The first week focused on PowerPoint and storytelling. I am glad that there is a movement to change how presentations are done. I have been through a few marketing meetings in the past few months and the presentations have been awful - lots of words and reading right from the screen. When it came time to do a presentation on technology I immediately knew what I wanted and didn't want to do.
One of the things I really want to improve is my ability to tell the story of events in my kids lives using pictures and sharing them on the Internet with family. I used to have my own secured web site for family but that became a lot of work to maintain. I am starting to explore things like Flickr and Picasa but would like to know what other options are out there.
By the way, I really like the new AngelLearning portal. It is a lot easier to find all of the items related to the class.
Mike I will agree with you 100% when it comes to wanting to make creations of the children. All the pictures we take and movies should be put together with extra imagery so that later on they can get a true feeling of what we really feel now! I hope that you share any good findings with the rest of us!
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ReplyDeleteI love that you share your lives with your family digitally. You could create PBWorks wiki site to share with your family. You can give up to 99 password/logins to the site to keep it secure.
I have never delved into movie making; I know many of my students have expertise in this area that I may never have! Sharing pictures with family consists of me sharing the link to photo albums I create in Snapfish...nothing creative. I love the idea of adding sound and music and animation to capture the moments more clearly for family and for future reference. I need something super simple. Any future insights you could share would be appreciated!
ReplyDeleteI too love the Angel Learning portal. I feel like everything's at my fingertips.