My Website

Below is a link to my website but first I would like to comment on some parts of my creation. I think my website is well-formatted and organized but several problems could exist. First of all I did not make a student or teacher section. I left it all out in the open. I do not know how this will affect my classroom but I am hoping parents, teachers, and students feel free to communicate with one another about the website content. Also, I decided to edit out some information from my blog profile in order to protect personal information of others. I feel like this change is warranted and necessary so no qualms there. Lastly, I want to say creating the website from a template is much, much more difficult than starting with a blank slate. All this being said I am very proud of my website and hope to use it in the future!

https://sites.google.com/site/mrhoskinsclass/

Storm

Yesterday a violent storm tore through Knoxville taking out power and trees everywhere. Several people I know had damaged cars including Alex Dunbar. I loved the boxcar but I am glad she is ok! Anyways I am working on my website and should be finished by the end of the week. The semester is almost over but not without a little excitement destruction.

Digital Story

Check it out! My first YouTube video!

I enjoyed making this digital story using iMovie because I was familiar with the program. Not to say I did not have any difficulties. I had trouble formatting the labels for animal names and getting properly sized pictures. Unfortunately I could not completely remedy the latter and it shows on my YouTube video. Overall, I think I will use a few digital stories in my classroom because the production time is great but the motivation and interest are as well.

Digital Story- What Do I Want to Say?

I enjoy listening to stories as well as telling them but I have little experience doing this digitally. How should I compose my story? How long should it be? What should it be about? I love creative activities but I can see how a student might get overwhelmed with all the choices. I will try to give my students some guidance with projects such as these using examples. Hopefully I will find and develop my own idea soon! Fingers crossed!