Tokbox!

Tokbox is a great online program for video streaming. It provides users with a way to record audio, video and send those files in messages to other users. You can group chat with up to twenty people and post your video recordings on Facebook, Myspace and other popular sites. Besides being easy to use and free, the program is streamed online so you don’t have to download anything!

TokBox - Free Video Chat and Video Messaging

Tokbox!

Tokbox is a great online program for video streaming. It provides users with a way to record audio, video and send those files in messages to other users. You can group chat with up to twenty people and post your video recordings on Facebook, Myspace and other popular sites. Besides being easy to use and free, the program is streamed online so you don’t have to download anything!

http://www.tokbox.com/vm/ibphlc9sr0v4

Spread Sheet

Spreadsheet

I thought this was good to equip us with a useful tool for our classrooms. It's a free program that is easy to access and has many features. One of the obvious reasons I might use this program is for grading purposes.

The program is a little confusing to use at first, especially for people who don't know how to use Excel. This proved to be very frustrating for some. Also, It's subject to lag in the connection speed for your computer. Otherwise, it's very useful.

According to the graph, there was definitely a rise in student learning. The line graph gives a visual representation of this. The scores begin around 155 and rise to almost 190, thus displaying the increase.

Online Video Converter Presentation

Oregon Department of Education Resource Website

• How will this be useful?
We will need to know the standards that we are required to teach by. This website provides us with access to those and also articles related to them. It also provides other vital resources such as example lesson plans, assessment items and allows you to export standards

• How can I make use of graphic organizers to illustrate concepts I’ll be teaching?
They are useful in providing an organized visual aid for information you want the students to have. They can be in graphic form like a picture or a list of words. It gives the student another way to see the information and helps them to understand it better.

• How does instruction support student success on this test?
An effective teacher will incorporate the necessary information the students will need on the tests in their instruction. They will use the standards as a framework for their teaching which will prepare the students for the examinations. Also, teachers can help the students to develop appropriate test taking skills.

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 is a conglomeration of online tools that teachers can use in their classrooms. These are powerful tools that serve a variety of purposes such as blogging and online storage. The best part of it? All of the services are FREE!

One service on this site is called Yodio. It’s a useful program that allows us to record audio from a phone to an account on the Yodio website. Teachers could use this to post a picture and then discuss it on an audio recording for students. They could leave comments from their own phones in response.

Another program that I think is useful is the Online Video Converter which takes You Tube videos and allows you to downloadable files on your computer. Using video clips to supplement my teaching is something I think would help make my lessons more relevant and interesting. Having a file that I can transfer onto other computers in case I don’t have internet access would be helpful.”

My Yodio OTEN Conference Post

About Me and Using a Blog in the Classroom

Questions
1. Several paragraphs of personal bio-Grd lvl, sbjcts you want to teach, hobbies, interests, etc.

a. I really want to teach ESOL in middle school. However, I will also be certified to teach 6th or possibly 7th grade level social studies and language arts. I like soccer, traveling, cycling, reading, writing, photography, backpacking, singing, guitar, long walks on the beach, etc.

I'm interested in helping people and being an advocate for equity. I love kids and teaching. I came into the MAT program at Willamette because I have a few other friends who have completed similar programs and recommended doing it to me. I came back from working abroad teaching about a year and a half ago and I felt like it was time to start working on something bigger again. After visiting several schools I felt that Willamette's program suited me well (the school, not the cost:P).

2. Describe several specific applications you can use a blog for.
b. Using the blog students can post personal reflections, journals, book reviews and other writings. Other students can comment on those postings asking questions, respond with similar ideas and constructive feedback.

Students could also use the blog to create mock personal entries from characters in a book they are reading. The entries could be about things they are going through in relation to the story. Then, other students could read each others' entries and leave feedback.