Final Project

 

 

 

 

The Ballad as a Poetic Art Form [Autosaved].pptx

 

 

 

Assignment 5

http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=ff8dfbbe41afb846e469

 

This video was very interesting because the teacher in the video, Mrs Walker, used a new technique to teach the trial of Tom Robinson to her class.  I had actually tried something similar to her approach a few years ago, but was not thrilled with how it turned out.  Her video showed how she perfected her technique over a couple of years.  Even if I don't use the video itself (and I may), I feel the idea is an excellent one, and I would like to be able to create a video just for the class.  I believe it brings the trial to life and makes the students feel and react to Tom's horrible, "no way out" situation.  I hope it makes them feel the frustration and anger of Scout, Dill, and Jem.

 

http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=540e87949a69ebeb4eb4

 

This particular video portrayed some of the key information of the plight of the Jews during WW2.  I believe it will be helpful in showing the students not only key points about Anne Frank, but also how a good video project should be constructed. 

 

 

http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=6f970c223de2959268e5

 

I decided to search for something to do with grammar/literary devices, etc.. as eighth graders are supposed to know a lot of this for the PSSA's.  I am always trying to teach students to be careful with nouns and antecedents--they say nouns and what?!  This video portrays the problem with ambiguity through the use of Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First."  Not only could it help students be more careful with their references, but it is thoroughly entertaining which I believe will make students more receptive to the lesson.

 

I do not have a projector in my room to use at my convenience.  I believe I can schedule one for use, but I did not get a response to my email to our tech person.  Today, the new wireless phone system, the smartboards, and some other big ticket items were being installed.  I think that's probably why I have yet to hear back from her!

 

 

 

 

 

Assignment 4

 

1.  Three reasons that podcasting is becoming so popular are that anyone can do it, you can subscribe

     to podcasts which can be captured and watched at your leisure, and there is a variety of gadgetry with

      which you can tune into podcasts.

 

 

2.  No, podcasts work on all sorts of devices.

 

 

3.  No, you can watch podcasts on your computer.

 

 

4.  Three ways in which podcasting differs from traditional broadcasting are it is portable, inexpensive

     to produce and watch, and there is no need for television, antennas, etc.

 

 

5.   As we are currently reading To Kill a Mockingbird in eighth grade, I chose to research podcasts

      about this novel.  One of the podcasts I found was on podcastblaster.com.  This was a podcast

      prepared by a teacher to give additional information on one of the chapters the class had discussed

      in school.  I found it interesting on two levels.  One is that I can listen to another teacher's interpretation

      of the book, and the second is that I could potentially use this myself to supplement class instruction.

     

      The second podcast site I looked at was reelreviewsradio.com.  This podcast was an 11 minute

      overview of the movie, To Kill a Mockingbird.  While I have seen this movie, the website has potential

      because I could research other videos, either on To Kill a Mockingbird or on any other subject we

      may cover.

 

 

      The third podcast was a real gold mine.  It was mediafly.com, and Sissy Spacek was telling the story

      from Scout's point of view.  While the learning support room has the audiotape of this novel, it cost 

      them approximately $100.  By using this podcast, students could listen to the story (any student with

      the right computer set up) for free.   I may check this out with some of my reluctant readers immediately.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assignment 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

              

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assignment 2

 http://delicious.com/TerryBrown53

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDTECH 448

Search Engine Assignment

          I really liked MSN, though I could see myself getting sidetracked on my research because lots of interesting items come up on the webpage. I liked the easy access to other helpful websites. Overall, I would say it’s pretty user-friendly. I am not sure which I liked the least between Yahoo and Google (though I didn’t include Yahoo as one of my three, I am very familiar with it). Even though these two were the ones I had used the most thus far in my internet career, I probably will use MSN and Dogpile more. I think Yahoo and Google are more limited in what I can access through them. Both MSN and Dogpile had links which were easy to access from their sites. I believe both also had more sources available.

Hi, I'm Terry Brown, and I'm a language arts teacher at Northeast Bradford Jr./Sr. High School.  I teach the entire eighth grade class and two classes of General English 12--the joys of a small district!  My husband, Barry (also a teacher at NEB), and I live in the exact geographical center of our school district, along with two dogs and six cats (one of which is mine!).  My son is currently a junior economics major at Mansfield University.  My daughters are currently living in northern VA.  Kristi is an art teacher at Riverbend Middle School in Loundoun County.  Mindi is a nurse at Potomac Hospital.  Since I have been suffering from empty-nest syndrome since my youngest daughter moved out, my long-coated Akita, Kiri Anne, is now my big baby (90 lbs. and still growing!).