Visual Literacy

Visual Literacy

The student created video about visual literacy was very eye opening. How it permeates every bit of our lives shows just how important it is. I also loved knowing that we are currently living in the 3rd visual revolution; the digital revolution. An individual can be a careful critic and fluent in visual literacy; there is even visual rhetoric!

Out of all of the Ed Tech Team courses, I found this to be the most interesting, powerful and I learned a lot! I am excited about the book cover lesson that I created. Additionally, I am very proud of the book design that I created and how much I learned in Google Drawing.

Flipped Learning!

What impact does Flipped Learning have on your classroom? How can Flipped Learning empower you as a teacher?

I'm excited about doing my first FLIP lesson. I have dipped my toe in the waters of screencasting to give direct instruction in software tools and an art lesson for my students. For a 4th grade classroom at a Title 1 school it is difficult to hold kids accountable for usage of technology at home. This will be the biggest difficulty as an educator, but I believe it is important and worth giving it a try. Another hurdle is always the reflection piece. The school year also seems so rushed that reflection time is only 15 minutes for a whole unit in my classroom. However, I believe it is important and very beneficial (even to my own learning). This will absolutely change the dynamics of my class time.

Here are my two lessons!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/17YBSRiNOURkKrzgDxTQdvS3KA3ptAmobHR897gedr_Y/edit

Project Based Learning & All That Fun Stuff

In one year from now students will be engaged and excited about their collaborative learning. I am hoping in a years time that group norms will be maintained and that every 4th grader feels they can contribute. My goal as a teacher is to have a classroom that consistently looks like student oriented learning throughout the day. The PBL process really lends itself to this. 

This course has helped me to think once again about the 20time projects and how that can look in the classroom. My goal is to have 20time up and running for 15 weeks starting in January 2017.

Here is where my thoughts started:

PBL Project

Gettin' Global!

First things first! Here is my Global Collaboration Project!

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qNw0PM33DBu49HzHyPW5GzOQBIVQI6sKnlIknYV17p4/edit?usp=sharing

Also my Digital Footprint Presentation:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1u9myX_BFFa7k97QfO-TgHAh0yUdHZ96N91xI4D_os6g/edit?usp=sharing

Being active in a PLN is a complete game changer. The reason why I love Twitter so much is that everyone can really find their niche, whether that is the Dodgers, math, make up tutorials, or civil rights hashtags. If I need a math warm up that focuses on the decomposing of fractions I can tweet it out and get lots of different ideas for typically three days. How I will use my PLN in the future is by getting my students more involved. Not only will I ask and share on Twitter, but I can include them on connecting to the whole world. Next year I plan to take assignments and whenever possible, share the collaboration with the outside world. I think this will be very engaging and powerful for our students!