The interview was very interesting; she was very casual and down to earth. The interview was a great experience to ask questions related to the field, and to investigate what kind of teaching methods she practiced. 
To our disappointment she isn't into technology, nor does she integrate it into her instruction
this made us feel upset and disappointed because we have learned just how vital technology is in the classroom! After the interview, we took our dialog and created a movie on Xtranormal.com. It is a fun site that allows you to create and publish your own animated movie!
We really had a lot of fun with this, entering all of the movements and background settings, as well as entering the dialogue and creating body language to go along with the scenario. This is something I will definitely be using as a teacher with my class!!! Besides the monetary issue at the end of our creation this was an overall fantastic project! Dr. Smirnova even allowed me to not only display our movie, but also to walk my fellow classmates through the movie making process on Xtranormal.com
It felt good to share our hard work with everyone in the class, and it excited me to be able to show everyone all about the program!
Here is the link to one of the versions of our interview with a scientist, due to technical difficulties, our original was not able to be published; luckily Dr. Smirnova helped us in creating this version of the interview:CLICK HERE to see: An Interview with a Scientist
It was upsetting that some teachers are too scared and/or intimidated to use technology in their classrooms. This conversation keeps coming up between you and I Angela. Even in our literacy class we were just saying how much paper we are wasting in that class and at the same time, we are wanting to teach our students about green science. Very upsetting : (
ReplyDeleteUsing Xtranormal to create our interview experience was very interesting, creative, and fun! I would definitely use it in my classroom as well!!