I would definitely be interested in implementing e-books into my classroom, if the resources were available. E-books would open far greater opportunities for a Language Arts class. With these tools teachers can download a greater number of texts for a smaller cost and the iBooks app allows students to annotate the text without collateral damage to the work like marking up an actual text would create. Another upside to an e-book is that digital editions of books do not suffer the same wear-and-tear that books do from everyday abuse (bent covers, missing pages, etc.). Therefore the school would not have to reorder books as frequently.
For the Photostory project I used iMovie. I used this program because my computer was already equipped with it. Also, I have created a few iMovie projects in the past and felt like it was best to work with a program that I was comfortable with.
Thus far the projects from class have been informative. For the most part I have enjoyed them and felt like I've walked away with a greater understanding of the technology that is available to teachers. My only qualm about some of the projects is that much of the material seems geared towards a juvenile level. As a secondary education major, learning about asking plot questions for children's books and things of that nature sometimes is frustrating just because I don't feel as if those skills will apply as much. But I also recognize that the secondary education majors are far outnumbered by elementary and early childhood education majors and therefore see the necessity to gear lessons toward dealing with younger students.
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