Hulu is one of the most useful free video websites that are out there. I have used it many of time and they have always met my expectations of having the shows, movies, and documentaries that I was interested in seeing. The purpose of the website is to replay current and past shows and movies in all different genres. I could possibly use this website in my PE classes by having kids look up and watch different types of fitness and nutritional documentaries to watch. There wasn't anything that was working improperly and everything worked out right. The website is intended for every age group. They have genres for every type of movie and show.
Twiducate is a very useful way to get information and resources out to students in a social networking way. It is a way to share ideas, resources, and other educational things with other teachers and students around the nation and possibly around the world. It is essentially a mix between Twitter and Moddle. The teachers are able to set up their class on there with a specific classroom code to enter into it. Reflections, readings, and ideas can be put on here and shared with other teachers and their classes across the nation. This would be a very useful way to connect with other PE teachers and classes across the nation. There are so many ideas and activities that are going around to improve the wellness and fitness of the students. It is intended for students of all grades and the teachers of these students. It is difficult to really get into without having a real classroom to post things for.
Prezi is basically the same as PowerPoint in that it is a slide show app. Instead of just being a boring slide after slide app, it is like a bulletin board that flies from one part of information to another. There is a lot going on in Prezi so it is necessary to watch the instructional video that they have. I would say it is intended for adults and the older students, more 8th grade through college. It would be tough to integrate this into my PE class setting. I would say that I could post different out of class assignments for them to do on Prezi or have them do an informational assignment using it.
Both Hulu and Prezi have vast uses in the classroom- I'm glad that you are becoming more familiar with operating Prezi. Twiducate sounds very useful for K-12 teachers- perhaps you can use it in your final project and give us all a demonstration of its uses.
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