Use in the Classroom or Educational Setting
In Kindergarten we study the Symbols of the United States of America. This unit of study is coming up for us in the next two weeks and will wrap up our year of learning social studies concepts in Kindergarten. My plan for this Padlet is to have the students explore the links independently during their small group iPad time during Literacy Stations. I will have them explore the links on the Padlet the week prior to our Symbols unit as an introduction. This will give them some prior knowledge for us to build on as we explore each symbol.
Objective: The students will identify five symbols of the United States of America
The students that I teach and those that will be utilizing this Padlet are Kindergarten age, therefore, their understanding of copyright will just simply be an introduction. They understand ownership of one's own work as we discuss it every day in writing time. When I do a model right for them I always include the copyright symbol at the top of my writing and they know that means they can not copy my work. It's a Kindergarten friendly way of introducing them to the concepts of copyright.
Application
There are many principles that align with my lesson idea. Students will be given background knowledge within the classroom and have a basic understanding of the material prior to when the actual unit is launched in our learning. The Padlet that I have created aligns with the Redundancy Principle and the Temporal Contiguity Principle particularly. When creating my Padlet I applied the Segmenting Principle with the idea that students would learn better if the material was presented in user-paced segments. As far as my lesson idea, the principle that I intentionally used was the Pre-Training Principle, understanding that my students will learn better from a multimedia lesson when they know the names and characteristics of the main concepts.
Reflection
I have created similar multimedia products for my students for lessons in the past, never an actual Padlet but similar types of resources. However, when creating this Padlet I was definitely more cautious of the materials I was using as far as the 12 Principles of Multimedia Learning along with being copyright cautious. One thing that stood out to me in my learning this week were the various types of copyright. While I am aware of copyright laws I had no idea that there were so many different types of copyrights.
One tension I noticed between the content included in my Padlet and the principles for multimedia was the Personalization Principle; people learn better from multimedia lessons when words are in conversational style rather than formal style. Not all of the resources on my Padlet follow this principle and seem to be presented in a more formal style.
I really enjoyed learning how to create a Padlet and although, it took some trial and error at first, it really is an easy tool to use. I can't wait to pass this along to my colleges. What a great way to store and organize resources for classroom use. It's also a great way to collect evidence for teacher evaluation. :)
In Kindergarten we study the Symbols of the United States of America. This unit of study is coming up for us in the next two weeks and will wrap up our year of learning social studies concepts in Kindergarten. My plan for this Padlet is to have the students explore the links independently during their small group iPad time during Literacy Stations. I will have them explore the links on the Padlet the week prior to our Symbols unit as an introduction. This will give them some prior knowledge for us to build on as we explore each symbol.
Objective: The students will identify five symbols of the United States of America
The students that I teach and those that will be utilizing this Padlet are Kindergarten age, therefore, their understanding of copyright will just simply be an introduction. They understand ownership of one's own work as we discuss it every day in writing time. When I do a model right for them I always include the copyright symbol at the top of my writing and they know that means they can not copy my work. It's a Kindergarten friendly way of introducing them to the concepts of copyright.
Application
There are many principles that align with my lesson idea. Students will be given background knowledge within the classroom and have a basic understanding of the material prior to when the actual unit is launched in our learning. The Padlet that I have created aligns with the Redundancy Principle and the Temporal Contiguity Principle particularly. When creating my Padlet I applied the Segmenting Principle with the idea that students would learn better if the material was presented in user-paced segments. As far as my lesson idea, the principle that I intentionally used was the Pre-Training Principle, understanding that my students will learn better from a multimedia lesson when they know the names and characteristics of the main concepts.
Reflection
I have created similar multimedia products for my students for lessons in the past, never an actual Padlet but similar types of resources. However, when creating this Padlet I was definitely more cautious of the materials I was using as far as the 12 Principles of Multimedia Learning along with being copyright cautious. One thing that stood out to me in my learning this week were the various types of copyright. While I am aware of copyright laws I had no idea that there were so many different types of copyrights.
One tension I noticed between the content included in my Padlet and the principles for multimedia was the Personalization Principle; people learn better from multimedia lessons when words are in conversational style rather than formal style. Not all of the resources on my Padlet follow this principle and seem to be presented in a more formal style.
I really enjoyed learning how to create a Padlet and although, it took some trial and error at first, it really is an easy tool to use. I can't wait to pass this along to my colleges. What a great way to store and organize resources for classroom use. It's also a great way to collect evidence for teacher evaluation. :)
I am impressed by the number of multimedia design principles you were able to successfully integrate into your padlet. I agree that Padlet took some time getting used to, but after completing this project I definitely see the value and possibilities it brings to the classroom.
ReplyDeleteI was also surprised by how difficult being copyright cautious can be. It is something I was never really aware of and it definitely made the search for resources more difficult.
You seem very thorough in your planning, which shows that you have some experience doing these types of assignments. I liked how you said you incorporate the copyright symbol in your writing for students so they know they can't use your work. It's such a simple way to reinforce the symbols activity.
ReplyDeleteIm happy to see you wanting to share with your colleagues!
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