Survey- Google Forms

I decided to do my survey on Cold Stone Ice Cream, being a big ice cream person I was interested in seeing and viewing what people feel about Cold Stone. Coming from a town with a lot of options, Cold Stone seems to always have the most customers yet they are the most expensive, so I created a survey to see what exactly people love, like or hate about the ice cream that is known as the "best!" So myself and my brother were the first to answer the survey, so any further insight to the ice cream extravaganza, please feel free to put your experience in so I can see what the true meaning is behind the Cold Stone ice cream.

For my online survey, please visit: http://goo.gl/g1yyN

 

The spreadsheet responses can be viewed here: http://goo.gl/mMNdF

 

Overall, I really enjoyed this tool and find it to be useful for when conducting surveys, quizzes and questionnaires. The site was very easy to maneuver and pick what exactly you wanted your survey to look like. I did hope there would be more options for the templates, I tried to retrieve my own but could figure out how to download my own template, so I resorted to what I felt would be a catchy survey template. If anyone was able to construct their own template, please let me know how you did it.

 

 

Standards:

3b. Collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation.

2a. Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.

Prezi

This would be the second Prezi that I have created! whooooohooo! For this Prezi, I decided to make one about myself because one of the classes I taught was Learning Skills. This class was involved in teaching the students responsibility, care, kindness and valuable acts. So one thing I had done was created a PowerPoint on my life to give the students an insight of who I am and that I far more than just a teacher they see seven hours a day. Boy do I wish I had the Prezi when creating my initial slide because the rotating of the presentation and keeping it moving is absolutely awesome. I had a blast creating this Prezi!

As I had mentioned I created a Prezi based on myself that I would integrate into my Learning Skills class, the template I chose was "Stepping Stones," and I called my Prezi "Stepping into Success." What I did was start how introducing myself, talking who most influenced my life, what were big aspects of my life to success and what my future goals are; this Prezi will not only allow students to see a little bit about myself but that no matter how old you get that there are goals always, and to keep striving and pushing for those goals; key to success!!

You can watch my Prezi at: http://prezi.com/aosqmke1wocr/present/?auth_key=x8rqbs3&follow=uqqmvenygrbi


PowerPoint Vs. Prezi:

Growing up using PowerPoint it is like second nature, I know where everything is at and I can get the presentation done in no time which is an advantage. PowerPoint, I feel is not as touchy as the Prezi, and what I mean that is when touching the Prezi screen things seem to go everywhere, where the PowerPoint is a little outdated and can easily maneuver. The Prezi I feel is a much better tool visually because it is constantly on the go, and with the way society is nowadays, it will keep the students up to speed with how fast our lives have to be. The Prezi also allows to horizontal and vertical shifting effect where PowerPoint does not, it is switching directions and movements, keeping the presentation alive which was a huge factor for me. Being in classes now, PowerPoint is the same- click and the next slide and its the same motion, with Prezi you never know where it is going to go, keeping the excitement up! So, with that all being said, I feel Prezi is the better tool, it will excite, exhilarate, and most importantly keep the attention of the audience!

Youtube Presentation

With this presentation, I decided to introduce the background of soccer by discussing the history, positions, and basic rules. This would be incorporated into a gym, health class to let students gain knowledge of a games background. Knowing everything about soccer it would be easy for me to pick up and play but other students may know nothing, and giving valuable insight may give them more drive to participate within the class.

This assignment was very frustrating for myself, I spent numerous hours during given days to figure this presentation out. I first did the PowerPOint with audio, and transferred it to the PhotoBucket story when linking it to Youtube finally after multiple tries and research I found out that it cut off half of my audio on each slide, so I had to redo my entire presentation and then could not figure out how I originally posted it.

So, I do have the link for my first attempt at the project, and if finding out how to post it again, I will add the newest link into the comment section. I did have fun creating and researching for the presentation but it was very hard to embed and link, at least for me!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqI0LbNtxmg


Standards:

3a- use methods and strategies for teaching concepts and skills that support integration of technology productivity tools.

