Week 3 Blog

We learned even more new and useful information today (1/17/2012) in EDCT 203. Today we learned to edit pictures, upload pictures, make movies, and add music and sound to our presentations through the Picasa 3 program. Much of this information is easy to understand and figure once it is explained and demonstrated. This program is a great resource that I had not heard of prior to this class. Today's information built upon what we have been learning and practicing throughout the course of the past three weeks in EDCT 203. I could use the Picasa program in my lessons as a future Language Arts teacher. Using this as an interactive approach would be helpful to students who have varying learning styles because it goes "outside the box." Everything we are learning supports a multi-sensory teaching approach, namely in the area of modern technological advances. Becoming familiar in this program helps me achieve several of the ISTE standards through lifelong learning, the ability to design developmentally appropriate learning opportunities for students through the use of modern technology, and apply technology to increase productivity. I learned how to make student learning even more exciting and engaging for students through the use of the program, Picasa. The Picasa program is very beneficial to me as a future educator. There are so many ways to make learning even more fun and engaging for students through the use of technology within the classroom. I look forward to all the new and innovative things we will be learning about throughout the rest of the EDCT 203 course.