I have learned so much this week about iMovie, youtube uploads, more on embedding, I am really starting to like the multimedia opportunities my laptop and the internet have to offer! At today's web conference we talked about our upcoming work on testing out various audio and video capture software. And ironically enough NPR this morning was talking about how universities are now starting to offer their lessons online to the world, for free, for anyone to end. At some of the universities you can even get a certificate for completing the online course, just for fun, whether you paid tuition or now. I think it is great how as teachers we can get out of our shells and stop being to secretive about what goes on behind the walls of our "castle". Heck, even as my self I am just now getting used to presenting my classes or even how my class works to the public as I have so little practice. I am still a bit scared about the comments that might get posted or the number of dislikes that could pop up on my first uploaded iMovie on youtube but the who experience has gotten me so much more comfortable with presenting to those not in my class. I can even see how I could record one of my classes or even the work from class and post it online so my students could view it if they weren't in class or if I wasn't. I have some tech conferences coming up here in the spring that I would like to attend I am thinking about recording the lesson so my students could click on the link and I could run them through the work on their classes.
I'm hoping after this weeks lesson that I will learn a lot about Audacity and some of the live video capture out there so that I can start teaching the other teachers out there just what they can do with their laptops.
As for the conferences, it is awesome that my EDLD professor offers multiple session offerings for me to attend and while I would like to attend them all, it is good to be able drop in when I need to, to ask questions. I love my Lamar masters program but one item that always stresses me out is the limited time frame and after homework is submitted, I check, then double check my assignments before sending them just to be sure and so far, I've done really good on everything. Actually, the rigor of this program and made me grow in the classroom as I find myself being able to tackle large projects and be a better leader from each class I have studied. Almost like a "boot camp" for the regular ed. teacher!
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