Journal 6

!Movie Software Evaluation
In Ed422B, I was introduced the imovie software for the first time. The capabilities and the possibilities of this software are endless. Considering that we were taught numerous functions of the imovie, it was difficult for me to comprehend everything at once. I required teacher assistance quite often. Some aspects of the program came easer than others, but would definitely learn the more difficult aspects over time and experience. I believe students would definitely enjoy and benefit from using this software.
There are multiple ways that I could incorporate this software into my classroom. This software can be integrated into the literature to have students create different genre stories and make them in to a movie. As a teacher, I can create a video yearbook to hand out at the end of the year. This program can be used in conducting science experiments by us it to document visual data. This software can be incorporated across the curriculum.
I regret not using Atomic learning to have a better understanding of this software. I learned the software from asking the teacher, watching my peers, and exploring the software. The concept of a video tutorial on the vast world of technology software will benefit me as a teacher.

Inspiration Software Evaluation
In Ed422B, I was introduced to the inspiration software for the first time. This program is very easy to use and follow. The students would definitely enjoy using this software will reading or doing research. It is a great tool to organize thoughts and new concepts.
I would incorporate this software in language arts by having students sequence events or have character maps. This software would also be beneficial in science to create concept maps. This tool is great way for students to become familiar with organization.
Again, I did not use atomic learning to become familiar with Inspiration. I learned the program from exploration of the software. I also got ideas from a previous example of a concept map that was created through Inspiration.