As I am preparing for our final project I am feeling very overwhelmed. I feel I am pretty well planned for the podcast we will be doing tonight but I am also nervous. I have chosen to use jing to record my podcast and I am worried about implementing it. It does make me feel a little better that we will have time in class to ask questions but I just hate hearing myself talk; I just need to get over it.
At the beginning of this class I felt very reluctant to blog as well, I think I mentioned that in a previous post, but now I feel very comfortable. It is all about stepping out of out comfort zone and trying new things. I am sure after a couple try's with the podcasting it will feel natural but for some reason I am just nervous!! Hopefully in a couple years I will look back at this post and laugh because it will be a daily process :)
As far a planning and implementing goes for use in my classroom... I am still very reluctant to use some of the web 2.0 tools with math. In my podcast tonight I am planning to do a lot with the tools I have found (posted on my wiki) and then my students will be able to watch it to help them do their own project. If I am not able to use all my web 2.0 tools successfully tonight and get them to do exactly what I want then I will need to rethink everything or just start over!
I feel that for math this process of using the web 2.0 tools must be somewhat easy or the kids will get frustrated and give up. My project is simply a revamp of an old project where students would write everything out and make a poster. I am hoping they will like using the new tools. Another reason I decided to revamp this project is that it is a great real world problem but it is also very complex and difficult for them. I almost hated doing the project because I would have to reexplain myself over and over. The podcast should make this part so much easier because I can just have them watch the podcast again!! And they can do it from home!
So I am keeping my fingers crossed for tonight!! I really want it all to work out.
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That was a good idea to "revamp" and "old" project. Also, you incorporated the podcast where it was needed so it wasn't just technology for "technology's sake"! One of my former students actually has her HS Math students create podcasts explaining mathematical functions.
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