Thing 7: Presentation Tools

https://www.beautiful.ai/deck/-LdBPCmfXt8LLj5GhNda/Summary

I did not realize how many options there were for students and even teachers to present information.  I looked into Exposure and Beautiful. Al in depth and browsed in the other tools given.  I love how pictures are within in the website that you choose from.  Also, I liked for one of the websites that it adjusted colors and layouts for you as you create the presentation.  Beauiful.al had many templates to choose from so the teacher or students don't have to spend as much time creating the layout and can focus on the content. 

I think that these tools can be used in various ways.  Students can use it to present cumulative information that they have learned and they can use it for one topic and explain it in depth. It is helpful that if students do not want to talk in front of the class, they can record themselves prior and give an engaging presentation.  These tools would be great to use individually and independently because they can share and others can provide input.  It is helpful for the teacher to also have all work in one place to see growth or other things they are looking for in a student. In addition to the tools that will be great for students to use to present infromation, the websites for students to find images that they won't need copy rights for. is helpful.  I plan on giving these websites to students when they are preparing a presentation.

I will try and use many of these tools with my students and see which one is the most student friendly to use. 

Thing 6: Digital Storytelling

https://www.storybird.com/class/d39bc8e2b3fe7039c1bf2bf39b2ae1a6-----I created assignments within storybird and I also made my own poem but had difficulty figuring out a way to share it. 

I explored storybird, adobe spark, and Animoto.  All of these seemed like great tools that can be used in the classroom.  Storybird seemed very similar to a google classroom with pre-made lesson ands you have the ability to assign lessons to students through google classroom.  Also, use of a lot of visuals were used in Storybird making it more students friendly.  I love that students have choice to make poems or long stories and the pictures are right there for you. It would be great to use as a summative assessment to show their writing skills. 

Also, I loved how adobe spark and animoto had many options for students to do as well.  Students can portray their knowledge through pictures and words.  I plan on using these as group activities to teach other students about a topic. It is a huge plus that the picture are embed in the website that the students can use, but they can also upload some of their own.  These activities are very engaging and the students will love doing their work on the computer.

Thing 4: Twitter, Facebook, & Personal Learning Networks

There were many helpful learning tools on twitter.  When I searched the hashtags, it was nice to have a lot of information about specific things right in front of you and you don't have to click around from one website to another.  I also loved that people shared ideas within the certain topic and gave their insight.  Another benefit of it is that there are various "levels" of people sharing the ideas and information (it is open to everyone).  I am always hesitant in signing up for more social media, but I think Twitter would benefit me the most.  It will give an insight on teaching and just people in general that can help my teaching.  If students can get access to it, it would be a nice tool for them to search a topic and find various sources. Also, it would be neat to do an assignment hash tagging a topic and having everyones ideas in one area.  There are many things that I think you can do with twitter in the classroom, along with giving useful information for teachers to use in their teaching practices.