Adobe Photoshop

For my picture I changed the background using the paint fill tool.

I chose different colors for the diferent spaces.

I created the photo layout using one photo with rough edges.

I added the text.

I wanted bright bold colors because I think the expression on her face calls for that.

Class Blogspot

Beverly-handmadebyheart.blogspot.com
Cyndi- cyndi-pepper.blogspot.com
Sharon-s-turner.blogspot.com
Baria- brooklynraisedme.blogspot.com
Rachel- soledad-nanna.blogspot.com
Keith- thoughtsandmemoriesofamadman.blogspot.com
Margo-margohuskey.blogspot.com
Tamara-tamaraespnosa.blogspot.com
Allison Brown- stampqueen1.blogspot.com
Kristle Banks- southernthundercloggers.blogspot.com
Leslie- nordmann-leslie.blogspot.com
Allison Bate Hardy- potterschick.blogspot.com
Jennifer- fiddlesticksrock.blogspot.comwww.myspace.com/fiddlesticksrock
Ashley- mcanly.blogspot.com

Beyond Presentation using PowerPoint as an Effective Instructional Tool

There is a difference between using PowerPoint and using it effectively.
Technology can help differentiate instruction. Many times teachers get caught up in thinking that programs are so complex that they don't think about how they could use it in their instruction. Technology can provide more intellectual engagement with the content they are learning. Teachers need to adapt the use of technology to their style and their curriculum.
Teachers need to be the facilitator and students the investigators. Teachers should provide opportunities for students to understand how the concepts, principles and skills to work to make meaning and to be useful.
PowerPoint Applications for instruction.
-Advance organizers
-Review tool- games
-Introduce new concepts
-Enrichment tool- open students' minds to the possibility of further study through hyperlinks
-Learning centers- give students choices of where their learning goes through the use of the action buttons
-Assessment tool- multiple choice tests with use of the action buttons
-Step by step manual or a work at your own pace tutorial
Many times teachers make PowerPoint less effective because they dump too much information into the shows or add to many bells and whistles that distract students. There needs to be a balance between the information provided and the activity on the PowerPoint. Teachers need to make it a part of the teaching not to do the teaching for them.

My Goals for GARTS 6008

1-I really want to learn more about blogging so that I can use it in my class for communicationg with both students and parents.
2-I would like to be able to edit photos to make them more attractive and learn what digital scrapbooking is all about.
3-I want to be a more effective researcher.

The Underworld Visual by www.PDImages.com

Born into Brothels by Zana Briski

What a moving movie. It was amazing to see what one woman was able to do for the children. To think that she had no inentions of woking with the children when she started her work in India. It all started by teaching them about photography. In the end she had made such a difference in the lives of these children. The one who said he didn't have "hope" is now in a school that has the word "hope" in it's title and will soon be coming to America to study art. She worked to get the children in a place where they could see hope and a way out of the life they once thought they were destined to stay in just like their mothers and grandmothers. You could see such a difference in their feelings about thier futures.
The children's compostions and there thoughts about their work was really interesting. The creativity that they showed with their photography was inspiring. It makes me want to be more creative with the pictures I take everyday. I loved this movie and can't wait to share it with my sister. Her undergraduate degree was in journalism and photography and she is now working on her masters in education.