June 7th

In Class Discussion:

Audacity is interesting, but I don't foresee using it in the classroom. I might use it to add a more professional voice over to a power point which I then put on Edmondo. It is really cool and seems really intuitive to use, but with that being said even if I did use it for class it is doubtful that I would add intro or background music to my lectures outside of this class I'm not that dashing.

Introduction to Podcasting:

My first thought was wow they went into some serious detail into this article, I don't know if as a teacher I'd be hardcore enough to make my own artwork for a podcast. Also I did not know it was so simple to upload a podcast to the iTunes store back in the day, I would have thought that would have been way more difficult. Makes me a little sad that I didn't get further into podcasts back in there hay day when I was in iTunes.

Sound Resources for Podcasting:

This was a lot of fun to search and find generic sounds for things. It was interesting how many tiny little sounds you could add to things or stack one onto the other to make your podcast more interesting. I found a lot of generic piano riffs I might use for the podcast assignment and a terrifying maniacal laugh that I definitely never want to hear again.

Uses of Edmondo:

It was cool to see all the defferent things you could do in Edmondo. I was aware of the sharing links and social networking side of it from class as well as the app. We even learned about quizzes, but we hadn't learned about Edmondo play which looks like it could have alot of interesting uses especially with elementary students.

What is Schoology?:

This seems very similar to Edmondo. Although it's superficial I like that Edmondo's updates are "notes" it just fits with the school theme more and separates it from other social media. I wonder what apps you can add to schoology and wither they would be of any use. Overall this just seems to be a less polished version of edmondo, but it is cool you can post your grade book on there, I'd imagine you can on edmondo as well, but I haven't seen it yet.

How I would Implement these technologies in class:

To be honest unlike the previous two classes I don't foresee using these technologies that often. If I was hired by a school that preferred to use schoology, of course I would use that instead of edmondo, but if it was up to me I would choose edmondo. I just looks more polished and more intuitive. Although it is really awesome that you can alter all that you can on audacity the only thing I can foresee myself doing with that technology is editing the voice on recorded lectures to take out the errs and umms and maybe add some fun noises if I'm feeling bold.