post for April 10th week

After looking at a lot of different reviews of apps it makes think how many more are around even more geared to my classroom needs possibly.  Obviously as I have mentioned a lot of these can be used in script development and other aspects of teaching.  Turning in the Digital Storytelling Project, it makes me think about other forms of story telling and the opportunity to convert them to some digital format.  Maybe for class, maybe for myself.  Any time input can easily be stimulated, started and gained towards any content from a student the exchange and learning then is in full swing.  I will have to take time to review these not only for our final but in the summer along with others for possible use next year.  One recently I just found out about is BOOM or KABOOM, something like that.  You can shoot video on your android or whatever smart phone and then make part of your video look like it blows up with fire and smoke.  Looks like special effects on smartphones for the masses.  That is a good thing.  Limited access for a long time becomes open access for everyone.

Post before midnite on April 10, 2012

Shot a lot of photos for the digital story over 500 last week, but I think I have changed my mind and will do something different than the mountain farm idea.  The white board assignment made me think again about how I always envisioned white boards being more than what they are.  They are great and I have been using one for over 7 years continuously but when I first heard about them I had different expectations.  The tech is great and deeply embedded in my program for class interaction for audio and some video editing.  The website is starting to interact along lines with industry professionals, meetings continue and I like that, hope it continues.  Presentations continue to show different apps and with the right infrastructure it would be the best of all possible worlds, some of the special effects apps for video I have seen on my own outside of class at Temple, but antisocial behavior is overpowering education.  A more robust enhanced system has to emerge to offer education on the level it needs to be presented in current urban settings.

new blog web 2.0 presentation

I am sharing ideas!

tenth blog

Working through the web 2.0 presentations I continue to find some apps which are more applicable but basically apps which are good choices for all teachers and will work to share as I have at my own school. This week I am drawn to Animoto but with some reservations which I need to work out by reviewing the app myselfas it pertains to my own class use. Like the two to five minute digital storytelling exercise and I am thinking of incorporating it into my curriculum for more student input for content. Khan Academy is a  great resource but it seems like anything to do with the TED initiative certainly always does have relevance.  Blogger or Blogging which I am posting this week continues to have relevance from the first days of bulletin boards and so forth even through today with reflection and other opportunities for students to have input and allow feedback.

march 27th blog

Well the webquest and scavenger hunt exposure seemed to lead me to webquest as a usable tool for the classroom in the future.  I like the idea of higher cognitive thinking through synthesis of content from a webquest.  I have thought a lot about just what form of higher cognitive thinking might occur with reviewing and selecting loops to use for original music in a loop based audio editing system.  As mentioned in the other part of the assignment this is common for students to drive on their own in doing the work.  Sure the criteria is self defined, but in the end I wonder is it not higher order thinking when you have to review so many selections on the internet and do rationalizing of your choices for current and future uses.  It is more of a non tangible unwritten product at the end but it is undeniable the search yields content for actual work through analysis.  The focus of the 6 step plan mentioned really guides and follows the traditional method instead of one a self guided webquest would.  I believe this would be great for students researching film databases and selecting and making choices about quality and then reviewing taking their own findings and generating conclusions based on assignments with different projects and genres.  The lesson plan portion of this week was something we have been drilled with because of CTE and that I was very familiar with.  The Topic, Instructional Strategies, Daily Activities,Resources / materials and supplies, References to Textbooks and curriculum guides, state standards, connections, student hooks, evaluations, personal assessment, empowerment portions of the lesson, me,we,you, KWL and all the other facets have been incorporated in my lesson plans for a few years now.  In fact the SDP lesson plans we are now required to do to meet their"standards" are less detailed and complete than my previous ones.  The type of lesson plan makes it easy for all to see what and how you are doing it.

03202012 Website, homework mooser post

Apps were interesting like Timeline for generating timelines and generating puzzles for class with Puzzlemaker. I will discuss these because in the simplest context the puzzles would help us cover 1500 vocabulary words for our NOCTI certification training for students.  The bubbl.us app looks like a tool for engaging students in the process of brainstorming and giving them a new look at the process through interactive graphic organizers.  Marry it with a smart board and they would probably be fighting over it.  The overview which is the real crux for me for the week is conceiving of aligning the "right" apps for ease of use and enhancement out of all the great numbers of them.  That is where the work lies, but once done I see some good chances to setup some good work tools for script and character lines and traits, crews and assignments.  These two will be the first I will look at to actually discuss integrating into the program.  The web site turned out like a speck of a starting point for something I would like to have some fun with online.  The interaction and sharing is the whole point of that.

Tried to correct title for 2/28 when it was done made a mistake on 3-12

Blog for for 2/28/2012  Mooser         Well looking at web design and elements for what makes a good web page is always time well spent especially taking the time to just look around and see how designs and trends change.  Looking at clean, colorful, inviting, easily intuitive web access that makes the point of going to the website comfortable can never be overlooked.  You must be comfortable and feel at ease to be able to access whatever anyone has to offer.  I always enjoy a page like the Franklin Institute which follows a lot of their branding they use internally through out exhibits and the building.  The first web 2.0 app I reviewed was direct and informative but drastically short of our stated goal of 15-20 minutes.  I don't know if part of it is missing or not.  At 3 minutes he had a great selection and a lot of opportunity to do more time with it but even though content was very direct and informative and basically told me most everything I need to know the time aspect could have been overcome easily.  Just look more at past and present, similar software, spelling reinforcement statistics through e games and all sorts of other boundary issues with Everglades spelling  and I am sure he could have done more time.  I know multimedia can be overwhelming for some when they first go into it.  Overall the web is the world and that is never going to change only become more of a bigger part of all of our lives.  I am thinking about including some video like playing a quick time piece during a web Jing session,  will start to play with it this week.

