Movie Maker

Last week we started to talk about the movie maker project. Dr. Baylen said that we could do anything that we wanted. He also said that we would get extra credit if we made him laugh or cry. That got me started to think. The story that would be the easiest and the most emotional for me to write and create is the story of my niece and nephew. The story of their life is one important detail in my life that has been a constant light since the day my niece was born. I have always lived in about twenty minutes away from them until recently. As I have said before I just moved down to school, so I am now five hours away from them. I hate to say that I miss them more than my sister but I talk to my sister every day. My niece does not like to talk on the phone and my nephew is only two so he is just learning to talk. Anyway, I want to tell their story from their point of view. I want to have my niece tell the story until my nephew was born and have him take over the story, read by myself instead of my nephew.

All I want for Christmas is a cyber-tronic chalkboard.

This article is about schools with interactive chalkboards called "smart boards". It is set in Minnesota. Several schools now have smart boards and that many districts now plan to have a smart board in all classrooms.A smart board combines a computer, a projector and a white board into a piece of technology that students and teachers can manipulate with the touch of a finger. And the color, movement, sound and participation all come without messy chalk, stinky dry-erase markers and copies of transparencies.

As I was looking for articles to write about, I found this really interesting article about smart boards. We were discussing the smart board technology in one of my other classes so I was already interested in it. I was very surprised to see this article and pleased that I already knew a little about what they were talking about. It would be nice to teach in a class room that was equipped with the latest technologies such as a smart board.

If you would like to read the article here it is:
http://proquest.umi.com.ezproxy.fgcu.edu/pqdweb?did=1229334111&sid=3&Fmt=3&clientId=8631&RQT=309&VName=PQD