogs:
In an ideal setting where everyone would have access to a lab, I would have the students set up a blogging project space for personal reflections and learning outcomes. Blogging can be done after classroom lessons and can be added to on a daily basis. This theater blog space would definitely include some entries on characterization, monologue study, theater history and performance evaluations. Students will also be able to create video and voice recordings that can be used for further study and critique. The nice thing about blogging is that students can share what they have done in class with anyone who has internet access.
Many Blog spots have space to also include many videos and pictures with links to other links on the web. Blogging has become an alternative to web page creating in most classrooms because it is quick and free through a server and the lab does not have to include any extra software to execute.
Richardson, W. (2006). Blogs, wikis, podcasts: And other powerful web tools for classrooms. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
References Boss, S., & Krauss, J. (2008). Reinventing project-based learning: Your field guide to real-world projects in the digital age. Eugene, OR: ISTE.
Barry Thibault
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Voicethread projects in the classroom
VoiceThread is a communication tool that adds excitement and creativity to presentations.VoiceThread makes sideshow presentations used in the classroom an interactive, collaborative, learning experience for all students involved. The only thing needed by a typical classroom is access to the internet and a way to record conversations, this can be done through a common microphone attachment, a phone call or a text done on the computer keyboard.
You can check out other projects and ideas at the main Voicethread page. It is free to sign up and educators can receive the pro-version with a school email account($29.00 value)
http://voicethread.com/#home
The ability to create voice comments, voice recording within a browser allows for recording of multiple voices, doodling which captures drawing as an animation synced to voice or text commentary…listeners can watch the process, voice threads can be embedded in other sites, one account can have many identities so a classroom can switch identities on the fly without having to sign out, media importing so slide show presentations and pictures become collaborative conversations, comment moderation abilities, and the ability to zoom in and pan images.
How I would integrate VoiceThread into my classroom:
I would like to try out Voicethread with my students on a day that I would be out of the class. This could be interacting with the students while at home sick or at a teacher conference. The possibilities of lessons are endless when the students are guided to comment on certain topics or previous discussions with the watch of a substitute teacher.
Other Common Uses for Voicethread:
Use VoiceThread to create a time line of the students day. Students can record themselves describing different events of the day. Parents and out of town family can see what happens on a typical day in your classroom. Debates can be hosted and conducted using Voice Thread. VoiceThread can make history interactive, for example, host an art history artist critique and discussion. Create a book group using VoiceThread where students interact and discuss their reading together. Students can read their stories and record as a VoiceThread (this also makes a special keepsake!). Teachers can use VoiceThread for math problem demonstrations, step by step science “experiments”, staff training, or to teach a second language.
You can check out other projects and ideas at the main Voicethread page. It is free to sign up and educators can receive the pro-version with a school email account($29.00 value)
http://voicethread.com/#home
The ability to create voice comments, voice recording within a browser allows for recording of multiple voices, doodling which captures drawing as an animation synced to voice or text commentary…listeners can watch the process, voice threads can be embedded in other sites, one account can have many identities so a classroom can switch identities on the fly without having to sign out, media importing so slide show presentations and pictures become collaborative conversations, comment moderation abilities, and the ability to zoom in and pan images.
How I would integrate VoiceThread into my classroom:
I would like to try out Voicethread with my students on a day that I would be out of the class. This could be interacting with the students while at home sick or at a teacher conference. The possibilities of lessons are endless when the students are guided to comment on certain topics or previous discussions with the watch of a substitute teacher.
Other Common Uses for Voicethread:
Use VoiceThread to create a time line of the students day. Students can record themselves describing different events of the day. Parents and out of town family can see what happens on a typical day in your classroom. Debates can be hosted and conducted using Voice Thread. VoiceThread can make history interactive, for example, host an art history artist critique and discussion. Create a book group using VoiceThread where students interact and discuss their reading together. Students can read their stories and record as a VoiceThread (this also makes a special keepsake!). Teachers can use VoiceThread for math problem demonstrations, step by step science “experiments”, staff training, or to teach a second language.
Weekly Blogger assignment : Week of 9/14/09
This assignment will be required for all students in Mr. Thibault's Theater 1, 2 and Video Classes. Make sure it is finished by the end of the week midnight for a test grade!
Log into Blogger and sign up for emails. You must become a follower to do this. You should open a new Gmail account if you do not want to use your personal email. Yahoo will work but you will receive a lot of emails from the class doing this.
