Technocrats

Technocrats Group/8Y34 Lab 3: Place your cursor BELOW the three lines. Type in your Activity Types Reviews below. Then place a line under your entry. =To Post Click EDIT..............................................................It is over here ^\=

= = Ashley Pitre

The activity that I found most appealing was the electronic photo albums. These are digital stories that student can create about their lives using photos, movies or scanned images. What is really neat is that students can add items that make their e-album completely unique. Some of those additions are using voice overs to narrate their stories, or adding music while it is playing. I would use this in my grade 4/5 class that I had last teaching block. They had a language project that was a timeline of their life. It would have been a great idea for those students to bring in pictures and videos from those important times in their lives and make an e-album in which they could narrate why those moments were important. I think this is something they would have really enjoyed, however, I do not think it is limited to the junior grades. This is something that could be used across many grades for many activities.

** Julie Chedore ** I really like the use of electronic photo albums. They are digital stories that you can put together to share with one another. Some examples that students can use it for was their adventures on vacation, their family, a particular event such as a birthday party or a graduation party, or even a bibliography. Students can have a lot of fun creating this because there are so many things that you can do. For example, you can create your own background, add music, and add words. I would probably use this in a social studies unit where students can create their own Ephoto album about themselves, or they can even do it on a medieval times unit, or even a habitat project on their choice of animal. There really is a lot of different ways you can use electronic photo albums, this is why they are so great! With assessment, I think that giving students a checklist before working on the project would be most beneficial so they know that they have everything they need in their project.

Sandra Ross-Gowans I found the "Differing Points of View" to be an activity that I would use in the classroom to make writing fun for students. This type of activity allows students to write from a point of view other than the author's, which is an expectation in the language curriculum. Example, __Jack and the Bean Stalk__, students can write from the Giant's wife's perspective, the Bean stalk, etc and put their report in a fun, engaging activity via powerpoint or a video making tool, depending on their grade level. They could work on this activity in pairs. I would assess this activity using a checklist during the process making and a rubric for the end product looking for organization, event development, presentation of final product, and technology skills. The items I would be looking for would be mapped out in the criteria for students. A great way to incorporate technology and language.

The activity that stuck out to me in chapter six was "Slice of Life", which is a type of photo essay that describes events within a designated time frame. It is usually used to tell stories such as "A Day in the Life..." or "My Trip to...". I think this would be good to use in a class by either having them document a field trip we went on, and something they learned, or have them pick a place, research, and create their ideal trip. I would assess the activity for organization, sequencing and overall presentation. Rachael V.

Tyler Goode The activity type I found the most interesting was the e-photo album as I feel it would be the most useful. An e-photo album starts with students finding/making images and videos, then placing them into a slide show and adding music and/or narration. The first thing you would do as a teacher would be a demonstration-guided instruction (DGI) lesson. During this lesson you would model how to properly create an e-photo album. Once the students understand how to create it the possibilities of how to use the e-photo album in class is endless. My first thoughts on how to use the e-photo album was for a mixture of drama and language arts. The students could create a retelling of the story through tableaux pictures. Another way I thought of using the e-photo album was in science. In grade three the students learn about grow and changes in plants. How cool would it big if the students make an e-photo album about the growth of their plant. Another great thing about the e-photo album is that it lets the teacher teach many specific multi-media skills to students. As it is important to remember while we are teaching them the tools of today, we are preparing them for the advances of tomorrow. Assessing an e-photo album would require either a rubric or a check list as you would be marking the students ability to perform a task. I personally would choose a rubric as it would allow me to assess the students technology skills and the content they chose to display.

Alexis O.

From Chapters 4 and 6, I decided I would like to use e-photo album. An e-photo album is a digital movie or slide presentation that incorporates pictures from a variety of sources or movies. Students compile these images, choose appropriate background music and narrate how these images relate to themselves. The e-photo album can even be made into one large class album for students to remember each other.This would be a great way for everyone to get to know each other and learn something that doesn't come out at school. A way to assess an assignment such as this activity would be over time a period of time (formative). Students would be learning how to use various types of technology such as power point, photography software, scanning/editing software and Movie Maker program. There would a lot of problem solving involved and a checklist or rubric would have to be design to ensure the assessment was carried out in full.

__Amy P.__

__ The activity type that really caught my attention that I would like to use in the classroom is electronic photo albums. Ephoto albums are digital stories that students can create about their lives using photos, either digital or scanned, yearbooks, or family movies. The student can choose to add in background music to their story or include a narrative that adds to the students’ story about themselves. I would use the Ephoto album in a social studies unit when they are talking about themselves. I know my Grade 1 students did an “All About Me” page therefore using the Ephoto album would be a great way to incorporate technology in the classroom in a fun and interactive way. In terms of assessment, I would assess the student’s use of photos, music, or narrative choice. I would use a checklist to make sure they have included all components to make their story and a rubric to assess their use of language and communication of themselves. __

__Shannon-Lee A. __

__Online photo albums is a great activity to use in the classroom. It is a very beneficial way to incorporate teaching with technology in the classroom. Using e-albums allows the class to each contribute a portion of a final collaborative project. This activity gives students the opportunity to be a part of something bigger that is not complete without their contribution. It also allows students to work together to edit, manipulate, and create their own projects. There are many various resources and websites that provide examples and experiements that students can use in assistance to create their own online e-album. I believe this would be more of a "junior" project rather than a primary class assignment. Having the opportunity to research and somewhat create an e-album last week in class has allowed me to gain insight as to how to approach this type of beneficial activity and how to instruct/teach it to a classroom of students. I would use it in a grade 5 or 6 class as a final collaborative activity. I would give the students a topic in which the project must be completed on, provide them with resources to integrate pictures, videos, and audio into their e-album, as well as a final worksheet/checklist that allows the students themselves to ensure they are completing the activity timely and properly. __

Alex S

The activity type that I would choose to use in my classroom would be a photo essay. Photos essays allow students an alternative way to submit your "typical﻿" essay that many of us have written throughout our school career. Instead of writing pages and pages of words, students are able to use pictures to explain their essay. I would use this in my class as a modification for students who had difficulties writing. Based on this, I would assess whether the pictures used for the essay told or explained the required essay topic.

The activity that stuck out to me as being very practical and creative is the photo essay. A photo essay is a descriptive story-writing activity that uses short essays alongside pictures. There are different types of photo essays, for instance, e-photo albums, “slice of life” stories, digital biographies or oral histories. I would use this activity in my classroom since it can be used in all areas of the curriculum. It could be best used when students are given a written assignment and by bringing in technology into the assignment students are more excited and engaged in doing the project! One aspect of the activity that I would be assessing would be the students’ collaboration of using sounds, images, custom animations, and hyperlinks into their assignment to keep the audience engaged in their presentation; this can be done by using a checklist.

Juliana M.

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Keri Harrison The activity that caught my eye the most was the “slice of life” activity. This activity involves photos and words to explain, describe or illustrate an event, perspective or situation. This can be used as a technique in the classroom for a variety of subjects. For language, it could be used to help tell a story, explain different points of view, and outline a step by step process. For social studies, students can use this activity to make a visual timeline of historical events (example, Canada’s history of making the rail road). This is an excellent activity for visual learners to reinforce ideas and concepts through language and visuals.