Week 7 (i-movie)

1.) Describe your assignment.
Our assignment was to come up with an educational invention or device which can be used in the classroom. We decided to come up with a pen called AA pen. This is called Academic Amazing Pen. Basically the device is whenever students use it, it instantly transfers to the teacher's computer. This would be easier for the teacher to quickly see what students are writing.

2.) What features did you use in i-movie to enhance your video?
We used captions for our first part of the movie. We had different ways to show how the words will display and how it will pop up. We also found the music online and added to the video clip. We also use the microphone to record our voices, saved it, then added to the place where we wanted the voices to play.

3.) What did you like/dislike about i-movie?
I liked how we are able to edit cut out and add different parts to the video clip. I didn't really like the way how when we chose a template that we wanted to use in the i-movie, we couldn't change some words we had to just use the ones that was there. So we decided not to use that template.

4.) Would you use it in your classroom? If so, how? Give other example lessons.
Yes. I would ask students to perform or role-play a story or their favorite part of the story. I can also have students film each other like an interview having interview questions and acting it out. (The assignment can be interviewing a profession that you want to become.)

5.) How did you like using the flip-cams? pros&cons
Flip cams were helpful because we were able to use the zoom in, zoom out, and the resolution was pretty good. It wasn't as useful because the flip-cams did not have the "pause" button.

6.) Give an overall rating of this assignment.
Overall rating of this assignment would be 8 out of 10.

Week 6 (Quiz and rubric software)

In class we created an online quiz which other classmates had a chance to answer the questions. I didn't thought that this website can be used as a tool for students in the classroom. First we had to input questions and the multiple choices of answers about the sun. Then we switched with our classmates and took their quiz. This can be used in a real classroom except if it's take-home then students will cheat by having another page open and looking through or reading it again to find the answer. Other than that this is an interesting tool that teachers may be able to use integrating technology. 

Week 5 (Pixton)

In class we were introduced to Pixton. This was a site where we were able to create comics by adding characters, words, bubbles, pictures, and other elements. Our topic was about technology so our group decided to use an alien for our main character. It was a little difficult to drag things and trying to make the size the right size you want it because once you move or change the size everything follows that and changes. This is a great tool teachers can use because this can motivate students and engage students because they love comics and being on the computer. Creating comics themselves with a topic or theme given can be highly effective for they will be using their imagination and creativity. Overall, it was fun.