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Week 7 - Multimedia Assessment

Video Assessment I chose to assess my students on the video that I created a few weeks ago for this class about two-dimensional shapes. My students will be watching this video as an introduction to our unit on shapes whether that is whole group or in a small group setting. So I thought, that it would also be a great midpoint or post assessment just to see what they have learned throughout the unit. It's also a great way for them to be accountable for the content of the video. :) I created the assessment using "playposit". Survey/Pole  I chose to create a survey that actually has nothing to do with my current class. Ha! I just recently finished up my end of the year evaluation meeting with my principal and itt went really well! However, aside from Kindergarten teacher, I do have another role in my building and that is Leader of 'Team Building" so-to-speak. Naturally, this role was a part of the end of the year conversation that I had with my principal. She su...
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Week 6 - Concept/Mind Mapping

The Five Senses Classroom  This concept map would be used throughout our unit on The Five Senses. Students will refer to this map during whole group discussions and learning. The videos can be viewed as each sense is introduced as well as throughout the unit as a refresher. As a class we can decide on information that should be added to the concept map throughout our learning of each sense. For example, students may decide to add sentences using the adjectives pertaining to each sense. They may decide to add more adjectives to the list as they think of them. Students will differentiate between the five senses and organize any new information they learn using a concept map.  Application  My concept map aligns with some of the principles of multimedia. It aligns very well with the Signaling Principal in that there are cues highlighting the organization of the material. The Spatial Contiguity Principle in that the pictures and corresponding words are presented nea...

Week 5 - Augmented Learning

Do the math.  Scan the code and check your work.  Your results!                                            Addition and Subtraction Fun   Classroom The augmented learning experience that I have created for my students will be done in small groups during math stations or center time. The use of QR codes will allow for students to accomplish the tasks provided in an independent way. I chose a QR activity instead of an augmented reality experience because I felt that QR's would be more user friendly for my target audience (Kindergarten).  My students will be able to see how to videos to reinforce what we have learned in math as far as addition and subtraction is concerned. They will also be able to access some online math adding and subtracting games to exercise their skills. The best activity is the actual need for application of kno...

Week 4 - Educational Video

Classroom This video would be used at the beginning of the school year when the time is appropriate to introduce basic 2D shapes. This would be a great introduction video (and maybe even better if it was fine tuned 😊) I would use this video during whole group discussion or perhaps during small group time at centers. Students would watch this video and then with a clipboard and writing materials they would walk around the room and gather a list of two dimensional shapes they find. Another idea would be to have them just keep track of the number of times they find each shape using a chart of some sort. This would incorporate other math skills like graphing or tallying to collect data. Students could always refer back to the video via their iPad at their table if they forget a shape.  Students will identify and chart basic 2 dimensional shapes around the classroom.   Creativity  This is a tough one as far as Kindergarten goes (multimedia resources, p...

Week 4 - Video Evaluation

Frog Life Cycle  www.turtlediaries.com  Published on July 30, 2012 In Kindergarten we learn about the life cycle of a frog during our Life Science studies. This video would be used as an introduction during the launching of the unit. It would provide my students with a little bit of prior knowledge and give me an idea of what they already know before digging deeper into the unit.  1. Is the content appropriate for your current area of study? The content of this video is certainly appropriate because we learn about the life cycle of a frog in Kindergarten. 2. Does the content add to or enhance your current lesson plan? It does enhance the content of my lesson plan because it provides an accurate visual for each stage in the life cycle. 3. Does the content and production of the video meet school and community standards for acceptable use in your school? This video is approved and watchable by Big Rapids Public Schools. My school district filters videos a...

Week 3 - Digital Images

Manipulated Digital Image                                                                     Original image by Monique Dinkel, 2015 GIF  http://makeagif.com/i/V9TxBf This was created using the video Relaxing 3 Hour Video of a Waterfall on an Ocean Beach at Sunset  by MoneySavingVideos (2013) under an attribution License. Lesson Plan Idea Both the edited image along with the GIF that I created will be presented to the kindergarten students in my class during our unit on adjectives. My intention is for students to immerse themselves in the images and come up with describing adjectives that directly pertain to each image.  The edited image of the M&Ms may be the warm up activity on day 1 and then maybe by day 2 the use of the GIF would be appropriate as it will also include...

Week 3 - Meme

My students took the NWEA test this week and I had one student almost in tears over the types of questions she was getting. Now that it's all over and she absolutely crushed the test, we can make light of the situation. Poor girl though! I have already shared this with my cooworkers who experience this with their students at any grade level. We all sympathize with our students who basically see questions that seem to them like foreign languages and that's a sign that they are doing well on the test. 😒