Thursday, May 1, 2008
One last thing
I think it is really cool they way one can upload several pictures/graphics to the blog page. Blogger resized all as needed and here they all are. A testimony to the many things I learned in this class!
Final Thoughts
It has been quite an experience working with many of these tools, and around them sometimes. I am glad I persevered with Mixcraft and managed to create a podcast with added background music. Also, to have persevered to include the posdcast on this blog. Instructions were not very clear, but eventually, I was able to understand better how to use Gcast. I created a Podcast channel, and added my podcast to it. Then I embeded code into the blog to be able to play the podcast sitting on Gcast from this blog. Fun!
Last Day of Class
I just tried to finish all of my assignments for today. I am particularly excited to have explored Mixcraft as a replacement for Garageband for those who are not equipped with an Apple computer. It was fairly easy to create a short podcast and to add sound to it. I uploaded it to Gcast and I am now trying to see if I could have access to it from this blog.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Del.icio.us
Today we had a workshop on Del.icio.us - thanks Bonnie - a very useful tool. I like the idea of being able to reach my bookmarks from anywhere, and I like the idea to share them with others. It was impressive to see how quick it was to add people to the network and to see their bookmarks. One can also suscribe to recieve bookmarks on a specific topic - that is also convenient - and I like the idea of pulling together resources and efforts. I am not yet clear on some of the functions - but I will explore and learn to use that tool.
ITunes, IPods & GCast
I just lost the post I just wrote.. .on this.. so I am trying again.
Thanks to our presenter Roger, we got tons of useful information on these three tools. I must confess I used to be a touch bias towards the Itune and Ipod because I did not like the very proprietory approach from Apple. However, I must say I was impressed with ITunes University and I will go back to visit and will recommand to ESL teachers I know who would really use some of the content.
I also loved touching and playing with the IPods - Thanks for bringing them to class. It was interesting to hear that with organization, these tools can be used in the classroom without too many problems- the logistic being an important consideration - this was really comforting.
As for GCast - thanks for pointing this resource out - I was particularly impressed by the ability to call from a phone and drop a podcast message off - Fantastic. I can see tons of use for all of these tools and I am looking forward to having a little more available time to learn more and start using these.
Thank you thank you thank you....
Thanks to our presenter Roger, we got tons of useful information on these three tools. I must confess I used to be a touch bias towards the Itune and Ipod because I did not like the very proprietory approach from Apple. However, I must say I was impressed with ITunes University and I will go back to visit and will recommand to ESL teachers I know who would really use some of the content.
I also loved touching and playing with the IPods - Thanks for bringing them to class. It was interesting to hear that with organization, these tools can be used in the classroom without too many problems- the logistic being an important consideration - this was really comforting.
As for GCast - thanks for pointing this resource out - I was particularly impressed by the ability to call from a phone and drop a podcast message off - Fantastic. I can see tons of use for all of these tools and I am looking forward to having a little more available time to learn more and start using these.
Thank you thank you thank you....
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