BP5_2010022_Web2.0Tool2_Apture

Apture Software application is a web enabled plugin that allows you to truly integrate video, images, context, audio, more onto one platform.  It allows you to integrate many different ideas an educator would have to maintain the focus of any student. (2009). 

The instructions are straightforward and easy to follow. My suggestion is to visit the Apture Experience section and select Education, Sports, and Music.  These sections will provide you an idea what doors this plugin opens for you. When educating students, you find yourself using various applications at once just to provide interest to your students. This is important if you wish to keep your students motivated. What makes it more difficult for you is that you will more and more ideas as you deeper into your project. You find that it does take longer for you to complete your project, but it is all worth it, to keep students engaged in the lesson.

Teaching Honor’s Geometry is an intriguing subject especially when you have students that yearn for more. In a class of students that constantly want to work hands on, I was able to put together over the snow break a presentation that allowed me to show interactivity as I was moving along through the lesson. I found out that I needed to play with the application a lot more, before embarking on my project.  While working through some components, I discovered other features that were available.

Flash type features incorporated with mouse-overs, is the biggest feature that excited me.  I was able to have formulas pop-up without clicking the hyperlink.  I was able to display video animation without leaving the pages.

References:

Showcase (2009), See who’s using Apture, Apture Demo, Retrieved February 
                       15, 2010 from http://teachersfirst.com/20/getsource.cfm?id=9301