Throughout the course Multimedia and Web design for education I was able to learn about some valuable tools that I can use to truly enhance my course. Using these tools I can one enhance my own lessons, help enhance my fellow teachers lessons and help students enhance their own projects. Some of the great tools I was able to learn and build knowledge on were Audacity, Movie Maker and GIMP. These tools have really enhanced my abilities as a Teacher to create high quality presentations for my classroom or for the school. Using these tools I will be able to help my administration with high quality media for their presentations or to create lessons for my students that will truly grab their attention.
The best lesson I was given in the class however was how to create a Webquest. The ability to create a lesson that is differentiated for the benefit of my students as well as student driven, will provide for the best results of this lesson to shine. Having already used the Webquest in my U.S. Government course, I found that students were highly engaged in the topic and that the lessons branched out in so many directions ensuring that the standards were not only met but exceeded. I will definitely in the future advise other teachers how to create similar Webquests in their class, while creating others for my classes to accomplish the same goals in my other courses.
Overall I was given great tools from this course to not only enhance the quality of my course but to make my course more relevant to my students. This will help student’s motivation in my course and will therefore help improve their ability to acquire the objectives in the course. I also feel that these tools help give me the ability to assist other teachers bring these same lessons to their class and help my school climb the educational gap.
The best lesson I was given in the class however was how to create a Webquest. The ability to create a lesson that is differentiated for the benefit of my students as well as student driven, will provide for the best results of this lesson to shine. Having already used the Webquest in my U.S. Government course, I found that students were highly engaged in the topic and that the lessons branched out in so many directions ensuring that the standards were not only met but exceeded. I will definitely in the future advise other teachers how to create similar Webquests in their class, while creating others for my classes to accomplish the same goals in my other courses.
Overall I was given great tools from this course to not only enhance the quality of my course but to make my course more relevant to my students. This will help student’s motivation in my course and will therefore help improve their ability to acquire the objectives in the course. I also feel that these tools help give me the ability to assist other teachers bring these same lessons to their class and help my school climb the educational gap.