5a- Use technology resources to engage in ongoing professional development and lifelong learning

PowerPoint Presentation 1

Throughout the weekend I created a PowerPoint on our TEETH! :) Being a health educator and working with various ages of children, I decided to create an introductory PowerPoint on how to talk about teeth and the four different types. Once creating the PowerPoint of things and objectives I thought were important to cover, I decided to have someone else take a second look. And can you guess who my second eye was? A child I babysit named Brianna who just graduated fifth grade and entering middle school in the fall. When looking through the slides, Brianna commented on the pictures, and how she liked how I integrated candy or people doing activities to incorporate to what the teeth functions are. She asked to add more pictures on the PowerPoint, so I allowed her to add her own taste. She also would tell me how to re-size or change colors to make it more effective when watching. She said that if I wanted to make it a "pop" quiz PowerPoint, I should have added a quiz at the end to see what the children really grasped from it.

Overall, the PowerPoint was very successful and it was nice to actually have a student/ child view it to see her viewpoint. As an educator it gives you a different insight and ultimately they are the one's who will take the information away, so getting her opinion was helpful!


You can view my PowerPoint on Slide Share at :
 http://www.slideshare.net/adipietro1818/the-four-types-of-teeth

I had a ton of fun creating it, and hope that someone where will be able to use to  help their students.

Jing Screencast!

Instead of recreating an image, I created a video! This was more helpful for me in the education aspect and I really enjoyed doing it! I think this is a great tool to use for directions, especially for online classes so we are able to see how to actually do it, and with myself being a visual person, I absolutely love it!

The video I created was on how to create a PowerPoint slide, not just a white slide but touching it up with color, animations and making it appealing to the audience's eyes! Check out my screen cast on: http://screencast.com/t/BQUs3reN.

1. How do you determine and control the recording area of your screen capture?
            > There is a "+" shape that pops up when you want to shoot a video, you need to drag the cross shape out creating into a box shape on what area you want to capture.

2. What are the options for saving on a screen capture?
             > Options included the screencast.com which is where mine is saved so everyone public will be able to view it. You are able to save it to your computer, send to twitter, facebook or youtube if you have the upgraded version of Jing.

3. Where is the screen capture on your computer?
          > mine is located at the top of my computer screen

4. How do you push it to the internet and share with others?
        > screencast.com which is the first option it gives you on the bottom of the video located on the tool bar.

5. What file type is a Jing screencast movie?
       > SWF Video Format unless you have the upgraded version which was MPEG-4


Standard:
                 2a- Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.
                  4b.- Address the diverse needs of learners by using learner-oriented strategies providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources.

Jing Graphic

Jing is a tool that allows you to capture a video or image, using the tools given to touch up your picture/ video. Jing allows you to share your capture through screencast where everyone will be able to view it, or you can privately send it into a message to a friend.

To me Jing was not that beneficial, and without watching the videos it was an accessible tool, most of the tools are within documents I already use, and found myself upset trying to figuring things out when I can do it another way. Learning new tools is awesome and I enjoyed exploring but had to keep going back to the videos to find out something that was so basic, and really feel the tool is more useless than useful. Anyway, if you want to try a new tool that captures images and videos, you can check it out at: http://www.techsmith.com/jing-features.html. Everyone enjoys different things and your experience may be different. Below is the image that I created: I decided to take a flyer I created a while back and then touch up using a couple tools through the Jing website.

Diigo

Diigo (www.diigo.com) is a free online application that allows anyone to add highlights or comments onscreen to any Web-based text (Carr, 2008). Diigo allows you to research and explore articles that are of your interest and share them within the knowledge sharing community. It allows you to connect with the world and view people of similar interests to yours.

1. Describe 3 steps to recommend in the film to get started social bookmarking?
               > You are able to explore and do intensive research to find web sources that are of you particular interest
              > Connect with the world; allowing you to discuss through messages or comments the interest you have in common with a particular web source.
              > You are in control of your account, you have the ability to easily navigate through the site, organize how you want it to look, ability to share and display.

2. Describe Web 2.0 and how it differs from previous stages of the web?
                - Web 2.0 has multiple tools that allows the user to make their account/ page their own, not what the company wants it to be. The system is easy to navigate, giving a sidebar that will open up any source you are looking for, allows you to open your sources to the world and be able to connect to more people then just the people you already know.

