Random Ramblings

Excellent. I love it when teachers are so hungry for ideas that they are almost foaming at the mouth. Kim and I did a presentation this afternoon on PowerPoint and how you can use it for more than presentations. Great ideas spawned from the discussions amongst the teachers.

We did presentations on how to create:

Personalized Sticky Notes

Accordion Books

Mystery Pictures

Mini Books

Brochures

Study Notes Bookmarks

Information Bookmarks

Acrostics

The teachers ate it up. They loved it. I know I learned quite a bit before we began planning for the workshop and even more during the discussions. I had previously only used PowerPoint as a presentation tool but, there are so many more uses!

I finally uploaded my first video to TeacherTube. I was expecting a lot of trouble, but it was soooo easy! Check out Gregg Halkuff’s multiple presentations on Japan. He did a great job, but the cameraman (me) doesn’t have too steady of a hand. Well, Ron Howard had to start somewhere, too, right?

The only regret I have in my new position is that I don’t have a group of kids to call my own. Oh, how I would change the way I taught if I had known then what I know now. Discovering web 2.0 has opened my eyes in such a way, I would feel like a new teacher going into the classroom.

Maybe, someday I’ll go back. Maybe …..

Until next time ~ Danita

I couldn’t find any pictures of a dog foaming at the mouth, so you get this one from

Oprah.

Now, that’s a DOG!

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