So, I discovered something that I am going to incorporate into my personal teaching practice as well I will incorporate somehow into my action research. So, I am a real fan of those whiteboard videos and I always wanted to create one. I think it appeals to the artistic side of me. I was happy when I discovered how to make them on sites like Powtoon or Animoto. But, that was not enough. Many, of you probably did not know that in one of my former lives I was actually going to come out of school an artist. I started my college career in art school and somewhere along the way I decided to change into (what I thought at the time was more practical) an English major. So, those drawings are something I know I can do with my creativity. The other day, I was thinking about what platform I have not used to make a project in and I came across a video that was much like the one’s in Powtoon. It had an ad at the end that talked about ordering my own set of cutout’s to make videos like that one. And it hit me this is how I am going to make my videos for my Capstone audience.
I can also use this in my personal teaching in a very wonderful and what I feel cool way. I am the technology liaison at my school. With that comes great responsibility of showing and helping all staff realize that the reason their printer is not working has nothing to do with their computer but more with the fact that it is not plugged in. It is also an opportunity to show staff/parents how to make a document in Google docs (or what have you). But, this gives me the freedom to make cool artistic videos that I can save and it saves me time on the backend by instead of me just showing them I can give them the video. Plus, this will work for my students that don’t get it after the 1,000,000,000,000,000th time I taught them how to make a new folder in their Google Drive. So, yeah I look forward to that. For my capstone I have thought about a couple of things but I don’t know if or how these things will work. I have thought about somehow incorporating a video game into teaching my audience about the benefits of a Flipped classroom. I have been fascinated with these super cheap, super small computers that have kept my attention for now a little over a year. I am talking about the Raspberry Pi. I have thought about somehow incorporating one of those things into my project or something/ somehow.
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One thing that I think I may struggle with is my explanation of an overall concept of the goal. I am a very in the head type of person and a lot of times the things I think don’t always come out and I don’t always articulate what I am thinking. Hahaha ask my wife how wonderful that is. I feel that I get so hyperfocused on the details that I don’t teach the whole picture. I’m not going to say that I feel like I may not have discovered this until I was reading through Clark’s chapter on concepts. I really liked this chapter and I think the pictures and concepts (haha) really do help. I really need to apply these to my practice. Analogies is a representation that corresponds with a concept in function or form, but which is otherwise dissimilar Definitions and examples Counterexamples instance of a closely related concept that could be confused with the lesson concept. Information Display I find that these things will help improve my craft as an educator.
So here is a quote that I love that I feel explains a lot about the SITE model and all instructional design. It says instructional design is creating "instructional experiences which make the acquisition of knowledge and skill more efficient, effective, and appealing." I feel that the only thing that needs to be added is something about technology. The whole enchilada… I like how the article said that we need to teach the “whole person”. Did you get this article from a Microsoft word instruction manual? I like how it called computers word processors and then it talked of Microsoft Word. This had to have been written when Microsoft was king. I found it interesting it also talked that this corporations have to plan for all different levels comprehension. And then it said that in the “later” models of Microsoft Word they didn’t even put in the large instruction manual. One thing I thought about was by this point most people started getting on the internet and started asking how to do stuff and it became a more word of mouth problem solving solution. I think this melds well all different aspects of the modern learner. I look at it from two sides. The first as the teacher and what I have to do to “motivate’ or keep motivated my students. And then the second is me as a student what keeps me motivated and interested in learning. I really enjoyed the quote under The Technical Subcontext that said the following. “Learner motivation flourishes when learners can see how the ways and means of the technical subcontext will help them to realize their goals or pursue values that are in accord with cultural and social influences.“ I also liked what it talked about the autodidacts. It helped me to think for my own if my students are already autodidacts, or do they need to be taught how to be one. Very interesting thought. I could then also flip it and see if I am an autodidact and in what role does technology play in into learning how to learn. Honestly, I think that I have become more autodidact (is that correct?) by one simple tool….wait for it….Youtube. Think of how many “how to” videos there are. I go to Youtube for anything that I want to know more about. I mean I went to Youtube to learn more about this model. Did you know that there is nothing about the SITE model on Youtube. So, then you have to think of other ways to word it. Haha * Merrill, M. D.; Drake, L.; Lacy, M. J.; Pratt, J. (1996). "Reclaiming instructional design" (PDF). Educational Technology. 36 (5): 5–7. |
Adam Vedomske
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April 2017
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