Module 5: Digital Storytelling

Incorporating pod and vod casting in the classroom opens up a world of educational opportunities for the students and is providing a great opportunity for teachers to differentiate the curriculum for their students. Keeping the lessons relevant and maintaining students interests in the subject area is important and through the use of these tools, this is acheivable.

I've used youtube a number of times in the mathematics classroom. It's always good to give the students a different perspective on the topics being taught. Some of the areas I've used it in are introducing Calculus to senior students and showing students the uses of probability in the real world. It's also good sometimes to finish the lesson off with a fun little clip relating to the topic you have been investigating that day. Something like the following clip would be great for peaking the students interest in probability.

Module 4: Using Flickr

Term 2 has begun and the time is here to get back into Web 2.0. This module looked at the use of the Flickr program to upload, edit and display various photos.

There seems to be an endless amount of these photo editing and displaying software programs in the world, with each different photography company using a different one, all basically performing the same function. This didn't seem too different for flickr, which performs most of the same functions. It is good however that it is a web based program and allows easy sharing of the digital images.

Interesting to learn that the photo's I uploaded weren't copyrighted and I am also growing more concerned about my digital footprint, which maybe a concern in the future as I accumulate more and more digital data about myself. What this data is being used for is a concern.

Still, I've included a photo I took in Barcelona on this blog post. Building up the footprint.