UDL PROJECT

 

CYBERBULLYING

 

 

 

Week 12

Glogster Link:

Below is a link to my glogster that I made about the different parts of speech. Hope you enjoy!

http://www.glogster.com/dohaire/parts-of-speech/g-6kqi02t8q9ss2h2ejbt3qa0

Affordance T-Chart

Features of Glogster	Affordance
Uploading Pictures	·         Makes it easy to bring in pictures that you can either upload from the Internet upload from a personal library right into your Glog.
Ability to upload and post videos	·         Emphasizes certain key points that one would want students/viewers to focus on in their Glog.
Applying textboxes	·         Creator of the glog can choose between many different text templates including size, shape, color, picture and position on their glog’s wall.
Applying audio	·         Applying audio helps create an auditory experience for the viewer by listening to music, or adding narration to highlight key points within the glog.
Graphics	·         The graphics in the tool option allow the creator to “spice up” their glog by adding pictures and really hook in the viewer to make them more visually engaged.

 

Week 11

VoiceThread Link :

https://voicethread.com/share/4443135/


Article Reflection:

Reflection of, “ Evaluating pedagogical affordances of media sharing Web 2.0 technologies: A case study.”

Being familiar with the Voice-Thread web 2.0 tool, I thought that it was a simple tool that you can record your voice to and add some pictures for effect. But I was wrong! This case study really opened my eyes about what can be done with this simple, free web 2.0 tool. The article shares the technical features of the Voice-Thread, as well as the learning designs through the DiAL-e framework. As a teacher, one can introduce topics to students, have students record their own findings/data within a project or field of study, and even use it as a story telling tool. This is a great tool to use in the classroom to benefit all students and to include Bloom’s Taxonomy of higher order thinking.

Before this week’s assignment, I can honestly say that I have not heard of the term “affordances” before. However, the article made it clear to me what affordances are and what the outcomes are for particular features when using this technology or particular learning designs (in this case, the DiAL-E).

For a very simple tool, Voice-Thread can brings a lot to the table! It is a great way to incorporate many of Howard Garner’s Multiple Intelligences for all kinds of students to learn to their full potential while all students use the same tool. I am definitely going to use this tool in the near future to not only benefit myself, but the students as well both inside and outside of the classroom.

Week 10

I used the program Jing to record my voice while going through a PowerPoint that I made that kind of goes along with it. Hope you enjoy!

http://screencast.com/t/TuF5MHZS17I

Please excuse the tardiness, but below is the link to my digital storytelling video about the water cycle. I tried to keep different learning styles evident throughout the video. The music in the background supports the text throughout the video, which I think is essential in order to keep building students' literacy skills. I tried to keep in mind the different learning styles such as visual and auditory within the video. Hope you enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9QUr2QqNg0

Week 9

Article Review

I found this article to be very interesting not only because we are learning about the new literacies in this class, but we are blogging as a class as well. This was a great method of conducting research which proved to answer the questions it set out to seek. However, I was not that surprised by the results found throughout the research. For instance, the research found out that the use of blogs did not improve or seem to have an advantage to the students’ reading performances.

However, I was very surprised at a couple of the results found within the research. The retention rate was a very high percentage throughout this process. I thought it was great that the results showed that even though the majors among students were diverse and that they were sharing information within blogs, the closer they became and were more willing to share personal information to each other using social media, etc.

I was also surprised to find that when reading this article, it said that the research showed that the instructors that were teaching the classes have had training with the integration of technology inside their classroom, but they still were teaching the way that they were before the training. Is this a glimpse into what is happening to schools around the country or even the world? Schools give professional workshops to teachers for them to provide the new styles of teaching that they have learned about in the workshop. However, it seems that the teachers are not putting in the time and effort to try out this new style of teaching and just stay with what they are familiar with. Does anyone else see this occurring? And if so, do you think that this trend will end anytime in the near future?

Draft of Keystone Project

1. Subject: ELA with the use of www.starfall.com
2. Grade level: 3 in a self-contained classroom
3. Standards addressed: Common Core ELA or related, and ISTE technology standards

ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS:

1. 3.RL.1 – ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text at the basis.
2. 3.RL.3 – Describe characters in a story.
3. 3.RIT.1 – ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis.
4. 3.RIT.7 – Use information gained from illustrations and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text.
5. 3.W.6 – With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others.