3. What is social bookmarking and what advantages does it offer that traditional storage and retrieval of websites does not?
                  - Social bookmarking is a tool that allows users to use the internet and organize, store and manage to search for bookmarks of resources online. The advantages of bookmarking is that it is a secure tool, opening more doors then the traditional storage sources. Bookmarking also allows teachers to let students have classroom discussion on articles, and have the ability to research and view more; sharing interests and dislikes.


Diigo account is.............https://www.diigo.com/user/adipietro1818

When adding the account which was the easy part, you need to have the Dioglet to be able to bookmark, highlight, share and so forth; this to me was the most frustrating piece because after I downloaded it stayed at one page, so when existing and going back to the page it brought up the same thing as before. It would not allow me to drag and just save to my favorites bar, so eventually I just saved it in a file and have to drag it out that way in order to work; a little frustrating but tolerable. So if anyone else finds a better solution, please comment :)

These tools that are included in the browser add on give you the option to bookmark it if it something of your interest or maybe can be useful down the road. It allows you to highlight something you are researching and do not want to whole entire text, you can share your ideas or findings with people on facebook, twitter or send to your own account, also you can read a piece later if your just not up to it at that particular time,

Standards:

3. Model Digital Age Work and Learning- b.Collaborate with students, peers, parents and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation. d. Model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digitals tools to locate, analyze, evaluate and use information resources to support research and learning.

 

  


 

Prezi Creation

I had a ton of fun with this particular assignment! I have heard of the Prezi Presentation before but did not realize how much fun I would have creating one. This presentation would be extremely useful in the classroom because the presentation is constantly switching gears, and moving one image to the next. There are a variety of templates you can choose your Prezi from, and I like how it gave me an outline of what to write within each slide; clear directions and easy to use!

Connecting the ISTE Standards to the Prezi Presentation:

•    Standard Two: Design developmentally appropriate learning opportunities that apply technology-enhanced instructional strategies to support the diverse needs of learners.

This standard stuck out the most to me because I do feel that this presentation will hit every aspect of diverse learners. The Prezi is a visual presentation but with its ability to switch motions, and not your typical standard slide to slide, it will drive the attention of students.

Check out my very own Prezi at: http://goo.gl/LQqU7

Comments about the fast growing technology:

 

 

Resume Redo

I created a new resume this past week to see which template looked better and presented the information well. When going onto a Resume Revision Site: http://rezscore.com/ it shocked me as to what my result was.

 

Both resumes that I have created were listed as "weak." One of the resumes being my first one, I created with a college professor; scary. The Rezscore tells you exactly what is strong about your resume (which I did not have much) and what needs to be improved on. If you want a Resume Makeover, the option is available but there is a cost; in the long run it may be worth the cost.

Looking at the improvement areas, I will take it upon myself to make the changes needed. One of the improvement areas was to not mention or provide any reference, I found this rather odd but will advise to doing so. Another was to not use first person within a resume, and I will make this correction as well. This is a great tool to double check your work before submitting it to hundred of employers who are possibly thinking the same thing as the Rezscore website; weak.

Picasso Head

Today, I was challenged to create a painting on Pablo Picasso (http://bit.ly/IMP0dI). I have heard of the painter but have never seen what he looks like. How was I going to create a painting of him with having no clue on what the man looks like? I did come to a standstill and have to look up within Google Images a picture of Pablo Picasso, this is the picture I used to create my Self- Portrait: http://goo.gl/zVPM9.

On the website it gives you every opportunity to create a defined image of Picasso including: head, eyes, ears, nose, lips, eyebrows, hair, and any other definition you want to add, as well as color. Once completing your portrait, you get to sign it as if you are an actual painter, being put in the shoes of one. After I was done, I saved my picture in the Gallery and called it "Ä Work of Art!"

Snipping Tool

Today I learned how to use the "snipping tool!" With technology rapidly growing, I feel as if I cannot keep up with all the new tools that are within the computer for our use!

The image below is what I "snipped," off of the video page where I was watching the video of how to actually use the snipping tool.

This tool can be very useful when you only need a certain picture, information or text when looking over a page. Something so simple can make a word of a difference. I think this tool will be very beneficial when only needing a certain section out of a reading instead of having to print numerous pages, I can simply it!