I created my 1st real Garage Band Creation.  I hope you enjoy it.

I could not upload the song without being in a movie, so I added my kids pictures as a visual.

Part 2 of Bockler_Week 4 AR Reading Assignment

Interactive Whiteboards: Funding & Professional Development
Editorial - Classroom Best Practices
Written by Matt Silverman
Monday, 10 August 2009 00:00

This article discussed the major issue with the use of Interactive Whiteboards in the classroom was obtaining the sufficient funds.  It discussed the alternative ways of completing this and why this technology has received so much media attention. This article does not provide the information pertaining to my subject.

Bockler_AR Reading Week 4

Journal of Special Education Technology

Content Area Applications       Associate Editor’s Column

Windy Schweder, University of South Carolina–Aiken Cheryl A. Wissick, University of South Carolina

Interactive Whiteboards are being used to teach all subject-area content and computer skills to the students. Since most students are big into the gaming world, the hope is that the Interactive Whiteboard and integration of Web access will tap into some of that interest. One of the key effective uses of the Smartboard is to create links to the Internet that can be navigated to by the students. It enables the student direct access to their learning. They can use their finger or the interactive pens to selects the links. Other software such as Inspiration and Creaza can be used for webbing. Flexibility is a major advantage with the Smartboard because instantaneous changes can be made during use.

Flexibility is the greatest advantage of using Interactive Whiteboards. Flexibility on changing gears on the fly and the catering to all students in the classroom. I have a movable Smartboard and like the author states, it is very frustrating for the teacher and students to have to consistently align & calibrate the board.  Mathematics is also very key in being able to model completing a problem on the board and recording the process to be replayed at another time.

Creating a Media Rich Classroom

by Elizabeth Millard

September, 2003

Integrating the technology is not the main issue in utilizing an Interactive Whiteboard in the classroom, it is changing the mind set of “computer phobic” teachers and getting them to use the technology in the classroom. As teachers are opening their minds and classrooms to new technologies, the idea of an Interactive Whiteboard is changing the style of teaching before the members of educations eyes.

Im an artist now!!!

I am feeling very talented now.  I always used a single instrument in the songs I used to create. And now I can create songs with multiple instruments!  I'm cooking now.  Magic Garage Band is very cool. I should have been using that before.  I love it.

Learning GarageBand

I chose to learn more about GarageBand as my last assignment post. Whenever I would use GarageBand, I felt like I was just pushing buttons and it was complete luck if I created something I could use.  I was able to create Podcasts in GarageBand without much difficulty, however, I don't like feeling inadequate in what I am working with.  So this perfectionist is excited about honing in on new skills in GarageBand.

I have learned the interface of the program so that I at least know what the controls are used for.  I can also create songs utilizing the software loops. Its amazing what a difference it makes knowing what all the controls do when you are creating a project.  I won't feel like such an alien when in GarageBand now! On to more GarageBand tutorials!!!

Week 3 AR Reading Assignment

BECTA’s Analysis of Interactive Whiteboard effectiveness

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•Integrating Technology

•Training & Support for teachers

•Engages Students

•Collaboration with other teachers

•Collaboration with other students

•Learning Enjoyment for Students/Teachers

More research can be retrieved from www.becta.org.uk/research/ictm

Use of smart Boards for Teaching

This article presented how Interactive Whiteboards supports many different learning styles in the classroom. It also discussed how effective the Interactive Whiteboards can be to present the lessons in many multimedia forms.  It is found that children retain more efficiently when they can interact with the information. Many would think that the Whiteboards would not be effective with Kindergarten students due to their lack of reading ability.  However, videos, presentations and animation can be utilized to connect the students to the learning. Since the information can be accessed repeatedly, the Interactive Whiteboard is effective in reinforcing ideas.

Preston, C. and Mowbray, L. June, 2008. Use of SMART Boards for teaching, learning and assessment in kindergarten science. Teaching Science, Volume 54, Number 2.

Teachers teaching with SMART Boards

This article was an actual post of a facilitator that journeyed with a team of Elementary Teachers on a quest to find out if an Interactive Whiteboard is an effective teaching tool.  Not all of their questions were answered in the year, however, they were determined to march on to put what they had learned into practice and to keep researching. The one thing that they did discover was that teachers need continual training and support while they learn the new technology. Many teachers are happy teaching the same material in the same manner year after year. There are many benefits to this technology in the classroom that invested time and effort will show to success.

Kuhn, B. April 10, 2010. Teachers teaching with SMART boards. Retrieved July 10, 2010 from http://www.technorati.com.

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