Inspiration!

The past two class periods we have worked on making diagrams using Inspiration. I think that this will be a helpful tool to use in my classroom. I think that diagrams make information easy to read and learn by the students. Once again, since I am majoring in Spanish and would like to be an Elementary School Spanish teacher, I have a Spanish theme. The main idea of my diagram is "Animales", which means animals in Spanish. I have 4 different subconcepts, which are four different animals: horse, cat, dog, and cow. The diagram teaches students the Spanish words for all of these animals, as well as how to describe their size, color, and the sound each one makes. As I said earlier, I think that diagrams are very useful in transferring knowledge. I am glad to have learned this skill and hope to use it in my classroom!

Movie Time!

The last project we have been working on is our movies using iMovie. I am finally done with my movie and we will be sharing them today! I was excited about this project because I thought it was going to be a lot of fun. Although overall it was fun, it proved to be very frustrating for me! I couldn't get everything to work the way I wanted it to and had to redo things several times. However, once I got the hang of it, I enjoyed the project. Since I am majoring in Spanish I made my movie over the cultural traditions of Spain. I am pleased with my final project and am really glad I learned this skill. I hope to use this in my classroom to entertain and educate my students.