Module 4 Responses

I posted comments on Amy's and Lynne's blogs!

Graphic Organizer on Flip Cameras

Graphic Organizer:

I chose flip cameras as the innovation for my graphic organizer. Flip cameras are a great tool for the classroom and apply very well to communication, collaboration and content. I love my flip camera and I find more uses for it every year that I integrate it into my classroom. My new favorite use: I leave it with the sub and have them video tape the class while they are working, it makes for a great extra set of eyes and the behavior is impeccable! (Side note) I am so glad that we are getting an opportunity to blog but more importantly experiment with trying to get different formats to post on the blog. I feel so happy when I finally get something to work!!

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Love this!!

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/technology/26night.html?ref=technology

Article

Read and enjoy this article about cheap computer tablets...this could really have an impact on distance education!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100723/ap_on_hi_te/as_india_supercheap_computer

Module 3 responses

In module 3, I made comments on Bradley Gogan's Blog and Amy Cantymagli's Blog.

Students who don't play well... (Module 3 Blog Post)

As an instructor in an online class, I am not sure that I would be comfortable allowing a student to work alone on a project. I think that collaboration is a very important part of the learning process and in any subject area a student will have to have access to a skill set of collaborative work skills for a job in that field. I would explain to the student that there are students that struggle with test taking and we still make them take tests.
I work primarily in the world of collaborative learning in Drama and I do not allow my students to work alone in class when there is group work to be done, especially because that is the student that has the most to learn from this type of work. The assessment of collaborative learning should always be on an individual basis. There are many outcomes that a project can have and with all different levels of learner participation but it is important that each student realize that they are each a part of the process and together they make a successful product. It is possible for a great product to come from a process in which not everyone was participating and that is why students need to be assessed based only on their work.
The way that I perceive knowledge and assessment is a bit different in Drama then in other subject areas. First off, in many cases what I am assessing is subjective and although I have had a lot of training in what I do, there are times where another Drama teacher might feel differently about a specific performance. I try to use rubrics as much as possible to make sure that the student understands and meets the needs of the criteria, to avoid the subjectivity issue. Secondly, my students all come to class at different talent levels, I view them in that way and watch each one excel from their own starting point. I think in any class that is the job of a teacher...to propel a student forward is what we should deem as a successful accomplishment.

Module 3

I responded to two blogs in regards to their storyboards:

Lynne B. and Andree S.

Copy of AEA 267 Storyboard Template

Storyboard Template