Tool Box:
The ED 702 course on digital tools has completely changed my perception of this coming school year. Thanks to all that I have learned over this summer, I have begun to rethink and redesign how I my classroom will operate. This course has primarily provided me with two things:
Driving Question: How might we leverage technology to provide students opportunities to develop their metacognitive and critical thinking skills? Creating videos: At the start of this course, I was asked to consider which specific skills and tools I would like to explore. I knew immediately, making better videos! For so many reasons, I knew I needed to become better at creating, editing and uploading my own videos. I think this is a highly valuable skill with unlimited potential. As a teacher, I could create videos and tutorials to introduce and review information. Students could watch these for homework, or on their own time simply to study. As for my capstone, I intend to teach my students how to create their own videos. I will introduce my students to several digital resources for creating videos: ScreenCast-O-Matic ScreenCast O Matic is a resource with a free version and a premium upgrade. I have a premium upgrade thus I have full access and have explored the website thoroughly. I think it is a great tool and as a teacher, I see a great deal of potential. The website allows the user to record their own desktop, with the option of including the their face. One way I could use this tool as a teacher is to record myself reading through the instructions of an assignment or recording my voice of a Google slideshow introducing a new project. However, for my capstone, I will be focusing on teaching my students to utilize this resource as a means of recording themselves as they explain their work. For example, a student working on a rough draft essay on a Google Doc could create a metacognitive journal entry regarding their progress on the essay. Students could answer specific questions such as what they did well or what they found challenging. adobe spark Adobe spark was completely new to me this summer, but within hours I became hooked on it. It is a very user friendly site that allows users to create original videos complete with voice over and theme music. Users simply upload a series of images, text, or videos, in whichever order they desire. Users can choose to speak over any portion of the video, as well as select background music from a free library or upload your own personal music. Students could be tasked with creating original videos in a series of scenarios. I would like to have students work collaboratively to create videos in order to present proposed solutions to real world problems. EdPuzzle Ed puzzle is yet another great free resource for creating and editing videos. What is so unique about EdPuzzle though, is that users can add audio or text based comments throughout the video. For example, as a teacher, I could insert review questions throughout a video. With respect to my driving question, I could have all students watch the same video. Then, make a copy of that video, and insert their questions or comments either via audio or text. This would provide teachers with insight to the students’ comprehension of the material. Also, it would provide the students with a potentially valuable recording which they could revisit.
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