Blog Reflection #6

Blog Reflection #6 – Can you hear me now?

This week has shed some light on how much I don’t know about technology.  I want to know it all and just need to spend more time learning it.  The podcast seemed so easy and cool when I read and watched all the podcast.  I watched a couple of ones on the class wiki and got some ideas then went to do it.  It wasn’t that easy for me.  However I do see the need for the podcast in the classroom and/or life.  The podcast gives the personal touch to a lesson or idea.  Children today are all in television and/or games.  The podcast is like a television show so it is like learning and watching a movie at the same time.  They probably don’t even know they are learning anything.  It also has the idea that the person speaking is with you, making it more personal.

I started using Snagit but couldn’t figure it out.  I then went to Jing because I saw that several people on the Wiki were using Jing.  I still had a hard time figuring out Jing too.  I like Jing now though because it moves directly to Screencast.  I also had a problem with putting the pages together with my voice to make the actual podcast.  It was difficult but I will keep working with it after this class and hopefully I can get it down well enough to use in class when I start teaching.  I grew up in a poor family and have made so much out of what I have with hard work.  Technology has so much to learn but I know I can get it.  I know if I get my mind to something I want.  It happens.  I really want to learn all that I can about education and educational technology and be a great and up-to-date teacher.