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TESTING

Wikipedia

I just added to wikipedia. It was weird! I know teachers have extremes about either really liking it or really hating it because they think that it's information cannot be trusted. Well I just added my own little tid bit to it. This is what I said, and let me tell you that what I wrote was not made up-it is all true. "Another example of a small but growing organization that is completely run by students is TEAM (Tomorrow's educators of the Advancement of Multiculturalism). This is a great group of mostly future educators who feel strongly about teaching with a multicultural pedagogy in the classroom. The group is full of social activities, fundraising, community service events, and professional developments. One thing that makes it stand out is that there are no dues!" It's there in the wikipedia page of "Michigan State University" under the "Student Organizations" section.

Animoto

I used animoto to make my video of some of the trips I've gone on. My video is of some pictures that I've taken traveling in Greece, London, England, France, the Turks and Caicos, Mexico, and even Chicago and Up North Michigan. Making video's is a really neat way for students to be expressive and creative using pictures, music, and text. Video storytelling is a great way for students to present something to the class.

One thing I will say about animoto, however, is that it only lets you do a 30 second show unless you pay for it, and 30 seconds isn't a very long time. Also without paying for one of the memberships the videos will only last a month. So next month, the video below will no longer be seen.

Prezi

I explored prezi.

It's a pretty neat site. I like how things can move around in interesting ways. I like how much control there is of where to put things so it's very much like a virtual posterboard that can be easily moved around.

One things that I will say about it, however, is that it could make students and people watching the videos sick or nautious if things are moving too much or too quickly.

But also with it moving all the time it keeps it more exciting and new and it keeps people watching.

Digital Storytelling 2

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Digital Storytelling

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

VBlog and before

I made my video blog the other day using Jing. It was actually pretty neat. It was so simple to use the basics and make the video. I know that there is so many more things that I can learn about it and other technology but what I've learned already in this class is crazy. I never thought about just anyone using and doing all these things with technology. One thing I am having trouble with, though, is remembering all my user names and passwords.
I was talking with my parents last night and they were talking about before computers and all this technology, back in the day when peopel first started getting e-mail addresses. Now everyone has multiple e-mail addresses that they use different things.