Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Movie Maker Reflection


Prior to this assignment, I had never used the Movie Maker program. Until I was instructed to search for the program on the task menu I never knew it was on my computer. This program is a clever method that could be used for students to show what they know about a novel or other material. Most certainly a method I had never thought of before. Once beginning the assignment I felt the rogram would be a breeze. I was able to move around the software without instruction. Then all of a sudden, in the middle of my work, the computer froze and I lost all material. THis occurred numerous times to not only me, by also my classmates. Once I was at home working on it, I found it difficult to sve the information correctly. My pictures were missing when I save them to the removeable hard drive and the titles were not in the correct places once I switched computers. After mounds of frustration, I completed my assignment. I wish that there was amore instruction on how to use the program. Otherwise, I see how the use will be helpful in my future classroom.

Useful Teaching Sites

Here are some websites for middle school book lists:

Also, if you want to read up on ELL articles:

THESE ARE JUST SOME WEBSITES I HAVE USED ON THE ENGLISH EDUCATION PATH. I HOPE THEY ARE USEFUL.

Monday, September 17, 2007

Another Website I use




I have been using this site a ton this semester.

Great Website!

I decided to use my blogger account to make note of teaching websites... and other materials I found useful.

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/

This site I am going to use for teaching ideas for novels. This semester in particular I am using the site for Of Mice and Men.