#13 Dive Into United Streaming

What I liked about the United Streaming site was the incredible number of audio and video resources available. What I disliked about the site is that there didn't seem to be much in the way of voc/tech resources, at least not compared to other subjects areas. Also some of the clips I tried to watch had sound problems.

In the end I picked a video called "Careers for the Twenty First Century: Production Occupations" and watched the segments on woodworking and welding as it relates to both tech/ed and careers, two areas I'm involved in.

Its hard to argue with the general statement that video from United Streaming can be an effective supplement and have a high probability of improving learning. The potential certainly exists though it would depend on the particular application and how it was used by the teacher.

Lesson #12 (Explore the Library)

Fantastic the way you have all that organized. I'm glad for the chance to learn what resources there are on line and some of the potential for adding websites or databases used in a particular class. Its nice to know I can search our library without ever leaving my desk. Thanks, Mike

Moodle (week 5; lessons 9-11)

Once again I can see much potential in this week's topic (Moodles). Clearly this would be a perfect place to create an online course. I'm thinking this would be a good place for me to try posting my Senior Seminar class. Right now I have all of the assignments on a CD that I give the kids. Most of them put them on a jump drive but there are still a few problems with some students not having jump drives or losing them.

If I had it all on line they could always access the course content from wherever they happen to be. Also if they were absent they could just look at the class calendar and keep on going much like I've been doing in this class.

I also like the idea that I could update or modify assignments as necessary without having to get the new data to everyone in the class.