In reflecting on my campus-supervised Internship activities I would have to say that things are moving along a little slow. The center where I was working on some of my activities got the new that we were closing in Dec. 2011 and we spent the last 6 months preparing to close down. Therefore I was unable to get a lot of the things completed that I wanted to during that time. I am going to estimate that I have completed between 40-67 hours, I say that because I have several documents that are conflicting with the internship hours. I have been keeping up with the competencies on the tracking roadmap, not sure if this is an updated one but it was downloaded in April and the only class I see on it so far is 5301 which was completed March 18 & 25, 2012. These competencies consist of action research plan, and class blueprint.
During this time I have learned that it is very important to complete the research needed in order to implement technology and the most important thing is to stay updated on new technology because there is always room to grow. Studying the Long Range Plan for technology, TEKS, Campus Plans and becoming more familiar with Goals for technology within my district have really been beneficial and informative. These things will help me to become a better and informed educator.
Action Research plan is coming along slowly, but I am currently working on surveys, questionnaires, and analysis spreadsheets. I will be conducting the surveys and questionnaires when school reopens in August 2012. I wouldn’t do anything differently; however, I will be making some changes with the steps used to complete my plan. One of those changes will most likely be using a storyboard instead of a social network, there are several steps remaining that require completion by students and teachers such as surveys and questionnaires. I believe changing to a storyboard will best benefit the students on campus and it will show administrators the importance of using technology to its full advantage to help students reach their full potential for the working world.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Reflections of EDLD 5363 Multimedia Video Technology
Web Conference serve as an excellent tool that helps to assist with class work for online classes. Sometimes we look to deep into an assignment to the point of not understanding or making the simplest things more complicated.
I attended conferences on June 4, 16, and 30th, each one of the conferences helped me with things that I was looking to deep into causing me confusion and misunderstanding of what I was supposed to be doing.
During week one working on the storyboard was fun, the only thing I had a problem with was learning the new program. During the web conference I learned somethings about some programs that I had never heard of, you get comfortable with what you use and never think about trying new programs or software.
During week two the conference gave me a chance to meet some new members in the program, during this time I got a chance to talk with different people to start looking at people who I might work well with in a group setting. I had no idea who I would be able to work with effectively to get the job done that we needed to get done in weeks 3, 4, and 5. Some of the instructions were a little confusing only because I was looking to much into them and making them seem harder then they really were. I got a chance to ask questions during the conference that clarified some things for me pertaining to the work.
During the conference in week four, there were several people with the same question about the group projects and the assignment documents that went along with it. During the previous week and this week our group met on google hangout several times to get our project in it's final stages in order to only have to tweak during the last week. People were a little confused about one of the assignment documents that said we were supposed to upload our video to a free link like YouTube and submit the link, Dr. Abernathy cleared this up by stating as a group we just add that "Our group is currently working on editing and finalizing our PSA video."
This class has really given me the opportunity to work with other video editing and audio software that I have never used before. I work with video editing software and I like to stick with what I know but enjoyed working with the others because they are a lot simpler than Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum. I have worked it for awhile and I still have a lot to learn how to manipulate and maneuver. I wrote down every software and program that was suggested during the conferences because it never hurts to learn a little about all of them.
I attended conferences on June 4, 16, and 30th, each one of the conferences helped me with things that I was looking to deep into causing me confusion and misunderstanding of what I was supposed to be doing.
During week one working on the storyboard was fun, the only thing I had a problem with was learning the new program. During the web conference I learned somethings about some programs that I had never heard of, you get comfortable with what you use and never think about trying new programs or software.
During week two the conference gave me a chance to meet some new members in the program, during this time I got a chance to talk with different people to start looking at people who I might work well with in a group setting. I had no idea who I would be able to work with effectively to get the job done that we needed to get done in weeks 3, 4, and 5. Some of the instructions were a little confusing only because I was looking to much into them and making them seem harder then they really were. I got a chance to ask questions during the conference that clarified some things for me pertaining to the work.
During the conference in week four, there were several people with the same question about the group projects and the assignment documents that went along with it. During the previous week and this week our group met on google hangout several times to get our project in it's final stages in order to only have to tweak during the last week. People were a little confused about one of the assignment documents that said we were supposed to upload our video to a free link like YouTube and submit the link, Dr. Abernathy cleared this up by stating as a group we just add that "Our group is currently working on editing and finalizing our PSA video."
This class has really given me the opportunity to work with other video editing and audio software that I have never used before. I work with video editing software and I like to stick with what I know but enjoyed working with the others because they are a lot simpler than Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum. I have worked it for awhile and I still have a lot to learn how to manipulate and maneuver. I wrote down every software and program that was suggested during the conferences because it never hurts to learn a little about all of them.
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Friday, June 15, 2012
Creative Common License
Educational Technology Leadership by Ericka Turner is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License.
Based on a work at ebturner67.blogspot.com.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Week 5 Reflections
During the course of Research for Teachers (EDLD5301) I have been challenged to learn things that were very new to me, such as completing an Action Research Plan. This was a challenge because I have always been on the other end of research and implementation of new educational tools. I have been the one that has been asked the questions or used to see how a new program or curriculum would work but I have never been on the end of actually trying to research and implement something especially of this magnitude.
There are a lot of things to consider and be aware of when completing research it is not something that you can take lightly or put on the back burner and work on for a short time. In order to get great results you will have to work on it a little each day constantly doing research on the web, talking to people and looking for ways to make your research better. Great research with a completed plan that will give people a clear understanding on what brought you to do the research in the first place, what works and what doesn't work, and also including personal experiences that will help understand why your plan needs to be reviewed and implemented in every aspect of education.
I thank all of my colleagues along with Dr. Abshire for all their help in forming an effective action research plan. During this time we as a group have tried to help each other the best we could and along the way we have actually been a help to someone. I wish everyone great success during their research.
There are a lot of things to consider and be aware of when completing research it is not something that you can take lightly or put on the back burner and work on for a short time. In order to get great results you will have to work on it a little each day constantly doing research on the web, talking to people and looking for ways to make your research better. Great research with a completed plan that will give people a clear understanding on what brought you to do the research in the first place, what works and what doesn't work, and also including personal experiences that will help understand why your plan needs to be reviewed and implemented in every aspect of education.
I thank all of my colleagues along with Dr. Abshire for all their help in forming an effective action research plan. During this time we as a group have tried to help each other the best we could and along the way we have actually been a help to someone. I wish everyone great success during their research.
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