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Week 1 Digital Media Checklist
Week 1 Digital Media Checklist
The following rubric is intended for teacher training. When creating this document, a few things that were kept in mind, one being that this can be used by more than one teacher trainer. Secondly, it can also be augmented for teachers to use in the classroom to evaluate open educational resources for students as well. The rubric covers areas that are thought to be the most important when looking at any kind of classroom content on the internet. It may be necessary to revisit and revise the checklist as the weeks progress through this course (LDT300).
For the signature assignment, the class being taught is how to turn an elementary reading block into effective small-group center rotations. There are several components of teacher training, including teacher-led groups. The first test run of the checklist will be an evaluation of a small group teacher training that was found by using the YouTube 'Creative Commons' filter. The video shows an example of a guided reading group.
NOTE: Please click the next page to see the completed evaluation.
OER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ0seoeVpAw
Week 2 Digital Document
Week 2 Digital Document
Digital Document Reflection
Digital Document Reflection
For the digital document that I created, I chose to create a handout for teachers that gives them ideas on how to incorporate technology into their small-group instruction. This helps support my course on how to set up, organize, and make the most out of a reading block. The handout is a supplementary document that would be given to teachers during one of the later modules of the course I am designing.
One of the takeaways I found is that when I am not designing for children, I do not add much support for diverse learners. I also did not add as much interactivity to this handout. If I were to do this assignment over again, I would add some hyperlinks for examples of what I am talking about. I might also add a forum or Jamboard link where teachers can share ideas with each other.
A positive takeaway during the design process that I have not included until now, is adding texturing! I played around on Canva and found that there are texture elements that you can add and send to the back. It's subtle but made a big difference!
Week 3 Flyer and Logo
Week 3 Flyer and Logo
My scenario for this assignment is a "Meet your Trainer" flyer with the company logo I created (Classroom Solutions). This flyer would be given to whatever school hired this training company to do teacher training. To meet the design standards, I made sure to read over the design basics article from the week two assignment. I was careful to choose lines, shapes, textures, and font that was clean, easy to read, not too cluttered, and balanced on the page. The color palette is neutral, with darker text for a good contrast.
For my logo, I chose a bright blue background to contrast with the white logo, text, and shapes. The circle design is simple and effective. I have included the original logo and design templates that I used from Canva. Canva has a special license agreement that most free media is available for commercial and noncommercial use (as I understand it). I do have a subscription and do use some of the pro elements for the purpose of this class. Here is the link for the Free Media License Agreement, https://www.canva.com/policies/free-media-license-agreement-2022-01-03/
This handout fits into my course by introducing teachers to the trainer and providing a class description of what they will learn during the course of the training.
These are the original flyer and logos that I used for this assignment.
Week 4 Video
Week 4 Video
During the course of this assignment, I learned a lot. One big takeaway is that videos are not easy to make! I applaud the YouTubers that record and edit content on a regular basis.
The parts of the assignment that I had to do ahead of time, such as writing the script and making a small bullet-point storyboard were extremely helpful in keeping myself on track. There was a comment that was made at some point during the reading that you should have the mentality of creating and outlining the steps of the video and not rely on, 'Oh, I've taught this a million times.' This way of thinking was important.
Keeping one objective during this video was easy to maintain since I wrote everything out ahead of time and only taught one thing. I created my title card in PowerPoint and used a picture that I found on Creative Common and have linked the website below. I found the music through a website called Envato. This website is a royalty-free music library. My husband has a paid account and let me use the music clip. I found one that I liked and added it to the beginning and the end of my video. There was a lot of Googling things I didn't know how to do.
Another thing that I did differently that helped immensely, was that I made short clips using Loom screen recording software. I made seven short videos and clipped them all together. If I misspoke, I can just record part of the video again and not have to re-record the whole thing. The Creative Commons license that I chose, continues to fit the scenario I chose the last time with the least permissions of use to others. This is this way because I work for the training company I made up called 'Classroom Solutions.' They are private for hire and wouldn't want their material given away for free.
I know my video isn't the most amazing editing and production quality, but I did learn a lot and am inspired to make more content!
Image on title card: https://images.all4ed.org/
Royalty-Free Music clip: https://elements.envato.com/audio/logos-and-idents Clear logo 11 by MatSteiner-FX
Week 5 Screencast with Animation
Week 5 Screencast with Animation
Reflection
Reflection
The learning objective here is adding an external website to Google Classroom. The video meets the objective and is easy to follow. There is no flashy content, and is appropriately accessible.
While this assignment was not technically difficult, I had a difficult time with the programs themselves. Firstly, I went through a few of the programs for animations and looked for the one that looked the most user-friendly. I ended up going with Biteable. The program is very user-friendly and a lot of fun to use. It had everything I needed, including a screen recorder, animations, and royalty-free music. However, after I spent a long time putting together my screen recording and getting it the way I wanted it, I was unable to download the video without a paid subscription. I went back to Canva and started from scratch.
Then, after I redid the entire assignment in Canva, I needed to add subtitles. I went to VEED.io, as one of this week's readings suggested I do. After I got everything into VEED.io and my subtitles were done, I ran into the same problem as Biteable. The program would not allow me to download the subtitles I had created without a paid subscription. VEED.io did allow me to copy and paste my script. From there, I put my subtitles on YouTube and checked for accuracy and grammar.
Overall, this video took way too long to produce, but I learned a ton about the software programs available. This is the second version of my screencast. The first one I created in Biteable was more polished, but I am still happy with this version as well.
Week 6 Audio Recording
Week 6 Audio Recording
Reflection
Reflection
For this week's activity, the learning goal I choose to use is understanding the difference between heterogeneous and homogenous groupings. I first typed out my script in Google docs and made sure that I included them here. You can access this file by clicking the button above labeled 'transcript.'
Next, I used Zoom to record myself. The reason I chose this is that I have used it before, and when you are done recording, Zoom will automatically save the audio as a separate file, and that makes life much easier.
After that, I used Garage Band to add opening and closing music. The only thing I struggled with was making the music fade in and fade out instead of just cutting off. I did eventually learn how to do it but was not able to make the changes in time to get this assignment in. Next time I will remember how to do it!
Week 7 Interactive Activity
Week 7 Interactive Activity
Reflection
Reflection
For this week's interactive activity, I have chosen to create a Nearpod. Nearpod is easy to use, has incredible engaging features, cooperates with Google Classroom, and has a free and paid version of the program. Nearpod is an authoring tool that teachers can learn how to use easily, and it is an incredible tool for instructional designers as well. Please click on the Nearpod logo next to this text to be taken to the website and enter the code below.
*Note: When you watch the YouTube video portion of this lesson, please turn on the subtitles. Nearpod uses its video player to play YouTube videos and does not always turn the text on automatically. Also, the code on the OER Checklist is an old code. The code below is the correct code.
Use Code: B3PQV
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