Charm and I were very happy with the way that our website turned out. We both put an incredible amount of time and effort into it and I think that it shows. If we were to do this project over, I would want to develop a clearer vision of what were going to do before going to the conference. Of course, neither of us had ever been to a conference before, so we didn't really know what to expect. I would probably not have spent a full day at one workshop and I would have taken more pictures and video. We did have a few problems with my didgital camera running out of battery power, so that limited what we were able to do. Even so, I feel that we were able to gather and organize a lot of information for our site.
I learned that there's a lot that you can do with websites and that they are a great way to present various types of media on a subject, including text, pictures, video, and links to other sites to include even more information or concrete examples. I feel that I have a good grasp on iphoto and imovie after using them again on this project. I would like to learn if there is another (better?) way to upload video to a webesite. In order to upload our video footage, we had to compress quite small and consequently the quicktime viewer was pretty small as well. Also, I would like to continue to do general experimentation with photo, video, and website programs just to learn more and see what they can do. I liked googlepages, but it had only a limited amount of templates and designs available and I think that other programs give you more options.
Attending the conference also showed me that the issues we have been discussing in 506 are just what we need to be discussing. These issues are so relevent right now that everyone should be discussing them and, I feel, soon will. Our time in Rochester also reaffirmed that I've come a long way since the beginning of the semester when I first labled myself a "mellenial technophobe." Though spending an hour in a workshop that had nothing new to offer me was a little frustrating because of our limited time, it also felt good to be "in the know" (somewhat) when it comes to matters of technology and education.
After my own experience making a website, I feel that it would be a challenging, enjoyable, and very useful project for ELA students. Because you can build a site around anything, and because you can incorporate various media--photos, video, audio, text, etc-- a website project would help students develop and showcase both multimedia and traditional literacies. I would definitely have my students do a website project, and I would probably have them work in pairs because it is a very time-consuming project if it is done well.
In closing, I would like to say that I really enjoyed what everyone did with their projects. It's too bad that we all didn't get to see everyone else's, but from what I did see, it seems as if just about everyone really accomplished something to be proud of. Though this class was challenging and a ton of work, in the end, I am glad that I took it and I feel that I can now meet the rest of the 21st C. head on. Or at least with my head out of the sand.
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Tracie/ Charm,
Your website is excellent. It’s like I’m actually there. Everything is documented so nicely, and it was a great idea to incorporate the video. Excellent presentation in class, even if you were somewhat rushed.
You should try to get in touch with the people who run the official NYSCATE web site. Their conference page totally sucks. Yours is so much more informative, and gives you a sense of what it’s all about. It would be a good promotional move for them to at least link to your site.
-James
Tracie,
Your web site is amazing! It is clear that you not only took the time to attend the conference, but you put A LOT of work into your web site. I feel badly that you guys were so rushed toward the end of your presentation. I feel like you two could have presented for the whole two and a half hours! It's nice that we all have access to your information because of the public web site you used instead of PowerPoint. Thanks for sharing what you learned with us. Good Job!
You spelled "millenial" wrong it's spelled "millennial."
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