With this assignment, I used a Powerpoint I created last year for an 11th grade English class on Critical Reading.
It was super boring. I took this opportunity to jazz it up a bit. I did a voice-over for each slide. This way, I can post this to my school website. Both parents and students can view the Ppt and get a better idea of meaning because I am doing the talking.
I also discovered a new website for sound bites. I needed a puking sound for one of my slides. (Curious now? LOL?) I found freesound.org. You register with a user name a password and you have access to thousands of different sound bites. There is also a forum where you can see others that that 'enjoy' the same sounds you do and you can make comments regarding specific sound bites.
I had no idea that there was such a sound site until I needed it---one more thing I have discovered in this class.
Dropbox is pretty cool and was something that my Mac would actually do. (After this class, I am seriously frustrated with this computer and I am considering alternatives.)
Redoing this powerpoint took a great deal of time. The recording device on this crazy Mac would not let me stop and start the recordings. If I goofed on the 10th slide, I had to go all the way back to slide 1 and start over.
The final slide has references for students to follow, including a site with Critical Reading practice tests.
Critical Reading Movie
It seems I am having technical difficulties getting this link to work. Perhaps it won't link it because it was saved as a movie. I'm going to just try to save it as a powerpoint and link it that way.
Critical Reading 2012.mov
For some reason, I cannot get it to link. I will troubleshoot some more. I apologize for all of the shares. :(
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