ETC Final Project

Relevant and Innovative Learning Scenario

Kimberly Riffle

Brief Overview: In this scenario, learners use previous knowledge and basic computer skills to create a short video with a Web 2.0 tool called Go Animate. This scenario was conducted with teachers during an alternative certification course (Classroom Management).

1. Target Audience- My target audience consisted of 20 teachers who were attending an alternative certification course. Some of them taught elementary school, some middle school, and some high school.

2. Materials–
• Computers
• Internet access
• Classroom Management textbook
• Previously compiled list of classroom rules/procedures
• Creativity

3. Objectives– By the end of the presentation, learners should be able to:
• recall how to access the site, their videos, and the general procedure of creating a video, (knowledge)
• demonstrate their knowledge of the site tools by (comprehension)
• preparing a short video about their classroom rules and procedures, (application)
• distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate uses for this tool in their classroom, and (analysis)
• choose the best lesson to incorporate this tool into. (evaluation)

4. Procedure–

• Introduce Web 2.0 tools, define and explain with a PowerPoint presentation (I will use a short video, which can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc0oDIEbYFc)
• Present information that justifies using Web 2.0 tools in the classroom.
• Describe the tool and give a tutorial using an overhead projector, and students were in a classroom with computers, so access will not be an issue.
• Give the audience possible scenarios for implementing this tool into their classroom.
• Prime the audience’s background knowledge. They are going to make a video about the classroom rules/procedures they want to implement, so they need to review their list.
• Give the audience a dialogue minimum and maximum for their videos.
• Set them free to create their video, and monitor their progress by floating around the room, giving help where it is needed.
• Learners must share their video with at least one other person, and give feedback on one other person’s video. The videos can be found on the Google spreadsheet that will be compiled prior to the audience filling out the survey and providing the link to their video.
• Learners must complete the online survey provided by the instructor, providing a working link to their video.


5. Web 2.0 Tool– The tool I am working with is called Go Animate. This is a tool that allows users to create dialogue and animated content using setting and character templates. The link is http://www.goanimate.com.

6. Social Participation/Social Learning– This site is all about social interactions. Learners can publish their videos to You Tube, embed them on blogs, or email them to friends and classmates. Like You Tube, Go Animate users can post comments on another student’s video, and even use a unique system to rate other videos. With this lesson, learners must share their video with at least one other student, and post a comment on at least one other student’s video.

7. Making Connections– Forming Connections:

a) Learners must connect with previous knowledge regarding classroom rules and procedures in order to make an appropriate video.
b) Learners will connect with the content because information about rules and procedures is relevant and pertinent to these educators. They will connect with the site because the tool itself is relevant to the digital natives found in classrooms of today.
c) The sharing options of the tool can make a global connection. By publishing the created content to You Tube or to a blog, and using strategic tags to reach the desired audience, a person could connect with educators and learners all over the world.


8. Create/Produce – The student must create a video showcasing their classroom rules/procedures. The student produces every aspect of the video. He/she chooses the setting, characters, content, and creates the dialogue strategically.

9. Assessment –Assessment will come in the form of peer reviews of videos and comments left on videos. I will view each video and complete a rubric for each. I will give feedback in the form of comments on the videos. Self-assessment occurs when the student completes the survey. I will also assess if each of the objectives has been met through reading the feedback left on the survey.

10. Reflection –
a. Learners have the opportunity to reflect on and analyze their success through filling out an online survey created by the trainer. Learners reflect on the tool’s usefulness and relevance in their classrooms, with their students. Learners also reflect on whether or not the tool helped to reinforce their knowledge of classroom rules/procedures.

b. The survey also provides the trainer with valuable feedback that can be read and charted for analysis. The trainer is afforded the opportunity to reflect on the amount of direction and priming given to the students. Viewing the learners’ videos provides feedback as well. If the majority of student videos included what the directions specified, the trainer knows the presentation was successful. If there was content that was lacking, the trainer knows there is a need to adjust the directions/presentation accordingly.

BP2_FlixLab

Technology reviewed:  Flixlab iPhone application

Since so many of my students currently use iPhones, this application would be useful and relevant.  Flixlab allows users to upload, remix, and remaster movies taken on their iPhones.  This seems to work similarly to iMovie, where users can add text and produce movies almost instantly.  The best part is that everything is done on the iPhone, a type of technology many students can easily bring to class and use.  This is not like having students bring laptops to class (because many of them do not own laptops, and the wireless in my school is shoddy at best and requires a password), or having to use the computer lab at school and hope the computers work that day. 


One of the other perks of this application is that is allows users to post their movies to Facebook, sharing their finished product with their friends.  It even allows friends to add clips to the movies.  So, if we use this in class and one person missed a shot with their iPhone, another student can add the shot or clip into the movie.  This application allows for a great deal of sharing and collaboration.  My students could make a movie that pertains to what we are learning, such as a class novel or reading selection, using their own technology, starring their peers and classmates, and share it with their friends.  This is what they are already doing on their own time, except now it will involve learning.  Genius! 

This application is relevant to my CBR project--Motivating Students with Technology.  It would fuse the two ideas, motivation and technology, together in a truly meaningful manner.  If students are already using their phones in class, why not allow them to benefit from the use?  This way they would undoubtedly be engaged.