Jing Picture

This post will probably reflect my sentiments in past entries. I had not heard of Jing prior to this assignment. But I was curious after reading Dr. Pierce's rave review of it. So after I downloaded and watched the "How To Capture" stuff tutorial, I jumped right in.

Since I am a snowboard enthusiast and a teacher (let's face it- we all love snow days!), I decided to take an image from www.burton.com I chose a picture from the homepage of a snowboarder. I added the caption " Let it Snow. Let it Snow. Let it Snow". It's just a fun image that reflects my wishful thinking.

Using this program was easy and effortless. The little sun on the border of the screen is out of the way and yet instantly accessible. This would also be easy for students to use to capture images, and of course it will be a great tool for any teacher to add to their PowerPoints, websites, and Interactive whiteboard lessons.

Now I must find a video to capture and post.

Intel Ranking Tool

I was in Group 3 for the team ranking project about the causes of the Civil War. Our ranking was close to Group 4 and Group 6, both of which had a strong positive correlation of 0.70. Group 6 had slavery at the third position while we left it as number one. Group 4 had economic differences as their fourth position, while ours was at the second spot.

I had never used this tool before. While it was interesting to use as a student, I can see how it would be beneficial as a teacher tool. I could survey my class or ask them to rank content items and defend their reasoning. This does allow for higher level thinking skills and for some interesting group work! Now I guess that's my next assignment, so I better start thinking of ideas!