Standard 3: Digital Learning Environments
Candidates demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to create, support, and manage effective digital learning environments.
- Element 3.1 Classroom Management & Collaborative Learning - Candidates model and facilitate effective classroom management and collaborative learning strategies to maximize teacher and student use of digital tools and resources.
- Element 3.2 Managing Digital Tools and Resources - Candidates effectively manage digital tools and resources within the context of student learning experiences.
- Element 3.3 Online & Blended Learning - Candidates develop, model, and facilitate the use of online and blended learning, digital content, and learning networks to support and extend student learning and expand opportunities and choices for professional learning for teachers and administrators.
- Element 3.4 Adaptive and Assistive Technology - Candidates facilitate the use of adaptive and assistive technologies to support individual student learning needs.
- Element 3.5 Basic Troubleshooting - Candidates troubleshoot basic software and hardware problems common in digital learning environments.
- Element 3.6 Selecting and Evaluating Digital Tools & Resources - Candidates collaborate with teachers and administrators to select and evaluate digital tools and resources for accuracy, suitability, and compatibility with the school technology infrastructure.
- Element 3.7 Communication & Collaboration - Candidates utilize digital communication and collaboration tools to communicate locally and globally with students, parents, peers, and the larger community.
FRIT 7739: Online Staff Development
One of the required tasks for FRIT 7739 was the development of online staff development. After designing and leading a face-to-face professional development session on creating and using interactive images to increase student engagement, I put all of the elements of the face-to-face professional learning into an online module. I discovered that I am getting faster and I have a toolkit of Web 2.0 resources that is much bigger than it was 2 years ago. The elements of Standard 3 that were included in this module were 3.1 Classroom Management and Collaborative Learning, 3.2 Managing Digital Tools and Resources, 3.3 Online and Blended Learning, 3.5 Basic Troubleshooting, 3.6 Selecting and Evaluating Digital Tools and Resources, and 3.7 Communication and Collaboration. Obviously, there was a lot to this project. When developing the module I chose Thinglink, emaze, Weebly, Screencast-o-Matic, and Office 365 Forms. I incorporated a comments section for each of the 4 lessons so that teachers could collaborate and communicate. There was plenty of troubleshooting as I put the module together. The module leads teachers through 4 lessons showing them how to use Thinglink to create interactive images. I chose this topic because ELEOT scores for student technology use are low and the principals are looking for ways to increase student engagement with technology. Unfortunately, the teachers in our district are generally overwhelmed due to major changes in curriculum and grading. It has taken some effort to get cooperation from them to complete the module. Once the teachers do complete the module they are giving great feedback. One assessment strategy used was including a survey question at the end of each lesson. It is a simple yes or no question about whether they successfully completed the part of the lesson to complete their own interactive image. Another assessment strategy used was a Feedback Survey at the end of the module. I have many answers to the simple survey questions and the feedback surveys are slowly trickling in. One requirement of the feedback survey was to include the link to the teacher created interactive image. Some suggestions for improvement were to be able to skip to the lesson where you left off. That was an easy fix. I just added into the instructions to look at the top of the page to find the link to each of the lessons. Another concern was that a teacher couldn't see the tabs I was clicking on at the top during the screencast. This was just a screen size issue. Overall, the teachers felt the instruction was easy to follow. I have been surprised by the number of unique views to this PL module. My most recent check showed that I have had 139 unique visitors to the Interactive Image module. I'm not too sure who all of those visitors are.
Online Staff Development Module
Feedback Survey
Feedback Survey Data
FRIT 7235: Learning Module
This was my first podcast and it was definitely a learning experience. I ran into several problems. My first problem was making a decision about what kind of content I would include in the podcast. Once I made my decision, I had to decide how I would create the video. I decided to use Google Slides which worked great until I was ready to add narration. I wasn't satisfied with how the narration turned out so I converted my file to PowerPoint and then added the music and narration. I was very pleased once I had my video and my audio completed. Then, I struggled to convert the file to mp4 without losing part of the audio and video. It turns out that the laptop I was working on needs some love and attention and so it did not cooperate with the file conversion. After switching to a Chromebook, I was able to upload my file to YouTube as a mp4 file. Finally, I did a little happy dance. I survived my very first podcast and now that I know one way to complete a podcast, I am looking forward to spending some time creating more podcasts and experimenting with other programs. This could save me a lot of time at work. I could create podcasts to answer all of the technology questions that come through my door. This podcast is part of the first learning module that I developed for FRIT 7235. Element 3.4 Adaptive and assistance technology was used in this podcast. Since this module was designed for first grade students who are struggling readers, I added audio recorded directions to the podcast. Element 3.5 was also used since I had to do some troubleshooting.
Podcast
Short Vowel Sounds
Created by Manda Cawthon
This video podcast was created for first grade students who need a review of short vowel sounds.
This podcast could also be used with any primary students learning to read.
The video was created using Google Slides. The audio was added using PowerPoint.
FRIT 7233: Book Trailer
Wow! This was an exciting project. This is something I would enjoy doing with my own students. In FRIT 7233, I had to develop a book trailer. Of course, I thought a book trailer would be simple, but I was wrong.To complete the book trailer plan I included a learner analysis and design plan using Kellers ARCS model to engage the students. I then moved on to the storyboard. This was the part that required a lot of focus and detail. So much for my thought that I could just pick up my iPad and start recording a book trailer. The storyboard included every detail about producing the book trailer. When it came time to do the actual video, I was not too excited. I do not like seeing or hearing myself on video. It took several attempts to get a video that I was somewhat satisfied with. It would have taken a lot more time if I hadn't followed the steps leading up to production. I have learned to have a plan and map out the details before recording anything. This assignment included Elements 3.2 and 3.6.
Book Trailer Plan and Storyboard
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Book Trailer Production