My EDM 310 Blog Assignments are Now Complete.

Hello EDM 310, I had a great time learning technology with you all. Robyn and Sandra you two are awesome. I really enjoyed getting too know you both. If our paths do not cross again hopefully we can use our e-mail that Dr.Strange set up to keep in touch. For those of you that I did not get to know very well I still wish you the best of luck.

What I learned throughout the semester?

I learned a lot about google in which I would have never learned. I did not realize that presentations, word documents, and spreadsheets could be done using google. I loved that we made an iGoogle page. They were so cool. We also made a blog in which we were to make post throughout the semester pertaining to various assignments Dr.Strange gave. These post dealt with things such as listening to numerous podcast through iTunes, attending an ACCESS lab, and looking up teachers who may use blogs for their classroom.

I also learned about a program called Picasa. Picasa is a photograph program that allows you to do a number of things with photos. I really enjoyed learning about this program and since I got my camera last year for Christmas. I have been doing nothing but taking pictures during different holidays and special occasions. I believe I will use this program in the future. Thanks Dr. Strange for introducing us to Picasa.

Overall, I really enjoyed the EDM 310 class. Dr. Strange is a great teacher who knows how to make things happen technologically with using google.

My ACCESS Lab Visit!!!

I visited C.F Vigor to view their ACCESS Lab on October 31,2008. The instructor that showed me the lab was Mr. Clifford Allred. My senior year of high school Mr.Allred was my Algebra II/Trig. teacher. It was rather hard trying to sent up a time to visit since my schedule did not match his too well but once I we got it set up for my visit Mr.Allred was nothing but helpful when showing me around the lab.


The ACCESS lab that I visited was mainly used for Intervideo Conferencing (IVC) and webbased. The first thing that Mr.Allred told me was that janitors had no idea how to clean the equipment and desk. He then showed me the presenter scene and document camera. The Document camera resembled a projector and its function is to let you see problems with using smart board and tv scenes. This was a nice piece of equipment. You could rotate the item, change the contrast value, and it had a lamp.


The next piece of equipment that he showed me was the smartboard. This resembled a dry erase board and maybe referred to as a giant slate. The document camera would project the information on the smart board and the instructor could use that to instruct the students. The smartboard has markers, which have there own holder. If the instructor should mix the markers up the marker will write the color in which the holder has on it. I found this rather cool. If I wanted I could write blue with a red marker. It's too high tech for me.



The last piece of equipment we experimented with was the computer. This is what the instructor could use to dial up with the other schools. It was a Tandberg scene. It also has a double scene which allows the instuctor to see both classes at the sam time. This came in real handy with Mr. Allred's classes last semester.