My Xtranormal Video

1st Day of School
by: KNadolson

Interacting with student
In this video, I am greeting a little girl who comes into class early. We introduce ourselves and discuss what she did on her summer vacation. We talk about some of the things we will be doing in class and then she heads to her desk as the other students arrive.

Picmonkey

It was fun to play around with Picmonkey.  I am sure my students will really enjoy it.  I changed the coloring to give it an antique look and added the overlays.  I chose the hearts since it is close to Valentine's Day.  I wrote Happy Valentine's Day on the bottom, but it was a poor choice of font.  My own children will have fun using this to make silly pictures of themselves and their friends.

Ohio DL Schools

   After looking at the five Ohio DL schools, I would choose Ohio Connections Academy if I was going to have my child do an online school.  They were the only e School that was rated excellent in 2010 by the Ohio Department of Education.  ODE's report card has shown two successive years of adding more than a year of academic growth for each student.  When I am making decisions about an investment, I like to see what others have to say about it.  Looking at this website, I see that 90+% of the families involved with OCA agree that the curriculum is high quality, that their children are satisfied with the program, the parents are satisfied with the teacher helpfulness and they would recommend the school to others.  I also like that they have field trips, clubs and other activities so the children involved can interact. 

   The e School that would be the last choice for my child is Virtual Community School.  I know the website is not the important part in deciding on a school, but theirs was not appealing.  I did not like that they were advertising a free laptop to promote their school. When reading about the school, it seemed that it was geared to students who had some reason they could not attend the public school, such as a physical or learning handicap or behavioral issues.  It did not seem to sell the idea that students should participate in this school because they will get a better education than in their public school.    

The Online Disinhibition Effect

This was very challenging for me. I was not familiar with how this worked, therefore I was very slow, while Melissa is very strong with her computer skills and quick. I felt like I was a beginner on the piano playing Mary Had a Little Lamb while Melissa was playing a piece from Mozart. I was very pleased with the end result. I really liked this assignment, so in my own "slow" time, my husband and I made one using OSU as our theme. This was fun to learn.

My Pipl Search

I was surprised by some of the information that I found in my search.  Every place I have lived was listed.  I was surprised to see some very minor events that I have been involved in on there.  One listing was not accurate.  It had some of my information including my husband's name, but also had a place in which I have never lived along with names of people I do not know. The only things I did not like that were on there were the names of my children and my phone number.  It only had two of my children, so if that is because they are of adult age, I am okay with that.  I do not have more of an online presence than I expected. 

My Presentation

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Rd4ZSOSbxLRKotgQqXCsLclgcygIQXKc0AkjYLfWVFQ/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

My intended audience is potential employers.  I created my presentation in a way that my students would also enjoy it.  The content is to show my background, my interests and my experience with working with and teaching young children.
I used Powerpoint, because I have never created a presentation before and thought I might have questions that my children could answer since they have used the program.  I regret using it, because it ended up being very difficult for me to add to my blog. Also, after moving it to Google Drive, I lost some of the creativity that I initially had.   

Typing Test Results

Words Per Minute Test Your Typing Speed is 26 Words Per Minute. You typed 6 incorrect words. Your gross typing speed is 32 words per minute. Your accuracy is 81%.