Need To Know Attribute Maps Presentations

What a good night we had last night! The class presented their Need To Know Attribute Mapping Presentation.  All of them were GREAT! First, Bill, Jess, and Kim did an excellent job with their facilitation.  Their introduction and conclusion were complete and right to the point.  It was good group effort, and of course, Billy's creativity paid off once again.  The individual projects were so good.  I like them all! Some of them even have links with extra information about the project, which I didn't even think about.  They look neat and very professional.  Also, it was very interesting to see how, even though we were all coming up with the same ideas, we expressed them in a very different way.

This is my Need To Know Concept Mapping

We started with the tool time presentations, but we didn't have enough time for everybody.  I have to say that I really, really liked Audra's Qwiki tool time.  I immediately downloaded to my iPhone.  I showed it to my daughters, and they also like it a lot.  I think that it is a nice application to share pictures with family and friends of different events, such as birthdays, graduations, a nice hang out with family and friends, weddings (right Audra), and any party that people do through the holidays.  However, it is also an application that can be used in the work environment.  For example, people can use it if they need to go to a different location to do research or any type of evaluation, for example.  They can take pictures, do a Qwiki, and transfer it to er is Prezi or PowerPoint, for example, and prepare a very nice presentation.  Stockton, for example, could use it when they do their open houses.  They could take pictures of every step and posted on the website, so that new students and parents can get familiar with the college and where they need to do and go during the opening house, so that when it is their time, it runs easier and smoothly for them.  I am sure there are many other ways in which this application can be used.  Thank you Audra!

I was one of those who didn't have the chance to present a tool time last night, but I will do it next week. 

Last night, the facilitators for the next concept mapping, self-concept, were assigned.  Audra and I will be working on it.  She is extremely creative, and I am confident that we will put together a very nice project. 

Well, in the meantime, please feel free to visit the following links.  They have a variety of web 2.0 tools that can be very helpful for the creation of your tool times. 

10 Free Web 2.0 Tools and How to Easily Use them in Your Classroom

Web 2.0 Teaching Tools

Five Free Web 2.0 Tools to Support Lesson Planning



Simple and Free Web 2.0 Tools to Improve Student Engament (See Video Below)

See you next week....

Root Tracing Project Presentations: From Pedagogy to Androgogy

Groups presented their Root Tracing Assignment:  From Pedagogy to Androgogy last night.  It was very interesting to see how all of us used different applications and approaches to prepare our project.  All of us were able to gather plenty of information.  It was good that each of the groups brought something different, so they didn't sound redundant.  Projects were informative, interactive, and fun.  Despite some of the technical difficulties some of us had, I really enjoyed all of them!

My group (Elizabeth, Marquita, and Johana) used Timetoast to do the timeline.  It was our first time using this application, and we loved it.  It was glad to see that some of the students liked it as well and ask us where to find it.

Our Timeline

Last night, we also talk about some of the Andragogy attributes and how they were applied in our projects.  Dr. Ackerman also explained our next assignment.  For our next class, we need to prepare an individual concept map to reflect one of the attributes.  There will be two facilitators:  Bill and Jessica, who will be in charge of the introduction and closing of each of the projects.  I am sure it will be very interesting as well.

I found very helpful information in how to do a concept map, and I would like to share it with you.  Have fun!

How to Create a Concept Map

How to Make a Concept Map

How to Make a Concept Map with Google Docs Drawings (Video)

Well, I am sure that we all have something in mind that we are going to use to do our concept map for next week.  And, I am also sure that they will be very good as well.

Until next week...





Root Trace Update, Voki, Xtranormal, and a Couple of Hearts

"Hi Everybody! It's me, Johana.  Please pretend you are listening to me right now. 

Believe me...it works.  Here I go...."

We started our class this week by giving an update of our root trace group assignment.  We exchanged information about the status of our research, as well as the considered methods for our presentations and to do the timeline.

In addition, we talked about Voki and Xtranormal, which are two great tools for creating avatars.  Unfortunately, we were not able to fully enjoy Voki due to registration issues; however, we were at least able to create an avatar and share it through WIMBA.  Once again, things that we can do with technology...

Our In-Class Assignment was to create (as a group of three) a one minute voki that represents our philosophy of learning.  So, the avatar, or avatars created by each group needed to somehow resemble the philosophy of learning of each of the members of the group.  It was very fun creating the avatar and looking at the ones that were created by the rest of the class.  As Dr. Ackerman indicated, that is a great tool for our wildcard exercise. 

My group consisted of Elizabeth, Tara, and of course, me.  It was nice working with them.  I really enjoyed Tara's avatar, which was basically representing the learning philosophy from the teacher's perspective, and the one that Elizabeth and I created, which represented the learning experience from the learner's perspective.  However, somehow we lost our avatar and were having difficulties redoing it, so Elizabeth made another one little quick, and we were able to present.  While we were working on the assignment, we discussed that kids are basically forced to study; whereas, adults has the desire to go to school. and they feel that way because they believe that adult learning can give them better promotions, a bigger salary, and/or better career opportunities.

Also, during class, Darnley couldn't stop eating fudge.  There I was trying to eat healthy (an orange) and she was trying to force me to have a HUGE piece of fudge.  At the end, Dr. Ackerman needed to take it out of her hands...(just kidding, lol).  But, yeah, Darnley like it alright...lol

Awww...and also this week, Audrea spoke a little bit about her engagement with Jack.  As a matter of fact, I made them something special, lol.  The "I did it!" means that "me, Johana" created it, lol...just want to get credit for it, lol...(just kidding about the credit, but I really did it, lol). 

By the way, Audrea might be looking at this things for the weeding soon, so I thought I could share some websites with her.

Wedding Dresses, Wedding Planning Tools, and Ideas

The Brides Project

I would like to share with you and article that I found very interesting and helpful for those who need to prepare a training session for adults.  I think you will love it! It is called Adult Learning Considerations.  You might want to read it.  It is very informative.

"So, what you think? You heard me, right? See...I told you it will work...

Well, until next time...."