Multi-Media Critique Revision

Throughout the semester, the art of design and typography became much clearer to me. At the start of the class, I knew that advertisers were trying to persuade people to buy their items but I didn't know why and to what extent.

Every little choice made the advertisers represents many man hours. They are calculated and deliberate choices that are meant to persuade a certain of groups of people to buy their product. Many of these choices include the look of the ad, if the ad has moving pictures or sounds, or if it bends the rules.

When creating my own ad's or handouts, I am deftly aware of the look of it. I have changed my habits to make my work or eye appealing. I have benefited a lot from this class and I look forward to using this more in the future.

Blog #8 - The Final Countdown!

Hope you enjoyed the "final countdown" video! PS - Can't wait for this show to come back!

Now, onto the show!

BLOG TIME – Now that you’ve done all of this creating and discussing, it’s time to 

share with the rest of us!  Let us know what you decided to put in your toolkits 

and why.  Did you create this toolkit purely on selfish instinct—adding what YOU 

found interesting?  Did you have two particular colleagues in mind when you were 

creating this kit?  How would your kit change if you were sending it to an 

administrator? How about a teacher who doesn’t want to hear the “T” word 

(tech!)… How would your toolkit change then?  

I have created my first toolkit, ever! As many of you know, I have been a Social Studies teacher for the past few years. Due in fact to my love to technology and this program, I have actually accepted another position at my school - that of District Technology Coordinator! I couldn't be more excited at the opportunity, one that I believe, I will excel in. 

Based on this news, I crafted my toolkit on my current job and future job. I was very selfish in what I was putting into my kit. While I did share it with a few colleagues, they were thankful that I sent them some administrative links as well. Luckily, they were also interested in these links as well and found them informative and interesting. The safety and integrity of our network comes first in the new job. Without the network infrastructure, technologies such as iPads and mLearning would not be possible in a large school environment. 

Since I am an admin now, I think my kit would be admired by other admins. It shows that I am well rounded in my knowledge of technology. I know what it takes to set up a network and I also know what the ends to the means are - bringing, using, and immersing children with tech in the classrooms. 

Teachers who don't want to hear the word "tech" need to be given a reality check. They might be scared, they might be nervous, or they might be set in their ways. In any event, they need to roll with the times. Proper support, I by proper I mean nurturing support, will be necessary for these teachers who are behind the times in terms of tech. My toolkit, as it stands now, might not change their ideas but it would give them a better insight into what goes into the technology. Its not frivolous. Its a way of life and one that has a lot of hard work involved. 

Thanks!

Blog Prompt #7 and #8 - Learner's and Learning Elements

Bill of Rights Learning Element


I have linked my learning element for both sides. I have chosen to focus on one of the lessons during my Bill of Rights multimedia unit. During this lesson, which is at the end of the unit, students will watch a video about losing your freedoms and living in a world without it. Many students are unaware of how important their rights are and many take for granted when we use them, how we use them, and how often we actually do use them.


The video, called "Future Fright" was created years ago as an educational supplemental tool. It is a GREAT video, even though it might be a bit old.

I have never used the New Learning website but I was floored with how many people actually have. It seems that educators and teachers have been using this site for years to help create lesson plans, share them, and seemlessly upload multimedia tools for other teachers to look at and for students to use.

Learning Focus: curriculum area and learning level. Knowledge Objectives: intended learning outcomes and links to mandated standards. Knowledge Processes: activities, marked up for the ‘kind of knowledge making’ required of the learner (below), sequenced appropriately and with a range that accommodates learner diversity. Knowledge Outcomes: assessment processes: formative and summative. Learning Pathways: recommended follow-on activities such as other Learning Elements. The idea of having these laid out for teacher and student alike breaks down the walls that education has had for so long. What the student will be doing shouldn't be a mystery to the student! They should know going into a lesson what they will be doing, how they will be doing it, and what the reasoning is behind it.  I do plan on updating this lesson as we go forward. The set up of the site and navigation of it are a little hard to get through at first, but with a little trial and error, first timers should be able to do this with ease.  With all this information in mind - what else could I add to this? Let me know in the comment section!