Jose Picardo is a high school foreign language teacher of Spanish and German. Some facts about him that were of interest to me was that he got a Master's Degree at the University of Leeds (in England) and the educational Spanish activity website he runs called AsiSeHace.net. Jose's blog is very informative and rich in information, but it all seemed a little much for me. Between his interactive whiteboard, internet resources, modern languages, podcasts and tutorials, social media, and views and opinions categories, all of the resources seemed jumbled and difficult to navigate. I enjoyed a few of his personal blog posts, Chimps and Ants and Students can only ever embrace yesterday's technology.
I think the most useful section of Picardo's website, to me, is his list of resources. It has everything! There are countless image editors, programs for combining different information, even in different types of media, making timelines, screen recording, education lesson plan generators, and many many more. The other link, top ten tips for using technology in the classroom is informational, but common sense for anyone in my generation. The list is (1-10): Streaming video, music, teleconferencing, interactive exercises, interactive whiteboard, podcasts, blogs and wikis, social networks, internet tools, and gadgets.
This blog seems like something good to add to our PLN as a reference for later, say for example, when we are teachers and we need a good reference for what programs to use.
ReplyDeleteI hate when people's blogs are unorganized though. It makes it hard to find anything, and it seems like this guy maybe talks like he is smarter than everyone else. That's just what I get from this post from you. Anyways, same old stuff that everyone says - I agree, good job, blah blah. See ya!