Module 4

This was a really fun module particularly learning about and using Animoto.

Last year I was involved in a digital story telling PD at ACMI where we had to use iMovie.  I found iMovie really difficult to use and have no confidence in being able to use it by myself.

However with Animoto I am looking foreward to producing movies from the photos the kids take from their next school excursion.

Module 3

The instructional videos for Module 3 were clear and concise, however the "Atomic Learning Guides" were unavailable to me as I did not have a username and password to access them and did not know who the Diocesan Contact was.

I also could not access Tom Barrett's 71 Interesting Ways* to use Google Forms in the Classroom .

I can see how I could use Google forms as last year my 3/4 Level Coordinator created a pre and post test for Division.

I can also see an advantage in using the Google spreadsheet for the evaluation of pre and post test results.  A single copy can be shared and modified, unlike the creation of multiple copies of an Excel spreadsheet via the "save as" function.

Module 2

Even with my limited IT skills, I found it relatively easy to use Google Blogger to create a blog.

The instructions and tutorials given in module 2 were helpful and easy to follow.

It was also beneficial to be able to review other teacher's blogs, to gain insight not only to the process but also to what others were thinking.

However, at this point in time I would not feel confident in creating and managing a class blog for my students.

Module 1

Hi my name is Tennille, I am a middle school teacher in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne.
 
Last year I was involved in a contemporary learning project along with three other colleagues, it is through that project I was encouraged to participate in Web 2.0.

Although I use Facebook, my IT skills are very limited. Fortunately many of my work colleagues are skilled in IT and are very supportive of me (thanks Stu and Bianca). This is my first experience with blogging.

Before I created my iGoogle account I was quite anxious as I had not heard of it before and was unsure of what was involved and what it was used for. However it was extremely easy to use and I can see that it is a way towards creating a blog using Google Blogger.

I enjoyed setting up my iGoogle page and selecting from the various iGoogle gadgets, but I wonder what will happen after the iGoogle service is discontinued in November.