Final Posting- Project is almost done!

Hi Everyone! The only thing left to do on my project is finish up typing my report. It was been a rewarding experience not only for me to learn about the different types of social media uses and the cool things they can do, but also to share that knowledge with others. That is what I hope to do in the future, so I was glad that I was able to jumpstart this goal through this course. I hope everyone has a great holiday break and rest the semester!

And so it goes!

Hello Everyone! So I had my presentation on Wednesday, and while I enticed with free food, only two particpants showed up. However, I wasn't going to let that rain on my parade- we had a good time! The students there were actually really interested in using the technology in the classroom, and found the activities really fun, and I enjoyed doing them along with them! Here's a picture of our word wall we made as an introductory activity:

Now to work on the analysis part and finish up this project!

Tomorrow's the Big Day!

Hi Everyone! So tomorrow is the big day- I present to my participants tomorrow! I hope that I have a great group of people. Today, I'm putting the finishing touches on my Prezi Presentation and make sure I have all my components together to make sure that my presentation goes smoothly. I'll be back later this week with comments on how it went!

Spread the Word!

Hey Everyone!

Since I was able to make this awesome flyer with Piktochart, I thought I would share it with you as well! I have a couple projects I'm using the flyer for besides my IDT 516 one. Hope you like it!

Update #2

Hi Everyone!

I hope everyone has had a great week! While I have been busy, I did take some time to refine some parts of my lesson plan- Thanks for your input! I've also been working on creating my post lesson survey. I'm using my favorite new tool Google Forms to create it, as I love how all the responses fall into one place. I hope to have more updates in the next couple days as well. It's all starting to take shape!

Rough Draft!

Hi Everyone!

I know it's almost Thanksgiving Break, and I am feeling ready for a break, but I wanted to put this out here for everyone to give feedback. Here is a link to my rough draft of my lesson- let me know what you think!

My Rough Draft!

Update #1

Hi Everyone!

So now that I've got the ball rolling on my project, these past couple of days I have secured locations, dates, and times to complete my lessons. Now I must work on marketing to my student population so that they will attend! Do you have any suggestions on how to market/advertise to get people to attend presentations? I am going entice with free food and bright posters all over the music department, but any other suggestions would be gladly welcomed!

Also, I'm beginning to work on my lesson plans, and determining the best fit for how to tie in music educator standards and teacher technology standards into the curriculum- this way it is beneficial for the students.

Finally, I'm working on developing the actual activities. I'm so glad that we have done some research on my topics in this class, so I already have a great foundation to work on.

Hope Everyone has a great week!