I would say on the effort for this assignment I put in a moderate amount of effort. The majority of the work I got done on this project when the annotated bibliography was due. I had already at that time been formulating some of the best practices in my head. So working on that section was not that difficult. One of the hardest parts I have found has been screencasting. The software itself is very easy to use, but the act of screencasting is the hardest for me. The fact that if you make a large mistake toward the end of the screencast you have to start all over which can be frustrating at times. It would be nice to be able to run it more like a podcast where you could clip together multiple takes into one final document. It would much less time consuming and produce a better final product.
I think the value of completing this task is in assessing technology tools and practices and determining the best strategies of use. This is important in education to not blindly going into using a new technology or practice without making an assessment as to its merits. By performing the inquiry it gave me practice in research which in all likelihood will be having students do in my future classroom.
Completing this task directly impacts my future teaching by giving me some strategies in using virtual labs. It really expanded my view on what sort of materials were out there for teachers to utilize. It also educated me on some of the pitfalls completely going to the virtual lab format. Another way that this has affected my future teaching is that has given me additional practice with using wikis and screencasting. I think that it was a way to build additional comfort in tools that I will possibly use in my future teaching. Wikis I am pretty much sold on using, screencasting I think I want to try a few different programs beside Jing and see if there is one that I like better that has more editing flexibility.
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