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 sound adjectives. 

Objective: The students will recognize at least five adjectives to describe each of the digital images. 

I think it would be exciting to have my students edit an image with specific criteria involving adjectives. So for example, I might provide them with an image and demonstrate how to edit the image on an iPad. Their job would be to edit the image so that it includes a certain color or appearance. I think it would be a fun exploration activity for them to do in a small group and a great, interactive skill for them to learn in Kindergarten. Not to mention, the use of describing adjectives to go along with our current unit. :)

 Infographic Link 

Use in the Classroom 

This infographic will be used to send home with students near the end of the school year. I will also be emailing this infographic to parents so that they have a digital copy of it. My intentions for this infographic are to give parents and students an idea of the importance of summer learning as well as ideas on what the can do to prevent summer learning loss. 

Objective: The students will implement ideas included in this infographic into their daily summer lives. 

Application

Although my lesson plan idea does not pertain to the infographic I created and both the GIF and image that I edited were created using different concepts, the multimedia principles still aligned. When creating the infographic I considered the Signaling Principle. I feel that having stacked the pictures for each "tip" sort of on top of each other were cues that highlighted the organization of the material making it much easier for people to learn from the material. I also feel the use of the Spatial Contiguity Principle came into play for the infographic. The corresponding words and pictures are presented near each other on the page. Also, the Segmenting Principle is evident in that the material is presented in user-paced segments rather than as a continuous unit.

Reflection 

I realized this week that editing a picture is really quite simple (however timely) and honestly my kindergarten students would be fully capable of playing around on an editing application and doing some hands on learning. Clearly this would have to take place in the classroom maybe in a small group setting with me facilitating. My students would not all have access to those types of digital media resources at home. 

After doing the readings earlier in the week and learning about an infographic, I noticed them EVERYWHERE all week! It's like when you buy a new car and then all of a sudden you see that car all over the place. I was excited to be able to apply what I am learning in this class to my real world and have a better understanding of that particular multimedia resource. 

I honestly enjoyed each of the assignments this week. It was so fun to learn how to create each of them, the meme was especially fun to show my cooworkers who directly related to it. Editing that photo also gave me a greater appreciation for what photographers have to go through and why it might take longer than a few weeks to get professional pictures back. Ha!