Log into Blogger and sign up for emails. You must become a follower to do this. You should open a new Gmail account if you do not want to use your personal email. Yahoo will work but you will receive a lot of emails from the class doing this.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Voicethread- Integrating technology into the classroom
http://voicethread.com/#u479090.b609226.i3245535
The following will take you to the Voicethread page demonstration of using the Voicethread web browser to create classroom instructional projects.
This link is a demonstraton on using math and music in the elementary curriculum.
Mr. Thibault
The following will take you to the Voicethread page demonstration of using the Voicethread web browser to create classroom instructional projects.
This link is a demonstraton on using math and music in the elementary curriculum.
Mr. Thibault
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Integrating Technology into the Fine Arts Building
Our Fine Arts Dept. including the Douglass High Theater, Band, Orchestra and Chorus classes have finally received computers after a 4 year fight to include a computer lab for the students. This lack of computer technology has made most teachers reluctant to the use of technology in their lesson plans and unsure of how to use them with the classroom. The only integration that was being used was the use of their laptops to develop lesson plans and email communications! Our department did not even have projectors or screens in most classrooms.
After the initial lab set-up the dept had a meeting about planning and developing an action plan and computer use policy for all students. I was able to share some ideas that I have learned in the past year in my technology courses at West Georgia and developed some ideas for the computer labs.
In our planning, most teachers told me that the wanted to include the use of the lab for research and theory based software for students to increase their class knowledge and supplement learning. This was a good start for a group that has never used computers before but after sharing some other ideas they were shocked and excited about the true capabilities of this new lab.
I was able to show the group a class web site that I created and they were excited about the idea of having the students continue the site and help to develop our first Douglass Fine Arts Web Page that would include some class room instructional ideas and media. This would definitely get the students excited about the learning again in the classroom. I was able to show them some instructional videos that I created with movie/audio producing software and they were now starting to see the true capabilities of a true lab.
As a team, we decided to change some typical, boring general music classes that we all needed to teach for the general school population that needed fine arts credit. The new MUSIC TECHNOLOGY courses will include the use of the lab to develop created music and video segments and web pages for all classes.
This will be a fun project for the students and I am excited about the possibilities of teaching the ideas that I learned from classes to my colleagues. I hope that the lab will become more than just a research based lab and that the students are eager to develop some exciting projects that will become useful to them in the future.
Barry
After the initial lab set-up the dept had a meeting about planning and developing an action plan and computer use policy for all students. I was able to share some ideas that I have learned in the past year in my technology courses at West Georgia and developed some ideas for the computer labs.
In our planning, most teachers told me that the wanted to include the use of the lab for research and theory based software for students to increase their class knowledge and supplement learning. This was a good start for a group that has never used computers before but after sharing some other ideas they were shocked and excited about the true capabilities of this new lab.
I was able to show the group a class web site that I created and they were excited about the idea of having the students continue the site and help to develop our first Douglass Fine Arts Web Page that would include some class room instructional ideas and media. This would definitely get the students excited about the learning again in the classroom. I was able to show them some instructional videos that I created with movie/audio producing software and they were now starting to see the true capabilities of a true lab.
As a team, we decided to change some typical, boring general music classes that we all needed to teach for the general school population that needed fine arts credit. The new MUSIC TECHNOLOGY courses will include the use of the lab to develop created music and video segments and web pages for all classes.
This will be a fun project for the students and I am excited about the possibilities of teaching the ideas that I learned from classes to my colleagues. I hope that the lab will become more than just a research based lab and that the students are eager to develop some exciting projects that will become useful to them in the future.
Barry
Working Definition of Technology Integration
My working definition of technology integration seems to change as quickly as the new technology is introduced. As more and more technology becomes available to all classrooms and students in all schools this will continue to change.
Integration must include the use of new resources and technology-based instruction into the daily routines, work, and management of a classroom. These resources include classroom computer labs, software, hardware, communication tools, data storage devices, as well as, media including video and audio. I believe that in order to allow for integration the teacher and student must work together to continue to use and continue learning from these resources.
The primary goal of any integration involving technology should be to create a well rounded, capable student able to discover ways of presenting and managing data in a safe and organized environment that can be transferred to all aspects of a student’s future!
Barry Thibault
Integration must include the use of new resources and technology-based instruction into the daily routines, work, and management of a classroom. These resources include classroom computer labs, software, hardware, communication tools, data storage devices, as well as, media including video and audio. I believe that in order to allow for integration the teacher and student must work together to continue to use and continue learning from these resources.
The primary goal of any integration involving technology should be to create a well rounded, capable student able to discover ways of presenting and managing data in a safe and organized environment that can be transferred to all aspects of a student’s future!
Barry Thibault
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
