Is This The End?

So the end of the semester had arrived and it's time to do a review of everything that I had learned in the ICT class. For this, I’ve created a video where I explain my learning process and a short opinion about the tools that I had discovered.
At the beginning, I didn’t know which was the best way to record it. In first place I thought about creating a video with PowToon, but I discovered that it had a maximum of 20 seconds of audio per slide and is very short for everything that I wanted to say.

So finally I decided to create a slideshow and record the screen, for this, I decided to create the presentation with genial.ly, that is a tool that I discovered earlier this semester and record it with a program that I’ve just discovered is called screencast-o-matic, this app, is very interesting because it allows recording videos free with a maximum of 15 minutes, and after you can edit the video, the only problem that I found with this app is that in the free version, it’s impossible to record sounds from the computer, only from the microphone, but anyway, it’s very easy to use.
This has been a bit challenging for me because sometimes I forget what I want to say and I had to stop and start again many times to make it better.

Now, I will show you the presentation that I have created, and the video where I make my review of the learning process through this semester, hope you find it interesting.

Then, I would like to do a short summary of all the activities that I’ve done in the ICT class and a short reflection about it:

Block 1: First things first.

Creating a blog: I’ve created a learning diary through Blogger which is a very easy tool, and completely free, so I really recommend it.

Create your own avatar. To create my avatar, I used Voki, that has a free account version with a lot of cool features. What I most like about this web page is that the avatars have movement and audio. I recommend this tool for classrooms because is very easy and fun to create an avatar.

Block 2: Respect for authorship.

Creative Commons: I’ve discovered this resource and I think that is very important in order to respect the authorship of the work of others on the internet. I’ve also put a Creative Common's logo in my blog so everyone can use the information inside of it.

The attribution of the image for a CLIL class: I’ve made a CLIL lesson about mammals using Creative Commons images that I’ve found in an image searcher called CanWeImage, that only looks for photos with Creative Commons rights.

Block 3 - Content Curation and dissemination

Content Curation: I’ve made a compilation of educational resources that I think that are very interesting and put them together with the PearlTrees tool, which is completely free and it helps to organize in a proper way a lot of web pages of your interest. I really recommend the use of it.
Twitter: Even doe I already had a twitter account, I created a new one that looks more professional and it can help me to interact with other colleagues, to share knowledge and to be updated to new education resources.

Block 4 - Think, design and present.

Educational Slideshows: In this activity, I’ve found, in my opinion, the most useful resource of all and the one that I most like it, Genial.ly. This tool, allows us to create really cool things like presentations, quizzes, games or maps. So I really recommend the use of it and I think that I will put it in practice in my classroom.

Block 5 - Visualize and share.

Comics: To create a comic, I’ve use the webpage StoryboardThat, this tool, helps us to create a comic in a very easy way. Even doe I do recommend the use of this app, there is a problem with it, and is that the free version only allows to create a comic of 6 vignettes, so if you want to create a longer one you will have to get the premium account or use other programs.

Mind maps: I’ve used Coggle for creating a mind map about the Roman Empire. I didn’t like too much this tool because is too simple and doesn’t have many features. The positive point of this app is that is very easy to work with it so maybe for students in early education stages can be useful.

Infographics: I’ve created an infographic about protecting the environment with easel.ly, which is a very easy and free tool to use because is very intuitive and a lot of cool features are available to improve an infographic. This tool also has a lot of really cool templates to use freely.

Block 6 - Podcast it!

Podcast: I’ve been a huge user of podcast but I’ve never thought about using it for education purposes. I recorded the audio for the podcast with a free program called Audacity which at the beginning can be a bit difficult to use it, and for uploading to internet, I’ve used SoundCloud that is a very interesting tool but with the issue that the free version only allows to upload short videos.

Block 7 - Flip it!

Storyboard a video project. We had to create the script for the video that we were going to record, for this, we used a google doc where everyone could upload their ideas online and Pixton, that is a comic app that we used to create the images for the storyboard.

Record your video clip. The activity was done in the INTEF lab with a Chroma, and it was very fun to do it, all my teammates did a great job. After this, we had to edit the video and I did part of it with an Android tool named VivaVideo which is a very easy app to work with and its free.

#twima8. The world is my audience: This has been for me one of the best activities. I think that #Twima8 is a great idea because sharing your experience is great not only for the people that hear you what you are sharing because they can learn from your experience, but it also is very positive for the one who is sharing his story to think that someone is listening. In this activity we also learned about FlipGrid, that is an app that allows the users to share videos in a safe way. By creating a “Grid”, only the people with a code, will be able to see the videos that are uploaded to that “Grid”

Webinar: This activity was online at it was about attending a Webinar that our ICT teacher María Jesús García San Martín gave to us. She explained to us a lot of interesting things about INTEF, the portfolio and the many free courses that we can do to improve our digital competence. I’ve also found very interesting this way of giving a lecture because it allows you to attend to it no matter where you are.

Finally, I would like to thank my ICT teacher María Jesús for her hard work and his patience with me, I’ve learned a lot with her, and she had helped me to learn from my mistakes. It has been great to share this time with her.

Thanks for your attention!
It has been a pleasure.