Introduction to Prezi

Messing around with Prezi today, I realized that I could kill two birds with one stone and create a sample Prezi publication AND introduce copyright law for teachers!  Check it out at Prezi Fair Use Policies.

Direct Instruction

This week we'll be taking a look at how technology can enhance our direct instructional techniques by incorporating basic principles of graphic design and new theories of  21st century learning.  We'll discuss fair rights policies and learn how to weave multimedia into your presentations.  Lastly, we will take a look at some specific Web 2.0 multimedia sites that are handy to have in your classroom resources.

Posting to a Blog

Looks like everyone braved the weather to come out and play with their blogs.  Funny thing, but using blogs in the classroom could free students/teachers from the intermittent nature of snow days.

Yucky Weather Today

For those brave enough to take on the slush and wintery mix, we will be continuing to refine and improve our blogs today.  We'll also take a quick look at Wikis and RSS feeds before evaluating some Web 2.0 applications using the web page at http://www.go2web20.net/    Remember to use the WOU Moodle site as your starting point; all homework should be posted to your individual classroom blog.

First Week

Well, we've been through the first week of class and most students have successfully set up their classroom blogs.  Like mine, their blogs will continually evolve over the term, adding posts, links, and gadgets to showcase their growing awareness of practical classroom technology integration.  It's a mouthful, isn't it?