Module 8

In Module 8 I was assigned to explore more technological tools and to create a Digital Story. My favorite technological tools were Pinterest, Wordle, and Flickr. I used these three tools within my Digital Story, and I completed my Digital Story on Equity vs. Equality since I want to become and elementary school teacher. Pinterest is good to use because it gives you a lot of ideas about anything that you admire. If you want ideas on how to decorate your classroom, or ideas on which lesson plan to use, you can always check Pinterest to see different things you can do, as long as you give credit of course. One thing I found that I didn’t like much about Pinterest is if I found something I liked, so I would click on the picture to be able to go to the website where it was pinned from, and sometimes, the pin doesn’t lead to a website, therefore I don’t receive the information I was looking for. The second technological tool I enjoyed using was Wordle. On Wordle, you can type in a lot of different words that you choose and when you are done, the Website jumbles all of those words together to make a really cool looking graphic. The down side to this for me is that it’s hard for me to focus on all of the words, because of the way they are jumbled together. The third tool that I used for my Digital Story is Flickr. Flickr has a lot of different photos on it. It would be good to find a different variety of pictures if you ever need any for the classroom. The downside to flickr is that I wouldn’t say its kid friendly when it comes to elementary. I say this because there’s a search engine and you never now what may pop up. I really enjoyed creating my Digital Story from Wideo, and I had a lot of fun making it!