Week 8 Reflection

This week I worked on making a Podcast.  I learned a lot about Audacity and making a podcast.  I learned how to record my voice and what I wanted to say.  I was taught how to bring in music files to add to the podcast.  In Audacity, I learned how to make effects to the sounds on the podcast.  After I was done recording everything, I was taught how to export the file into an mp3.  This week I also made a concept map.  I knew how to make concept maps, but I never made one one bubbl.us, so I learned how to use bubble.us.

The four ISTE standards met this week are Model Digital-Age Work and Learning, Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments, Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity, and Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership.  Model Digital-Age Work and Learning was shown by communicating the information on the podcast because I am communicating work with a digital tool.  Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments was used because I had to take information I knew and convert them into a type of digital tool.  Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity was shown by using the concept map to show my thinking, planning, and creative process since I had to web my information.  Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership was shown by looking at podcasts and creating podcasts other could use.

I know that concept mapping will be a good thing to use in my classroom in the future.  It will help me organize units and what routes I could go. I could also make a concept web with the students to learn about something.  The podcast would also be useful to help students learn a topic.  I also think it would be fun to have students create podcasts on a topic.