Day 3

Class on Friday was jam packed with technology.  We started out learning how to make surveys on Google.  I could not believe how easy to use the surveys were and the instant feedback they provided.  Data was easily presented and I think they are a great pre assessment tool to use in the classroom.  On Friday, we also did a lot with digital storytelling.  We went out and took pictures of the CW Post campus (which is beautiful BTW)  and then we put them into different formats.  My partner and I explored the possibilities of MixBook and I love it.  Not only will I be using this for personal use, I will most definitely use this with students in my library.  What a great tool to motivate students to write.  Their end product will be a published book! I think parents and students will enjoy such a well made end product.  Other classmates presented tools for digital presentations like Photo Peach, Animoto, Slidebomb and Prezi.  All of these were great to have in my bag of trick to motivate students to learn.  And then finally, we explored PhotoStory.  I think I have developed a love/hate relationship with PhotoStory.  After about 30 minutes of downloading the necessary items to make the program work, I realized how wonderful it truly is.  It allows the user to speak over images and insert text.   This can be used in a library for independent learning as well as presenting.  However, when I got home and tried to use the program, I encountered even more technological difficulty when it would not recognize any microphone I used.  I think the fickleness of the program may hold it back from being effective in a classroom.
Overall, I was introduced to so many wonderful tools to use in a school library on Friday.  I'm looking forward to exploring them more and developing ways for my future students to use them.