Flint's final post of 2009-2010

So first
Number of students served by this grant: for my classes 91 students

Summarize how the grant impacted the students it served:
Many of them didn't know how to edit a video or add subtitles and that you could add pictures to a video. By the end of the year they had improved on these skills. When I had to be absent for a couple of days when we were starting a unit my students didn't get behind like they would have due to me podcasting the lesson I was going to teach at home and then coming to school to upload the lesson to the i-pods. When the students would use the devices they would pay more attention since this was a new experience for them.

Briefly share a couple of specific experiences that went well
Using the podcasts for absent students as well as when I was out went very well.
Also when I had the students using the ipods for the flashcard app the students
would always try harder and I believe they learned more when using them.

Your plan for next year – how you plan to take the project forward next year
I plan on making more podcasts during the summer in order to have most of my lessons on the i-pods so I can be more effective at teaching students that are absent as well having my AP chem students watching the notes before hand more often so we can do more hands on activities in class. I would also like to learn more about moodle and see about setting up a site so I can have students possibly use their ipod touches to take self assessment quizzes that I can create. Finally I would like to learn more about google docs to see what I can incorporate into my classroom and how my kids would benefit the most from using them.