PLE Assignment for Week Four

These are the videos I watched this week,

1. Kaylee, “The One Thing I Will Not Eat”
2. Elizabeth, “The Three Little Pigs”
3. Leslie, “Some Pig”
4. Laura Beth, “Strawberry Shortcake”
5. Robin, “The Marvelous Homework and Housework Machine”
6. Alli, “Let Me Out of the Classroom”

The thing that I think would be the most challenging think about implementing a digital storytelling project in an elementary classroom is the age group. I am an Early Childhood Education major and I hope to teach Kindergarten. Kindergartener’s will probably be able to use the computer pretty well, but I don’t think that they would really be able to put a movie together without help from a teacher. If a teacher would be able to help the kids, then I think that it would be a really fun activity for the students to do.

Scarlet Pimpernel Book Trailor

TPACK Thoughts

My understanding of TPACK is that it is a combination of three really important types of knowledge: the knowledge of how to teach, the knowledge of content that the teacher is teaching about, and the knowledge of how to use different technologies to further the effects of our teaching. I think that it is imperative that teachers have an accurate understanding of TPACK because without using all three of these knowledge databases, a teacher can't fully reach his or her students. With only understanding how to teach and having a knowledge of the content area, we will not be able to reach the technologically savy student. With only understanding the content and the use of technology, the teacher can not effectively communicate to the students. With only having an understanding of how to teach and how to use technology, the teacher again can't communicate the subject knowledge because they do not understand the subject they are teaching.

My Storyboard

Non-live chat

Live video chat with Leslie

Week Two

Wow, this week was a busy week! I learned so much. I think that the most useful thing that I learned was how to make a wiki website. This has so much potential to really help the students want to learn things in class and want to share it with those around them. For the page that we had to embed a video from youtube or teachertube I found a rap song that explained what a bill goes through to become a law. Just with finding that song I realized that finding resources like that, that children can connect to, the students will love learning all the more. It is also a catchy tune and a tricky way to get the process of making laws stick in their head.

First Entry!

My background experience with technology definitely does not include blogging. I have used computers a lot and I love my laptop. As far as I can remember there has always been a computer in my home. Granted, I wasn't always allowed to get on it, but we still had one. The first thing that I remember about using a computer was definitely playing save the princess.