Blog #8 (Video)

What: This week we were challenged to download an educational video using zamzar.

So what: I think it is important for teachers to know how to download videos and transform them into new files. With Zamzar I was allowed to transform my video onto MP3, ipod, ihome, and so many more options. It was nice because I not only could download it as a video but just as a voice recording. I won't lie I was very confused on how to find the URL of the transformed video, mine didn't have a URL so I tried downloading it in other forms and I still had no luck. But getting videos on the computer is great in the classroom, the children will be able to see/hear the information that I as a teacher intend for them to hear, I can edit if I want it to only be a podcast or I can take out the Internets site background by downloading it as a normal vidcast.

Now What: Now that I am learning more about videos and how to use them in the classroom I feel I can quickly get the information needed to teach a lesson and find different ways of showing it and teaching it to the children. Also I will be able to help the children to learn more about technology and help them learn how to access the video from home by only giving (or emailing) them the URL, this program is fast and efficient and seems to get the job done well!

Video Reflection: In the world today technology is always changing and improving, it seems to me that there is always something new and improved out. I think this video shows the expectations from technology in the future. It shows how much kids these days use technology and how times are changing. I think that in the future there will be lots of new advances in technology that possibly the generation today will be unfamiliar with. These kids are probably right about new technology such as, having a computer and cell phone in one, having finger print and identity on almost all technology, and so much more. Who knows what the future holds but I am sure that there will be lots more advances soon to come. I just hope that this electronics will not pull away from education. Technology can be a major distraction, it can also be easy access for cheating. There are endless possibilities on the Internet and children can get into trouble. Children need to be informed about things coming out and I feel they need to be monitored and only used at appropriate times. It would be a shame for something such as technology to take away the creative minds that kids naturally have, also the creative mind they are blessed with is a lot of what teaches them in life.