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I have linked my spread sheet above. This could be one way to use a spread sheet in the classroom.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pXtQRU686lJ7as7RMm25DAw&hl=en

I had to work with a spreadsheet this week and what a great way to manage a budget. I have been working on a make up unit plan having to do with music. although the spread sheet i had to do was over a wedding budget I know that I could use a spreadsheet in a the future.

One way that I would use a spread sheet would be with the unit plan that I have been working on. I would ask the students if they could start a band what type would it be? Then I would go into further detail with this. for example, i would ask what is needed to start this band. I would then give them a budget to go out and by there necessities. they can do some research and find out things they already knew or things they didn't know.

I had work on spread sheets before but i never knew that a spread sheet could give a message. I like that if i went over budget i would get a negative message. if i stay on or was under budget i would get good news. if they were under budget i would leave the a message that they could be allowed to purchase one more item that could be used for the band. If they were over budget they would have to stick with what they bought.

The inspiration of music

Making a movie was fun. Of course there were some set back when working with the technology. I think it is great that I can create something with my own flavor and also something that I was able to create that a lot of people will enjoy.

The program movie maker was already on my computer which is great because I can continue to mess with it. I was also able to embed a few other items like photos and videos. I believe movie maker can also upload something that has been created through power point.

I think that working on a project like this can involve all kinds of participation. For example a student could get very creative of course with parent supervision on interviewing people of the community. If they were doing something on good citizenship they could record themselves doing some volunteer work.

Here is a little moive that i created that gives example of diffrent way that music inspiers people. The only thing i was unable to do was the naration.

The plan to success

I am having a little fun with a new assignment that I was given. Although I have no been able to upload a video that where I asked a good friend of mine my unit question for this project. I read through a tutorial that can someone go about making a well though out video. I read there are seven elements of digital storytelling. My first slide is where I present my dramatic question which is “how does music inspire people?” This question is great at least I think so because there are so many different way to express this to answer it. Another element that I bring up is emotional content because I think music is apart of everyone’s life in some kind of way. I had a friend of mine answer the question. I’ve known him for about five or six years and when I first met him he was just getting into starting a band and now he plays the kind of music that he loves to play. I believe the music I chose to play in the background is excellent. I am setting it up in a way that I hope people can see different ways that my question can be answered. I am also working on the pace.

here is my story borad
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dftdmf2_15cw2gj7c9

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dftdmf2_177hc5stn3&hl=en

voice thread

Here is my voice thread that i have created...

Just an other method of teaching and learning

I am a Strong believe in motivation a child. Not everyone can learn from the same teaching techniques. So i think if there are new ways to teach than am all for it. Writing a summary may not work as well for one student like it does for the other. This is why digital storytelling is a great tool to use in a classroom. student could create something unique. Especially those students who love technology, this is a tool that can be looked into with more depth. it is defiantly a new free technology that people should check out.

This tool can have people comment in many diffrent ways. Those who like to speak there mind can and for those who don't can express them selves through writing. this would work great in the classroom because technology is growing in education and this will probably become very popular soon. Multi curricular-integration is possible.

Some sites to see

I have always tried to avoid anything that has to do with computers. Still to this day I try to avoid them. I do realize how technology has overpowered just about every work industry. Schools, stores, name it, it is all pretty much computer based. So might as well get with it and learn it. My class technology for teachers is turning out to be a great tool to feed me in the areas that I am weak in. I have always had trouble when it comes to trying to search for something on the web. I would type in a word or question but it was always way to broad, but for an assignment that I had to do I viewed a few videos with a little more insight on what is going on with the web. Tagging also I see it kind of like a bookmark or putting something under your favorites on your computer. Tagging is just more in depth. Something else that I viewed was a video about social media, kind of like blogging. Something we as people can share other can view it rate it and leave a comment. Who doesn’t like a little input? I like to say I can give advice, but it doesn’t mean you have to take it. Rss is great because it save time and who isn’t try to find an easy way out? Instead of search for something your interested in subscribe for it through Google and each time it will search for you. GREATI do think that technology is very useful in the classroom. Just because something isn’t filter very well it is hard for a student to take much advantage of the internet. If that wasn’t the case there is so much out there a child could do with using the internet. For example I came across a lot of web site that could help me out on an up coming assignment. Check these out. Some of the web sites also led into more web sites, so it a never ending search.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dftdmf2_12fmrnfvhr&hl=en

SO...Why are blogs important and how can i use it in the future?

Blogs are a place where we the common folk have the “power of media”. I like this comment because although we live in the land of the free and the brave we are hardly that. We are the reporter and publisher. We can be creative as in making our blog unique. People can talk about any thing like the news, reality, differences or likenesses. I think in a classroom blogging could be useful. A student should be able to find themselves and should feel unique. From viewing some videos for an assignment I saw many different benefit of blogging in a classroom. For example, getting introduced to other cultures this can help expand a child mind. I think everyone, not just the student sitting behind a desk should see that just because a person lives in another country, continent, state or city we all can relate some way or another. Kids can feel motivated that other people not just their class mates but someone in Argentina can view what they have posted. Students are allowed to state their own this important to motivate.
I also went in to the website (http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/) the blogger David stated that “What I find, as I get to attend conferences and see presentations from classroom teachers who are doing innovative and captivating activities, is that they did not learn to do these things in workshops. They learned by being creative and by engaging in conversations with other educators through the growing (and sometimes bewildering) array of online meeting places.” To me I see once again how important technology has become. Everyone does some kind of work through technology and it is important especially in the school system. Like he stated I as a future teacher can learn form others not only through books, school, observation, but through meeting other teacher through online meetings.