Hello everyone, 

This is my podcast.  What I’ve tried to do is connect my first lesson plan, where I use the video game Rock Band to teach a lesson on comparing examples of music genres, with the Book I chose to read:  Googled – The End of the World as We Know it.   This song is actually recorded from a YouTube video where two people are playing REMs, 'The End of the World As We Know It (teotwawki) using the Rock Band 3 video game.  

Please enjoy.

REMs TEOTWAWKI

The Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

This methodology is commonly used in software development, but it can also be used to create other types of projects.

No matter what class I taught in the past, students always questioned why they had to learn one thing or another.  One of the classes I taught during my student teaching was Computer Applications, which included Excel, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Word.  I attempted to use a pun in this comic to get my point across about learning.  Students always appreciate a good pun - even if it is corny.  Teachers can use Pixton in the classroom to allow students to reflect on their own learning.  Students can create exit tickets before leaving the classroom, for instance. 

Pictures can say a thousand words. . .

When I saw this picture online I just had to post it to my blog.  I LOVE dogs -  especially when they're doing something out of the ordinary.  This dog seems to have complete trust in his owner and is comfortable riding in the basket.  We should give dogs more credit for their abilities.  Very cool picture.  

This is a picutre of our cat Perl.  Perl cannot be trained and does her own thing all the time.  She is very unpredictable.  She allows us to live in her world when she decides to tolerate us.

I used Picozu to edit Perl's picture.  Picozu offers a number of options for editing.  In my version, I was able to add a frame, a tecturing option called 'disco', and an option called 'noise', which gave the picutre a grainy look.  I think students would use this tool because it allows for creativity.  Teachers can use this tool in technology classes, for instance, if students are desiging graphics for video games.  The tool is intuitive and requires little effort to learn.