Task 052 Dustin's Embed your Glog to your Wiki Page Video

This video tutorial shows you how to embed your existing Glog into your wiki homepage!

Click the following video click to view the video:

http://www.screencast.com/users/hastidr/folders/Jing/media/7db79bcf-6a64-416d-b2eb-0345358b5d56

Task 029 Edited Image

The subject of my original image is a street in a less than desired neighborhood. It’s on the outskirt of town. It’s on the “other side of the tracks” and typically people avoid the area. The point of view is from someone that doesn’t live there but wants to understand the people from it. The emotion is a little unnerving because it makes you step out of your comfort zone. The purpose of the image is to capture the other side’s point of view. What should be taken away is the want to integrate and be mindful of others.



The subject of the edited image is a divided area. It’s how the “other side of the track” people view the two areas, as two different places where they aren’t wanted or accepted. The emotion is that one day it’ll change, that at least it is a wooden fence instead of a brick wall. What should be taken away is the fact that people change and it’s a good thing to grow as a person.

Yodio - Root Words with Mr. Hastings

Task 065

This is an example of the Task 065 posting of my Video (Task 064b file).

Task 018 Dustin's Illustrated Poster

This is my example Task 018 Illustrated Poster.
It contains four examples of protists (Paramecium, Amoeba, Euglena and Volvox) and three characteristics of their Kingdom Protista(eukaryotic, multicellular, unicellular).

I hope you enjoy! See you all soon...I'm on Skype if you'd like to say "hello!"

Final Project

I did a combination of assignments for the final project. Hope you like!

First Assignment Hyperlinks:

Exploring Biomes: A Virtual Field Trip Across the World

Angela and I used www.weebly.com to create a website for students to complete virtual field trip to all the biomes of the world. Students will use Google Earth to visit each preprogrammed location. During their virtual field trip students take notes on their graphic organizers, develop a project, present their findings to the class and create a document to research information about their chosen biome. If you'd like I can email the Google Earth itinerary file the students will open. Just let me know.

Second Assignment:

I decided to "spruce" up my wiki page and give it a different look. I still used edu.glogster.com, but decided to change it up a bit. Let me know what you think.

Mr. Hastings' Wiki Page

Response to Article: Six Uses of the Internet to Develop Students’ Gifts and Talents by: Del Siegle, Ph.D.

I'm on the DIRT (differentiated instructional resource team) committee at my current school and I found this article very interesting. I'm really glad they pointed out the use of the Internet as a way to differentiate learning.

Last year I had a gifted student and honestly I was not impressed with the quality of their work. It was sloppy and rushed, but when I pointed it out I always got the same answer, “well, I completed the assignment.” Even after I gave him higher expectations I never really got the level of work I expected.

Now, I can differentiate instruction using the Internet and Web 2.0 tools for gifted students. I plan to start off small so I don’t get overwhelmed, but I’ll keep everyone posted!