week 7 2/28/2012 posting on 3/12/2012

This week  and the past two have been ridiculously hard to get things done because of illness and my back out for 2 weeks.  The presentation by Ana Cabani was a nice job for the class and I enjoyed it. The web site work I guess I misread I thought it was due later in the month but it is all good topics as all the facets because of the usability for teachers and students.  I wish there was an interactive aspect to the online classes for work but it still works out alright, I am going back into the web page assignment and review again to finish it since now I can sit up not in pain. I am glad my back finally went in so I can focus on the work again it is still sore but much better.  I will not forget this last section of work I am glad we were off the second week my back was out, school has been hard enough.  I am looking forward to the webpages, web 2.0 and other assignments in the remaining time.

Week 5 Assistive Technologies

2/20/2012 Assistive Technologies and other thoughts

Seeing Ray Kurzweil continuing his groundbreaking work along with the Keystrokes software with Elina, elaborated uses of switches,  sip/Puff, Wisp, Joystick mouse control, rollerball mouse use, half sized portable keyboards, pneumatic desks, frogpad input pad for one handed input, customizable electronic keyboards and the use of braille input and output devices fills in some gaps for me and leaves me wondering about other technology I have seen before.  Eye tracking mouse control software seems ground breaking of what I have seen of it's uses and there was a bio-organic computer chip which was capable of implant and used then for controlling digital devices.  It is clear to see some barriers are definitely being lowered and removed but I am sure as tech develops we will see even greater developments come along or at least I hope.  It is abundantly clear from personal experience that even though someone may seem impaired, you need to see that there is no impairment, only the same person as you with a need for better communication or an improved chance for input or output.  I have witnessed this many times over even up and in to people with serious cognitive abilities.  I was very happy to read about a breakthrough in betaroxene for improving and removing 50% of myoidal plaque from the brain for Alzheimers patients the past week.  I have seen where their mind is working but the communication aspect of communication is jumbles and difficult or impossible.  I believe if  you are alive your mind more often than not is functioning with a high capability.

Week 4 Maguire Digital Imaging

Week 4 Maguire
Imaging has been the basis for most of my life with a BFA degree in painting and drawing, first place Addy awards in photography, video editing, 3D animation, film making, halography and much more.  I fell in love with Photoshop the first time it came out in 1986 and actually there was a parallel program menu for menu called Digital Darkroom.  Adobe had some leave the camp and spinoff there own version I heard.  It was identical in every way and at first I didn't know why they were both out.  Anyway they got bought out by Adobe and the rest is history.  Going through these exercises in any photo manipulation software is vital, this technology has been out now for 27 years and even longer in software like TIPS True Image Processing Software for Targa and Vista cards and other specialized systems.  To have all this power in your home computer is truly an opportunity to expand your capabilities for yourself and in the case of a teacher for their students.

Week Three ed 5254

Going through different varieties of web 2.0 apps show there are a myriad of choices.  Finding a content (best version) connectibility app which utilizes most efficiently will take time and a lot of research.  Right now a simple blog in blogger offers us a direct approach to script consultation and comment blogs on same.  With every child in America being pushed to get a Ipad in the next 5 years all of this becomes an even stronger reality.

Week Two  January 30, 2012     Mooser ED5254 Blog

1. What I learn this week? 
I think this week I learned again how much people who are the in the database like to interact with the database and see it and push it around.  Whether it was paper graphs in elementary school or interactive data in it's many forms you can see all the way up at any age, people, if they are in the data they want to see the data.  I learned to always be looking for the models which lead to a more interactive offering for a learner.  Data being seen and analyzed is one way out. The flip side is more interaction evolving outward and inward. Eventually to become part of the data again in it's effect on the students.  That they will pore over again and again.

2. How might I use this in the future?
I mentioned in my replies that some of this could be routed through an interactive self driven NOCTI vocabulary database for self testing and evaluation eventually.  I think that would be interesting and a great application of interactive data picking. I think the main thing would be as I was mentioning in the other blogs are to start with some teen service needs of blogging ( Social based database such as what music everyone likes or movies everyone likes) and then open up the aspect to play the vocabulary like a game against each other for who gets the highest score.  Who is the smartest?

moosered5254blog week one

Michael Mooser  Jan 22, 2012

1. What did I learn?

I learned more about the push of the Horizon report in tech through classroom delivery methods is an anticipated facet as we all have wanted but the timeline for approaching integration is refreshing to say the least.  As we grow to offer diverse learning situations for the individual we also have to develop ways of producing plethoraes of media rich avenues for engagement which is ultimately the real challenge for one to generate 24-27 media rich streams which are all personalized or at least directing towards desired interest and content availability.

2. How can I use this information in the future?

Primarily it becomes opportunities on different platforms that is needed with ample technology in place to really usher in all the possibility and positive growth which is possible stated here just in this first week’s content.  More working access points for students for hands on and established accounts in a working cloud will really give ownership to our students as this rolls out through education in time.  I think the engagement factor of technology with youth and correctly generated apps and other engagement tools will only serve to increase success rates when looked at in the final assessment, I look forward to this course to learn more and the implementation of more efficient tech.