Week 13

As many steps forward I take this semester with technology I always seem to take a few backwards.  I still am having trouble with the Sophia screencast.  I am not sure if I am doing something wrong or it is my computer.  I know that my school's librarian has been creating tutorials on Sophia and not having a lot of trouble.  So I again went with Jing as I did last week.  However I didn't remember how to work it so I had to go back and use the tutorials.  Three hours later, I have a finished product.  I do like how easy it is to use Jing once you get the hang of it and if you forget, the website has great tutorials to help you.  I was also able to try out Dipity, when it is working correctly it is a great tool to work with.  I did look at some other web 2.0 tools for timelines but I really like the ease of using this one.  I found it easy to upload your pictures you would need and simple enough to continue to insert new events.  I like that the timeline can be viewed in different formats such as flipbook and list.  I think this is a tool even my third grade could learn to master.
In reference to my third grade class, Glogster has been quite the challenge for them.  However they all look forward to working on their Glog and are usually asking if it is time for science.  Some students have enjoyed it so much they are working on a Glog at home.  I definitely can see that having students working regularly with technology will be beneficial.