Time to have some fun :)
Again we were sent into what seemed like the continually spinning void of figuring out how to do the activities. Britt and I tackled the tasks together and this helped quite a lot.
Firstly MobaPhoto didn’t want to download so instead I decided to crop some pictures in paint or word. These 2 have the basic tools needed to crop pictures and are easy to use. So what I decided to do was to crop an image which when u look at it closely without the background gives a different interpretation of what is going on in the image. The second then shows what it is talking about. This would be an easy tool to help students understand perspectives and to not always assume that the picture is just the pain attraction in the image.
After this there were then some more minor setbacks like the fact that the computers we had couldn’t record voice or sound so it was up to the iPhone. Now this seemed like a good plan except when it came time to upload the voice text it didn’t work. I didn’t know how to change the format of the file so just had to use some pre-set voices on the website.
I feel the Voki had some great aspects about it. The tool could be used to get students interacting with other students which will enable them to replay over the message again and again. The voki set up is easy and can be fun for the students. There are step by step instructions which make this process simple. This could also be used in flex situations where the students might have to listen to the teacher online.
The podcast was relatively easy and only had minor setbacks. Other than this the way in which the materials were uploaded on the free website was easily done and was again fun to make. The podcast idea still isn’t my favourite simply because there are easier methods which don’t involve the internet to view video streams. In saying that it still has usable qualities which enable the students to make their own podcasts, follow specific ones from teacher and possibly even demonstrate their assessments via a video task.
That pretty much covers my week. I didn’t have enough time to make the Movie but have had some prior experience in that field. The movie maker sounded rather interesting but did appear to be annoying when uploading the final product to the blog as like a lot of things.
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