Students are very much technology savvy, they relate to the current technology uses and really want to see more and more of it used it the classroom. I had been on this semester long journey learning all of the technologies that are needed to enhance my classroom lectures.
This week our assignment is really a continuum of last week. Last week we were to day dream about how we could create a wiki space and incorporate our curriculum into it. I spent a lot of time reading the web links presented in this weeks reading assignments. "Building Your Curriculum Page", "Zipping Files",
"Web Quest", just to name a few. Teacher Tube Videos -, Teacher Tube.com, Education World ® Professional Development Center: The "Art" of Comprehension were some other sites I explored as well.
Now came the time to create that Wiki and incorporate my curriculum into it. I must admit this was another task not so easily accomplished. I spent several hours just navigating the site before I could grasp a concept on where to begin. Then I spent several more hours getting my information loaded up into the Wiki.
I had issues getting the pages to locate where I wanted them, some still are not where I want them to be.
I would have like a background color on the entire page(s) still tweaking that one. I had loaded a resource page regarding the material they will be working own. Along with some YouTube videos as well.
I still have to prepare a summary sheet of how they are to create a Digital Story Board using PowerPoint.
My students are of an older group and a lot of the technology is new to them. Most are comfortable with PowerPoint, so I need them to explore and work with slide share to turn their PowerPoint into a Digital story.
Here is the link to my wiki, Much work is still needed!!! http://lipkalearningcorner.wikispaces.com/
I must say wow you did a lot of work on your wiki. I was impressed that you already had your rubric and links in place. I enjoyed your choice of likes and how you organized your wiki. As for your blog it was great for addressing the audience and explaining what our assignment was in order to bring them into our world of the class. The list of resources gave a good idea of the process needed to complete a wiki.
ReplyDeleteI feel your pain with creating the wiki and curriculum pages. I spent much of my time looking at past assignments, and comparing to them to what I wanted to do. It seems that I will be spending much more time then I planned on creating my project and figuring out how to organize it. Your future plans seem to be right on track and makes me somewhat envious of the work that you have completed compared to what I still need to work on. I think that using PowerPoint with your target students is a good choice since they are probably more familiar with that program. I think meeting their needs and adapting the curriculum to teach them new technology and using what they have already obtained in their technology skills. Good luck with your project, I think your off to a great start.
I felt the same way and I think grasping anything new especially on the Internet can be a challenge. We’ve already been exposed to either Slideshare or Prezi. Prezi took a while to feel comfortable in. I find drawing a sketch of the product, helps place the websites and resourses in the product. I too spent hours moving things around. I separated my resources into digital story telling resources and curriculum resources.
ReplyDeleteI viewed your Wiki, it is well organized and looks great. You have put a lot of hard work into it.