Heart videos for Am Heart Assoc lesson plan

Animation Of Heart

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Anatomy of the Heart

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Heart Anatomy

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Thing 10: Screencasts

Screencast is a very cool tool to use in the classroom. I can use this in various lessons for teaching computer/technology lessons. I made a screencast on how to change the theme of your Google email just to see how to do it. It was so easy. I am going to work on making a lesson for my 4th - 6th grade students to use this. I think they would really like it.

Thing 11: Slideshare

I really enjoyed viewing the different videos on Slideshare. I chose the video "Teaching with Technology no longer belongs in a lab" because I am a stand-alone computer teacher. I like the idea of going into classrooms and helping the teacher to intergrate different levels of technology in their classroom curriculum. I agree with what the video says about stand-alone computer lab classes becoming obsolete in the very near future. A lot of teachers today do not know much about technology or feel insecure about using it so they do not experiment with it with their students. If the computer lab teacher was able to assist them, I think they would become comfortable and find that they can do so much more in their classrooms.

Teaching With Technology No Longer Belongs in a Lab

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Thing 9: Videos

I have watched lots of videos on youtube, but have never really looked at teachertube or schooltube before. I found the video below called "A Vision of 21st Century Teachers." It was pretty interesting.

I feel that anytime a teacher can use something that was developed by another person, they should do so. By using something already developed, they are saving themselves time and allowing more time to teach their students.

I know of several teachers that have saved videos from youtube at home and then used them in their curriculum at school. I believe that sites like schooltube and teachertube should be allowed for teacher use in school. Teachers would need to research the videos in advance to keep from having a possible inappropriate video slip through.

We are in the age of technology. Our students live and breathe every aspect of technology and we as teachers need to learn to live and breathe it too. We have to keep our students engaged in what we are teaching so that they will learn and the way to do that in today's world is through technology.

Video: A Vision of 21st Century Teachers

Thing 8 - Mashups

I explored Spell with Flickr and Flickr Color Pickr. I really liked Spell with Flickr. I tried different letters until I found the combination that I liked the best. The Flickr Color Pickr was okay, I was not overly impresssed. I like the idea of putting notes on certain parts of a picture.

Below is what I made on Spell with Flickr.

Thing 7: Flickr

Picture courtesy of zensmom1 via Flickr.

Flickr looks interesting and some place that would be nice to keep your photos and in an organized order. It would be a great place to showcase your photography if you were just beginning or already involved in the photography business. You would be able to get your photos out there for lots of people to see and comment on.

I did not sign up for the free account as I do not want or need another email account to keep up with.

From the short tour that I took of Flickr, I do not think that I would use it professionally. My main use would be personal. I could organize photos in groups by activity, date, family, etc. However, I do not think that I would use it very much personally.

I love how fast the pictures uploaded and it was very easy even if you are not a technological person. I chose this picture because it reminds me of my dog, Hoss, when he was a puppy. I have a picture that looks very similar to it because Hoss also had a teddy bear that he slept with when he was this size.

Thing 6: Nings

Ning is a great tool for educators vs. Facebook or just a Blog as it is geared more toward teachers. You are able to ask questions and get responses from other educators on how they teach or what has or has not worked for them. Ning seems to be more of a tool for people interested in helping today's students learn.

I visited a couple of Nings pertaining to music, entertainment, and sports. It was interesting to read what other people's questions and the comments to those questions. I especially liked the 2.0 classroom Ning. I visited the group site for ELL and Technology because I am on the ELL ACSIP plan at my school and we have been looking at what tools we need to help our ELL students learn. I also looked at the New Beginners, Connecting Content and Technology, I Heart Google and Teach Tech. I may join it at a later date. I joined the K-8 Computer Lab Ning as I thought this could help me with teaching computers at Eagle Mtn.

I did not get to look at all the sites on 2.0 Classroom Ning, but look forward to checking more of them out and possible joining.