Well to be honest this blog is frustrating me as this is my second attempt this week and the first one truly was lost. I don’t think I would use this site with students, it would be discouraging. I have moodle at school that I would use to do a blog, which does require me to read submissions much like e-pals. Anyhow, I have been working on teaching my son how to use my digital camera for the purposes of the ADDIE assignment. Prior to this week, the only thing he knew how to do was snap a picture, now he knows how to turn it on, zoom, delete bad pictures and I will be teaching him tonight how to download pictures. I think when I get a new camera, I will give him this one. In other technology news, I attended my first webinar this week. The company (Follet) that we use for our library circulation had a new version released in December and the webinar was to show librarians about the new features. I signed into Microsoft Live Meeting about 10 minutes before the webinar was to begin. There was a phone number to dial so we could hear the audio. I put the screen on the Smartboard so my library para could also watch, we put the phone on speaker and we were ready. I really liked this technology. It saved both time (no drive time) and money (no transportation cost) and allowed my para to watch along with me rather than have me explain it all to her second hand. I was able to ask questions during the session via chat. I did have one question and it was answered very quickly and thoroughly. A great experience! Thank you technology!