ISTE TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS

1.	Creativity and Innovation
	Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students:
	a. apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes. b. create original works as a means of personal or group expression. c. use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues. d. identify trends and forecast possibilities.

4. Intended results of the proposed technology integration:

 For the teacher to become familiar with the starfall website and show how it can be used in everyday ELA teaching through reinforcement and engagement throughout the activities.

For the students to engage in the integration of technology and language arts to learn through the participation of a computer program.

5. Support and format of training needed for the effective implementation of the selected technology in their classrooms:

Each student must have their own computer with internet access throughout the activity.

6. Requirements: Computer Lab with Internet access for each student.
7. Evaluation plan (what is your plan to make sure that your training meets the goals, needs, and objectives):

My plan to make sure that the training provided meets the goals, needs and objective of the teachers and students is to first show the teachers how to navigate and use the Starfall website. Through this website, I will lead them to the section, It’s Fun To Read, which will then show the All About Me part of the website.

The students must create an avatar to complete this part of the objective. Throughout the creation, the students are asked a series of questions that they must answer, each pertaining to a certain part of their avatar. The questions are as follows:
                Are you a boy or girl?

                How old are you?

                What does your hair look like?

What color is your hair?

What color is your skin?

What do your eyes look like?

Throughout the questions, the students are fulfilling the standards listed above in the common core curriculum. After the students create their avatar, they will have to create a pet with certain characteristics that the students choose themselves given from a list. For example, a student can have a pet dinosaur, that skateboards, eats pizza, that chases a chicken. While all of these choices are being made, the students are engaged with the animations that appear by each choice that they make. This makes the students want to read the question to see what comes next, enhancing their ELA skills.

After each phase of the All About Me section is completed, another game appears. The next one is called, Where Do I Sleep? Followed by Which is My Toy. All throughout these activities, the students still see their custom made avatar along with their custom made pet throughout the activities. This makes the students want to keep going and read each question carefully and want to keep participating in the activity. When they have completed the activity on their own, they will then practice using their social skills and tell a friend and the teacher about their avatar, pet, bed and toy. I hope that I get to see some amazing results and to see the students have fun throughout the process of using the Starfall website.

Week 7

Assignment  #1

Using ADDIE model in Second Life:

This article was very interesting to read, as well as informative. Since I am new to Second Life learning, the information given in the article as it applies to the familiar ADDIE model opened my eyes to an even newer way of learning. It was very insightful on how successful it can be when used in the classroom, as well as its challenges. In my opinion, the positives outweigh the negatives by a large margin. The Second Life allows the student to step into a whole new, different way of learning. Students can design their own avatars and walk around their own little worlds answering questions set by the teacher according to the ADDIE model in education. Integrating this model is a very important concept to apply, especially in this kind of learning environment.

Multimodal Education:

It is very important for authors to use multimodal text in their books, especially at the younger age levels. At a very young age, plain and boring text does not keep the attention of the students. Authors must think outside the box and ask themselves how their stories must be written in order for their readers to enjoy them, as well as get the meanings behind the story. In order to bring out the true essence of a story, the author can visually stimulate the reader by bringing in some “not-so-traditional” ways of viewing text. I think that this is a great idea for keeping the students interested in the text because it makes them want to find out what other ways will the author make this book more fun to read. This is something that is very important to consider when creating text for students at a young age.

Assignment #2

Since I have never been to Germany, I thought that this would be the perfect time to visit! This screenshot is a picture of me overlooking a park in Germany from a department store!

 

Speaking with some ELA teachers, they have never heard of Second Life, let alone using it in ELA instruction! But they came up with some ways to utilize it in their teaching:

-Since not every student is outgoing, this would be a great way for the shy/quiet students to interact with their fellow classmates without “actually” communicating with them in person. It would be a great way to assess what they learn via text or voice messaging throughout the Second Life program.

-Instead of having students learn in the traditional way of learning by splitting up into groups at their desks, they can log in and talk about the lesson by using their avatars! It’s a great way to communicate and recap the activity at hand via Second Life. I feel that the students would become more involved with their work and take more pride in it if the use of technology was an option. It could also be used as a reinforcement.  For instance, if the student does not complete his/her assignment, then they will not be able to participate in the lesson with their avatar. This will be a new type of learning for them so I think that the students will become highly motivated if this is done in their routine schedule for learning.