Podcast!

Since I had no idea what topic to choose, I did a brief introduction of my interests and enjoyments!

Web 2.0 Project

Krista and I have "Web 2.0" as a topic for our group project. Here is our powerdoc!
http://www.box.net/shared/vzh3h7mp30

For our web 2.0 budget, we went a little extravagant. The spreadsheet includes the cost of 17" macbooks for each student, a wacom bamboo tablet for each, as well as the divided cost of flying Mark Zuckerberg to Missoula and providing catering. This is going to be one awesome seminar on web 2.0.
The spreadsheet!

As for the questionnaire, it's all pretty simple. Be sure to watch the video hyperlinked on our powerdoc in order to answer some of these questions! Thanks! The survey

Smartboard video

Google Earth Tour

http://www.box.net/shared/nf4sv49lc2

Bloggity II

And we are halfway through the second week of school! Sha-bam! Making the movie for our first project was pretty fun, though frustrating at times. I couldn't quite figure out how to do both music and voice, so I opted for the music, using selections from some of my favorite soundtracks. I know a lot of people did autobiographies and heart-wrenching personal tales, but I opted for a slightly more humorous approach. My personal tale encompasses about thirty minutes of my life, but they were a very important thirty minutes. Though the video doesn't address this, I DID end up talking to my dad after the last cow I saw on our way into Spokane, WA. I didn't think that was as much fun as far as endings went, though.
Anyways, we're starting on our public service announcements today, and that should be pretty fun :)

Bloggity

I haven't blogged consistently since the tender age of fourteen, so I may be a bit rusty on blog protocol. I think introductions are part of the deal, though. My name is Alissa Smith, and I'm an English Education major at The University of Montana. I've wanted to teach high school English since before I even entered high school, and I'm so excited that I'm so far along my journey to achieving that goal. I'm technically a junior now, and will be a senior (aah!) come fall. Plans after college are a little hazy, but I think I may take two years off to teach English in Japan. That culture has always been a huge interest of mine, and gosh, it'd be really really cool.I'm planning on someday returning to college to get my masters in either literature or education. My highest dreams include getting a PhD in science fiction and publishing a novel, but I'm focusing on my immediate future right now.
As for this particular class, I would love to find multiple ways to use technology in my classroom effectively. I know that not everyone (especially high school students) find classic literature as riveting as I do, so programs and techniques that could make learning more interesting and interactive would be invaluable.
I cannot express how important it is to me that my future students enjoy (or at least pay attention to) my class. I could use a lot of help, though. :)