Scripture to Ponder

This is the day the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it!

Psalms 118:24


Wednesday, December 15, 2010

EDLD 5366: Reflection

       In the midst of the stressful holidays, this course was the perfect one to take.  It was fun, motivating, and engaging throughout the entire five weeks.  The content was less intense and stressful than other courses. First, I created a birth announcement using the four principles of design.  I never considered myself a creative person, but was able to gain positive feedback from colleagues on their evaluation of my product.  Most of my learning came from the discussion board where we had to comment on others’ designs and see the different teaching tools.  I collected ideas and was able to apply my new knowledge in the evaluation of my colleagues’ products.  In the second week, I created a logo on an open source site called logomaker.com.  The most difficult part of that assignment was learning how to save and copy it to my wiki and blog.  I plan to experiment on other sites that were provided when I have time.  I always wanted to learn how to work with photos and graphics, and realized how much skill is involved in using such programs.  I watched videos on YouTube that took you through a transformation from start to finish on photo editing.  I think the course was well planned my new skills will give me a boost to branch out and try other products.  I did not care for my animation to be placed in my newsletter.  I created my newsletter for teachers on different applications that are provided in my district and included some technology tips.  The animation did not integrate easily into the newsletter.  I did go back and change the color scheme on my logo, so that it matched my color theme on the newsletter.  Overall the course was engaging and fun during the most hectic season of the year, Christmas!

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Animation: Week 3 EDLD 5366



Scratch Project


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We were able to choose a program to use for creating an animation  for our assignment in Week 3.  I used the program called Scratch. It was fairly easy, but took quite a bit of time for me to view the tutorials, and then play around on it. I can see where students can get carried away with the different options.  It is fun and addicting. To view my animation you have to CLICK THE BEAR!