I have completed the course survey and course evaluation. Wahoo!

I completed all of the reading and here are the answers to the reading questions:
READING
1. I read the article called "Rated A" by Marvin J. Ashton.
2. I learned a lot about the necessity of technology in the classroom in today's schools because the students are spending all of their time in front of computers at home and so if they are coming to class where there is no technology, then they will zone out. I also learned more about the dangers of cyberchatting and other social networking sites and how so many crimes are being committed daily so it is so important to educate our students about this so that they are staying out of trouble themselves and are more aware of what dangers are even out there.
3. I plan on creating security passwords for certain sites to just protect my children especially from viewing material that is inappropriate. I would also like to maybe show some videos to them about internet safety so that they will use sites like facebook and myspace with more caution.
4. I already have shown some of my siblings a few of the videos that I had to watch and I would like to keep these sites to then show my classroom students as well as my own future children.
WATCHING
1. I watched the BYU's illustration Faux Paw video and also watched several of the videos on technology in the classroom from the PBS Frontline site.
2. I want to teach my future students about the dangers of social networking sites. The most important thing that I learned was how emotionally damaging they can be. I had no idea the prevalence of internet pornography and usage and how many young children are involved in it. It's scary how many people, guys and girls, young and old, are sending and receiving pornographic photos.
DOING
1. I talked with my 13 year old brother and my boyfriend
2. I showed them the frontline videos about identity and social networking sites. They both thought that they were informative in a positive way. They learned the importance of using technology in the classroom that is engaging and entertaining because I will be working with a student base that is technologically savvy. My younger brother said that he hates seeing all the nasty pictures that girls put up and so he liked the video about self expression because it helped him to understand better the reasons girls do it and how damaging it can be based off of the comments that people leave.

Okay, so I kind of changed my project slightly just because I decided to use a Mac instead of a PC and so I used iMovie on the Mac and made a video of the process of designing/making a prop. The students could use this same idea for their scenes at the end of the year and just compile them to create a portfolio/DVD of their work. I wanted to do this video because it shows that this can also be used for the Theatre Design students and not just the actors by showcasing some of their working/designing abilities on film to then also create a video portfolio. This project uses technology that will be useful to several of the students who plan on going out into the real world pursuing a career in acting or design. I would teach them first what material is essential for their portfolios and then do a step by step run through on a projection screen of how to use the program iMovie or even Windows Movie Maker. This would cover the technology, pedagogy, and content with this project. Here is my final project!

My Content Specific Technology Integration Project IDEA

The idea that I had for my project is to have my students learn how to film a live performance and then edit it using Windows Movie Maker. This is the Utah Core Curriculum requirement that it meets:
THEATRE FOUNDATIONS III
Standard 3 (Designing/Implementing): Students will use the basicelements of design.
Objective 2TECHNOLOGY Investigate the technical skills required to execute a design.
Articulate the technical skills required to implement a designconcept; i.e., from the viewpoint of set, costuming, lighting, sound,make-up, and props. Explain how electronic technology might enhance a dramatic presentation.
What I would have them do is have them film all their scene performances throughout the semester and then at the end of the year they would need to compile them together and create a CD that has all of their classwork on it. This way they have an actual visual portfolio of their acting work that they can then use for scholorship and college applications as well as other auditions. What I will be turning in for my final project is just a sample video of a scene that I recorded in an acting class that I will have edited using Windows Movie Maker.

I didn't really prefer using one or the other but it was cool to finally learn how to use the video message tool on facebook. It was also nice being able to chat face to face with my friend on Skype. This could be a great tool in my future classroom for having webinars with my students or even for a better communication tool for parents who are unable to come in for a parent/teacher conferences.

The difference between TPACK and TPK is that TPACK is technological pedagogical and content specific knowledge whereas TPK is just technological and pedagogical knowlege. In my discipline of theatre TPACK seems that it would be more helpful to the students in learning more about my content area and TPK would just be something fun and interesting for them to do. It might be teaching them a cool new technological tool but it doesn't help further their knowledge on the subject area.
In theatre, an example of TPACK would be teaching the students how to use a sound editing program to create the sound clips for a play that they are designing. This would be TPACK because it includes pedagogy in teaching how to do it, technology in using a software program to edit the sound clips, and content of utilizing sound clips in a theatrical production. An example of TPK would be having the students create a slideshow with their pictures and videos from the class at the end of the year. Again this would include teaching and using technology, and pedagogy in the way that it was introduced to the students, but it lacks in having something content related.

Week 4

This week I learned a lot about how to create my own classroom website on pbworks. I learnd how to edit a photo using the picknic website and then also learned how to embed it on the website. I really enjoyed learning how to use survey monkey and then how to embed it onto my class website. Similarly it was so cool to finally know how to utilize the free tools that Google provides such as the calendar, chat, and documents. That will be so great in the future now that I know how to share those with others using internet tools. The most difficult thing to me to learn was just the iframe jargon. I don't understand html or whatever you call it so it was nice that you just told us what to write. I also had some trouble with embedding a video from youtube. For some reason, after I posted the link and then finished adding text and other things, when I saved it the video showed up twice for some reason. I finally figured it out but it took me a while. I think that the most valuable thing that I see myself using in the future is Survey Monkey. The site made it sooooooo easy to set up and I can view the results when I want to and edit it just the same. I love it.