Picasa Slide Show

Picasa is a refreshing way to tell a story and add some personality to it. I was able to share an important part of my life by reliving it through story telling. In the classroom Picasa can be used for storytelling both fictional and non fictional. Students can find pictures of their own or pictures of the internet and tell a story about themselves or an assigned topic. It just adds more diversity to the numerous technological advancements that can be added to the classroom. At this point I would say I am fairly comfortable using this program. A little more time working with the program could only benefit my abilities and my comfort level. I enjoyed using the Picasa program to tell my story.

Comic Life Poster

The comic life application has several real life uses for in the classroom. Students could make wanted posters describing famous musicians, political figures, and other important people in whatever they are learning about. Students can also tell stories from their life. They could also make sense of and summarize longer stories, in their own words, on this program as well. Comic life is fun and educational but at the same time allows students to reflect their individuality. Comic life is a fairly easy program to use and I am pretty comfortable with it. 

Digital Video Project

   As a classroom tool, iMovie could be used for many different learning opportunities. Student's could use iMovie to dig deeper into a subject of interest such as Science subjects or a particular sport that a student is involved in. By doing this, students are demonstrating their skills with the program but also being able to individualize their abilities by making their skill personally relatable. Students could also use iMovie as a fun and interesting way of getting involved in a subject that perhaps they would traditionally not find interest in. Students could use iMovie as a way to explore subjects such as English literature or Shakespeare. iMovie is a way to draw in a child's interest by using hands-on learning and allowing students to add their personal flare to it.

At this point I still have a lot to learn about iMovie. I am not completely comfortable with the program yet but plan to by the time I am an intern at an Elementary school. I have a broad sense of how to create simple iMovie's but would love to venture into the unknown and become an expert of sorts.