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Module
4
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Module
4
Video, Activities
Each activity is based on your readings and evaluations
of the videos. Within each activity below, you will find links
to the materials on the Readings
and Videos pages that will help
you complete each Activity.
Activity
1, Introduction
Review the module introduction, objectives,
and evaluation rubric.
Activity
2, Reflection/Idea Generator: Video
Of the first four modules, video is probably the most foreign
of the technologies for you. Of course, you have been watching
videos in this class, and you are seeing in this module how
instructors can incorporate video into the classroom. For
this assignment, let your imagination loose. Dream of a lesson
in which you would incorporate video because it would greatly
enhance the lesson. If you have been fortunate enough to use
video successfully in the classroom, describe the lesson and
how video enhanced it. Share your ideas or reflections with
the class by posting your ideas in email to the Discussion
list using the subject line TT: Module 4, Activity 2.
Activity
3, Collaborative Activity: Video Analysis
Since we have quite a few videos for this module, we're going
to use a collaborative work division exercise known as Jigsaw.
- To start, each of you will be assigned to groups of three.
Each group will be assigned two videos
to view -- one on A/V production, one on video conferencing.
- Each group will answer the following questions:
- describe the types of audio/visual techniques that
were used in the videos you viewed
- analyze the effectiveness of the audio/visual portions
of the lesson
- make recommendations for use of audio/visual elements
in the K-12 classroom
- One member of the group should post the group's answers,
noting all members of the group, to the Discussion list
using the subject line TT: Module 4, Activity 3.
- As each group posts, we will notice that the answers will
be coming together to form a "picture", which
is why this is called a "Jigsaw" activity. The
picture we will see, as your Instructor facilitates an online
discussion based on your postings, is the creative use of
audio/visual in the K-12 classroom.
Activity
4, Lesson Plan: Identifying Elements of the Lesson
We're at the stage where you will need to identify
the categories needed for your lesson.
Here is a list of the required sections you
will need in your Lesson Plan:
- materials needed
- procedures or steps to the lesson
Here is a list of the optional elements for your lesson:
- discussion questions
- extensions (ideas for extending the Lesson Plan to other
subjects)
- suggested readings
- Web links
- vocabulary words
This activity will be a thinking and planning activity. You
will need to clearly foresee your lesson, what you want your
students to learn from it, and how you will help them achieve
that learning.
At this point, you need to be developing a clear idea of
how you will use technology to achieve the goals and objectives
of your Lesson Plan. So far, we have looked at how office
software, email, electronic information sources, and video
conferencing can be used to advance a lesson. In the next
module, we will discuss multimedia technologies, such as Microsoft's
PowerPoint.
By the end of that module, you will have to identify a technology
to incorporate into your lesson. For this module, go ahead
and select which categories you foresee you will need in your
Lesson Plan. To take another look ahead, you will have the
opportunity to edit your entire lesson in Module 6, so don't
worry that the choices you make here will be etched in stone!
Writing lesson plans is rarely a linear activity; it is usually
reflective and recursive. Thinking about making improvements
and then making changes is a characteristic of a great teacher!
Select your categories to the best of your ability. Include
a one to two sentence reason explaining why you chose the
categories you selected. You are going to share your work
with your PQP partner. After reviewing
your partner's comments and making changes you feel necessary,
email your list and reasons to your Instructor using the subject
line TT: Module 4, Activity 4.
Be certain to update your Lesson Plan document that you are
creating in your word processing program. Remember to include
the final version of these elements, based on your Instructor's
feedback.
When you have completed all of the activities
in this module,
proceed to Module 5, Multimedia.
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