Saturday, February 20, 2010

Personal Technology Projects

When doing the Internet communication assignment one thing that helped me very much were the tutorials that Brother West posted. Those saved me a lot of time and and helped things become less frustrating for me. I sometimes feel overwhelmed when i use new technologies. I wouldn't necessarily call myself a technology guru and i sometimes feel frustrated when i feel like I'm not understanding things. I thought that I would maybe do viddler for my personal project and i have found some tutorials that seem to be very helpful they are on this website: http://developers.viddler.com/category/tutorials/. I think it is important for students to be able to see themselves dance and also for teachers to be able to watch their students individually. This has helped me tremendously in my classes at BYU and i am excited to learn this skill and be able to offer it to my high school students.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Idea For Project

I am excited about the Personal Projects. I think being able to decide for ourselves what we want to learn is a great idea!!! As a dance instructor it is so important to learn how to edit and in some cases create our own music. This is something that I've always wanted to learn about but never really had the time or resources to learn! I hope that this will help me become more self sufficient and be able to help others with their music as well!

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

I created a class website! You can view it by going to: https://sites.google.com/site/danceclasssite! I had a little trouble with embedding a video but i went in Tuesday afternoon to meet with Danny and we got it sorted out. Enjoy!

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Creating Surveys For Your Class


This week i made a survey for my class website. One of the questions i asked was : How much dance training do you have? I think this is so important to know about your students especially when teaching in a public school setting. You get students in your beginning dance classes from all different levels. Some of them are not as advanced as others. It is importnat to be able to use these technologies so that you can help each student advance and learn and grow in your class no matter the varying levels they may be at. I remember filling these out when i was a student in high school and thinkink that it was pointless. Now as a teacher this is a great resource to me to be able to know what my students need and the activities they perfer doing in class. Each class can be unique and different!

Monday, February 1, 2010

Dance Performances Use Technology


This weekend i had the opportunity to see "Dance in Concert" at BYU that was put on by the Dancer's Company. I am in a dance productions class this semester and my assignment was to watch the performance and talk about the performance quality as far as the technical aspects of the show: lighting, props, ect. While i was watching i thought to myself that using technology in dance doesn't JUST mean using a computer or the internet. It's a lot of different things. Like learning how to mix music with tools like garage band or learning how to work a circut board for lighting a stage. There is so much to learn but i am grateful for the technological advances in our day that make it possible for us to enrich our lives!