So let me start out by saying that I enjoyed this class. It was kind of a bumpy ride for me in that there were some assignments that I really enjoyed working on like the digital stories (even though I already knew how to do that), and some assignments that I really didn't see any use for with my particular field of teaching. Let me first try to explain my thinking about some of the assignments I had some type of problem with.
I'll start with the Visual Vocabulary Project. I'm really not a fan of doing power points, so this one didn't start out well. I tried to find a topic that I was interested in and that I thought I could find a group of words with good symbolism. I chose football. Now on my nice 27 inch Mac computer screen in my office at school, my power point looked good. I felt pretty good about it. Then I got my grade ... 85. Okay, now I'm not a grade whore that has to get an "A" at all costs or it's the end of the world. My problem though was that the comment posted on my blog was, "The addition of sound at the beginning was a nice touch. good job." Okay ... so why the 85? Obviously there must be something that wasn't good about it that caused my grade to drop. I asked, didn't really get an answer, but ultimately it wasn't eating at me so I let it go. A few weeks later we were talking in class about the look of assignments on the blog itself. Okay I now had my answer. The power point looked great on my big computer screen, but it didn't look so great on the blog. Fair enough.
The other assignment that I really didn't see any use for me personally was the poster. At least at first, but I'll get to that in a moment. This was the last assignment, and I honestly felt like it should have been one of the first or second completed in the course. I just felt like this was something that I would never ever have any need to do in my class. I actually told a couple of my colleagues that the only time I could imagine me needing to make a poster like this would be if I was an administrator, and if that was the case I'd be making enough money that I would just hire someone else to do it for me. I of course did it, and I'll admit I was happy with the way it came out. (And I learned a lot about Flickr doing it.) I still felt that I would never need to do something like this again. Well never say never. Some of my TV students entered a safe driving film contest, and our school was selected as a finalist. We'll be making a public service announcement on the dangers of texting and driving in case you're wondering. In the spring we will be meeting with representatives from the festival sponsors to make a formal presentation to them. Enter Mr. Poster. I thought this would be a great way to add to our PSA, and point out more of the dangers of texting & driving, give some statistics, websites for more information, etc. Oh, and since I'm not an administrator yet, I'll be making the poster myself.
I really enjoyed making the digital stories. I guess I better since it's my job at school. Both "My Dog Mickey" and "CHS: What are you in to?" were fun to make, and after showing them to people I think people really liked them. Which as a producer is what you're looking for. Podcasts 1 & 2 were also a lot of fun. I had never made a podcast before, but I'm thinking about starting to use this as an assignment in my Intro to TV and News classes at school. I think the students will enjoy making them, and it will introduce them to another form of media.
So overall I enjoyed the class. In addition to the digital stories and the podcasts, I really liked the collaboration and interaction with the Wiki projects, and the text was informative too. Not a bad way to spend two hours every Thursday night for a few months.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Poster Presentation
References:
Flickr.com. (n.d.). Retrieved December 6, 2010, from http://www.flickr.com
Richardson, W. (2009). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms. (2nd edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Wikipedia.org. (n.d.). Retrieved December 6, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flickr
Theories used:
Visual Literacy: I used pictures to represent and reinforce the information that was presented.
Cognitive Load Theory: I used short, to the point phrases to get the basic information I wanted the viewer to come away with, and not be bogged down with too much information that it was confusing.
Dual Coding Theory: I used a chart like picture to reinforce the information that was presented in an easy to look at and understand way.
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