Melissa+Fornes



**My name is Melissa Fornes. I am a sophomore at OU studying Special Education Moderate-Intensive needs. I am from Cleveland, OH. I have one brother named Vince and a dog named Easton. I love sports, the beach and doing crafts. I have a job with the university, working with admissions. My favorite color is orange. I will try to make the best of this four hour class and make it as enjoyable as possible. **

__**WEEK ONE **__

Info on Assistive Technology

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Google Site

** __WEEK__ __TWO__ **

[|Week Two Blog]

Joe Ranallo's Review- your power point is very good. I thought it was very informative. The educational value of your power point is very good. The visual effects could use some work. It was pretty plain but again the educational value was so high that it barely matters. The format was good. I liked how you could click on each day and learn more about it. The only thing is that you didnt do is save it as a power point show. Also there was no references on the reference page. other than that, good job.

__Keegan Flint's PowerPoint Review__ - Melissa I thought your powerpoint was very informative. There was a lot of good information in your PowerPoint and I think you did a really nice job on it. I think your students would have a fun time learning the days of the week and would be very drawn to your presentation. I also liked that you had a song at the end, that was a good activity. The only things I noticed that could use some help would be that the slide background was kind of plain, and younger kids might want some more pictures and/or color. Other than that good job!

**__WEEK THREE__** [|Picasa Assignment]



Week Three Blog

__Keegan Flint's Video Review -__ Melissa I thought your video was very creative. It had nice pictures that really described diversity. I also enjoyed the music that went along with it well. The only constructive criticism I have would be to extend the length of some of the slides you have to read, I couldn't quite read all the way through some of your explanation and fact slides. Other than that I thought your video was very good!

__Joe Ranallo Video Review-__ i thought that you had some great ideas for your video. the pictures and music played in to diversity well. it was a little short though. maybe extending how long each picture shows up could help. good job!

**__WEEK FOUR__**

Week Four Blog

WebQuest

__Joe Ranallo WebQuest Review-__ your webquest is awesome. the lights at the top are really cool especially because your talking about the solar system and planets. the idea and story behind your web quest is a good idea. i like that you make the students write a short story as well. lastly, i really like the idea of making a model so the students can see first hand what it would take to align the planets. awesome job!

Keegan Flint WebQuest Review - Melissa I really liked your WebQuest. The first thing that got my attention was the great pictures you incorporated into your WebQuest, and I really liked the header that looked like stars flashing. I think the educational quality of your WebQuest is high and that this would be a great assignment for your students. Everything worked well and you had plenty of information. Good Job!

__**WEEK FIVE**__ Survey

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**__WEEK SIX__** Blog Movie Maker Sample In-Class Assignment

Movie Maker Assignment

__Joe Ranallo's Feedback-__ Your movie didnt have any educational value. there was no theme to it. it needs to be themed around something to teach your students. I can tell that you understand how to use movie maker though. You had good transitions and good use of a title slide. At the end of the movie you need to have credits. *** Joe that was just my sample movie that we completed in class, I created another one.***

Keegan Flint's Feedback - Melissa, your movie over the solar system was very well done. I like the amount of information you have on each planet, some good facts but not too much information that it becomes overwhelming. Good job. I also think that this has a good level of educational value for your specified grade. I think your students would benefit from this movie.


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VoiceThread Assignment


 * __WEEK EIGHT__**

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media type="file" key="The Water Cycle Podcast.mp3" width="240" height="20"



__**Joe Ranallo's Review-**__ Melissa, nice podcast. A podcast about the water cycle is a good idea. I think after listening to it that students would completely understand the water cycle. The only improvement I could think of was the length. The podcast was only about 1 and a half minutes long. I think that the requirement was anywhere from 2-4 minutes. Other than that good job.


 * __WEEK NINE__**

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