Month: November 2019

This week looks at “Storyboarding.”

The Principles of Storyboarding for E-Learning Design explains that it is the preparation of a what one considers to be a map of an online module and what is should look like – Adeboye’s (2014).

Below you will find the link to my storyboard of a Science lesson for my 4th graders.

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My video was created using PowerPoint and is intended to be used as a welcome video for my students at the start of the academic year.  However, since it was created using PowerPoint it can be tweaked and used as an introductory activity for a given lesson or to incorporate into a Technology Integrated Activity (this is not the planned scenario in my case).

Inserted Pictures Source: Creative Commons

Suggestion to Increase Teachers Presence

• Make your Presence Felt – this can be done by checking in and up on your students on a regular basis so that they feel important and not left out in the online world of content delivery.
• Be Actively Involved – have your presentations organized and be knowledgeable of the content your are presenting, so that you do not come across to your students as uncertain.
• Be Engaged – provide evidence that you are engaged and interested in your students’ learning and achievement.  This can be done through posting of videos and photos on the discussion board, provide timely feedback and act as a facilitator and support system rather than an absent figure who is always in the hiding.

Reference

https.//creativecommons.org

https://www.youtube.com/

A key beneficial aspect of digital learning is “Interactivity.” Technology provides many opportunities for students and teachers to collaborate. – Gonzalez, E. 2009.

There are a number of resources that are accessible to the public to integrate in one’s lesson.  However, being aware of the copyright, trademark, or patent laws must be taken into consideration when obtaining your resources.  

For my technology integrated activity the resources I need are:

1. Imagines – clip arts  of simple machines will be used to promote interactive activities among my students.
2.  Video Resources – a selection of YouTube videos will be viewed that meet the requirements to assist in obtaining my desired objectives for my students.  A compilation of short videos will be selected to upload as part of my flipped classroom.
3. Documents – the students text books and also resources found through the digital library will be used to engage students in group activities.
4. Interactive Activities – words and short phrases written on flashcards will be used to foster treasure a hunt game.  These will also be used to promote word recognition skills, as well as to build vocabulary.

The resources were found through search techniques in Google engine, YouTube website and Creative Common tool.  These websites are public domains and as such are not protected by intellectual property laws and are also UDL friendly.

References 

Fishermen, E. (2016, July 5). How long should your next video be? [Web log post] Retrieved from https://wistia.com/learn/marketing/optimal-video-length

Perez, S. (2017, February 7). Creative Commons unveils a new photo search engine with filters, lists & social sharing [Weblog post]. Retrieved from https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/07/creative-commons-unveils-a-new-photo-search-engine-with-filters-lists-social-sharing/

Stim, R. (n.d.). Welcome to the public domain. Retrieved from https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/public-domain/welcome/

W3C. (2018). Accessibility. Retrieved from https://www.w3.org/standards/webdesign/accessibility

Webster, K. (2018). Copyright for educators. Retrieved from http://kumu.tru.ca/Copyright-for-Educators

YouTube, LLC. (2019). YouTube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/