Part I of Lesson Plan #5 should provide skill training in a technology tool or media creation tool.
Technology skills can include practice exercises in the use of glue guns, Zip Snips for cardboard, sewing tools, screwdrivers, soldering irons, hand looms
Communications media examples could include using how to use Adobe Spark, WeVideo, I-Movie,etc.
Design Tool examples could include Google Drawings, Kidpix, TinkerCAD, SketchUp
Research, communication and collaboration examples include Google Search, Google Image Search, Google Docs, Gmail, Google Earth
Simulations include West Point Bridge Designer, Concord Consortium programs, EdHead
Part of the intent of this lesson is to teach students how to learn independently, learning technical skills from video tutorials rather than directly from the teacher.
Technology skill instruction is often done better through online tutorials than through live instruction. Educational technology skills are very information dense- they can only be absorbed in very small pieces which are followed by deliberate practice. With video, students can learn and practice skills at their own pace, stopping and replaying portions as needed.
This can even be true of hands-on technology, teaching use of tools. With live instruction, only the two nearest students are often the only ones who can see what is being done, whereas with video, everyone has a front-row seat.
Create Lesson Plan #5 for your unit plan(see attached template), that guides your students through the creating of a digital media artifact( poster, slideshow, screencast, video ) that summarizes their project research or design journey. This artifact is how your students will share their work with the wider world.
V2_Lesson Plan #5 Creating a Media Product.docx
(1) Lesson Plan Part I: Technology Tutorials-
Provide your students with self-directed learning materials( such as video tutorials) on the technology skills of using the media program, such as Canva, Google Slides, Ios Screen recording, Screencastify, or WeVideo. For younger children, this could take the form of a lesson in creating collages, or in uploading images to Seesaw.
Canva-
Start Designing at https://www.canva.com/free/
Canva for Students
https://www.canva.com/education/students/
Tutorials
https://www.canva.com/designschool/tutorials/getting-started/
Lesson Plan#5 Template- Media Product.docx
Create Lesson Plan #5 for your unit plan, that guides your students through the creating of a digital media artifact( video, Adobe Spark, slideshow, or poster) that summarizes their project research or design journey. This artifact is how your students will share their work with the wider world
(1) Lesson Plan Part I: Technology Tutorials- Provide your students with self-directed learning materials( such as video tutorials) on the technology skills of using the media program, such as WeVideo, I-movie, or Google Slides.
Website: https://www.wevideo.com/
WeVideo for Schools: https://www.wevideo.com/education
WeVideo Lesson Plans: https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/wevideo/lesson-plans
Tutorials:
WeVideo Academy: https://www.wevideo.com/academy
Video Editing with WeVideo: https://youtu.be/kf25nK2XsIo
Google Slides for Kids: https://youtu.be/lfpneIqnXTE
(2) Lesson Plan Part II: Editorial Content: Make clear the expectations for the final media product, through a text description or storyboard.
Example: Video_Assignment.pdf
Example 2: NuVu Presentation Instructions https://cambridge.nuvustudio.com/posts/374225-presentation-instructions
Example 3:
Titles
Voiceover with project description
Step 1 of Project
Step 2 of Project
Step 3 of Project
Reflection on successes and failures
Next steps....
Lesson Plan #5-Part I--Skills Instruction
Title of lesson:
Ecology Action Public Service Announcement( Video)- Video Skills Training
Brief Overview/Goal:
Students will learn how to use WeVideo.com to edit and create a video
Prior Knowledge/Action Required to do lesson:
Students will have created a WeVideo account and completed the WeVideo tutorial
Estimated time for lesson (could be multiple periods):
2 Class Periods
Massachusetts Frameworks(including Digital Literacy) that relate to the lesson:
Digital Tools [9-12.DTC.a]
3. Use digital tools to design and develop a significant digital artifact (e.g., multipage website, online portfolio, simulation).
4. Select digital tools or resources based on their efficiency and effectiveness to use for a project or assignment and justify the selection.
Collaboration and Communication [9-12.DTC.b]
5. Communicate and publish key ideas and details to a variety of audiences using digital tools and media-rich resources.
6. Collaborate on a substantial project with outside experts or others through online digital tools (e.g., science fair project, community service project, capstone project).
Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally), evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, vocabulary, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task. (See grades 9–10 Language Standards 4–6 for specific expectations regarding vocabulary.)
Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., audio, visual, interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
References:
https://www.wevideo.com/
Materials and Resources, including tutorials provided:
Teacher instruction/walkthrough
Google Drive folder with sample video clips and images, or from WevIdeo site
WeVideo Academy
https://www.wevideo.com/academy
Chromebook laptop computers( or desktop computers if available)
Instructional objectives:
Students will learn how to edit and create short documentary videos using WeVideo
Language Objectives/Targeted Academic language:
Vocabulary:
Timeline
Project
Media
Editor
Dashboard
Storyboard
Embed Code
Cloud Storage
Students will understand vocabulary terms and be able to incorporate these terms into their academic language and literacy when discussing or describing classwork and projects.
Anticipated student preconceptions/misconceptions:
-N/A
Instructional tips for teacher:
-Students may struggle with the new technology (WeVideo) so the teacher may need to spend additional time working with each group individually as they edit their videos.
Instructional activities
Day 1:
Students create a WeVideo Account through WeVideo for Education, practice logging in through their Google Account
Watch example videos
Watch Training Videos at WeVideo Academy https://www.wevideo.com/academy
Create a Project
Import Stock Media or from Google Drive
Practice Editing
Training and education are very different.
Training is a commodity.
Education is the part that confers comparative advantage.
Much of what we engineering education is in fact training and poorly done, Learning calculus is training, Learning to think using calculus is education; learning spelling and grammar is training. Learning to communicate is education. Learning a CAD (computer-aided design) program is training. Learning to design Is a much more complex. sophisticated thing; learning the parts is training. Learning the synthesis and is education. It's not clean. The boundary is clearly fuzzy. Once you could be trained to be a professional if you know things. that was enough, 'but information is ubiquitous, you can't have an advantage in society you know something.