Week 4 of CEdO535 - Google site, podcasting, and Twitter

I started my Google site for my classroom this week. It is still a work in progress, but I am done with two classes so far. I teach six different high school classes over the course of a school year, so I have my work cut out for me! I would like this to be fully functioning site by the time I am finished with it. We have been given two weeks to complete this assignment, however to be fully functional I think it will take me longer to perfect it and make it exactly how I want it to be.

I am struggling to complete my five required tweets for the paper that is due this week. I don't feel as though I have that much to say and I feel like I am forcing myself to come up with intelligent tweets to add. I don't think I am using twitter to my full advantage at this point. Professionally, I could follow people who would give helpful links or lead me to tools or information that could be useful in my classroom. I think I need to spend more time with it to see what I can do with it.

After creating my screencast with Screenr, I found out how easy screencasts are. I think the biggest downfall of Screenr is that it is restricted to five minutes. I could see myself talking for much longer than five minutes on some lessons. I also have used eyejot and also found it easy to use. I would definitely need to investigate some other tools to see which I like best and which I would be able to use effectively.