Week 5 CEDO 530

This weeks assignments were interesting and very helpful for the classes I teach. I was able to utilize the multimedia rubric assignment to analyze some of the rubrics I use in my digital imaging class. After reading the postings about what makes a rubric good, I realize that my initial attempts at creating them was sub par at best. When I was originally making them I was rushed for time and was more concerned about getting them done. Now with the use of Rubistar and the fact that I dedicated time to the process, I feel that I created a high quality rubric that I will be able to use in the near future.

The next portion, Pecha Kucha, was an interesting feat. It is really hard to narrow my time down to exactly twenty seconds. Is twenty seconds, twenty seconds on the dot? Or does 19.5 seconds count. I know that is going to be a point my students will continually bring up when I try and implement this concept in my class. When all was said and done, through multiple redo's, I feel that my design came out very clear and will be useful next year when I introduce the topic I chose.

Finally, I like the readings about digital camera's and software purchases. I feel like I have some knowledge about the topic as I am a digital imaging teacher, but I realized there is a lot more out there. I always laugh when I go to Best Buy or any other digital camera store and I hear these people try to sell cameras. Half of them have no idea what they are talking about but fortunately for them, they are being paired up with 100% unknowledgable consumers that thinks what ever they spit out is the most fascinating thing. Be careful is all I can say and do your research.

Week 4 CEDO530

This week I really enjoyed working with the Prezi website. While the website was very finicky to work with at the start, after playing around with it I somewhat became a pro. I know the easiest way to have learned it would have been reading tutorials, but that is never fun. I like the concepts on the page and I really think that I can utilize this in my Digital Imaging class because students can host their whole assignments on one page. Fun for students to work with and easy for me to grade.

The Pecha Kucha storyboard was fun because I haven't done it in a while. I reminded myself why I harp on my kids to fill out the storyboard very detailed because it makes the process a lot easier when you go to finish the whole presentation. It will be interesting to create the final Pecha Kucha to the exact time, but it will be something I will have to work with.

Finally, the last chapters of Presentation Zen were very interesting. Gar stressed the idea that you must be able to "present" to your audiences. I totally agree with that because a great powerpoint with a bad presenter is the exact same concept of a bad powerpoint with a great presenter.