Class 3-31-09

Today we looked at the theory behind multi modal learning. We need to be aware of theoretical framework for mml. Dr. Pierce told us that we have to conduct an experiment to know what actual research is. 1 Multimedia Principle - Retention is improved through words, 2 Multimedia Principle – Students learn better when they see words associated with pictures, Coherence Principle – when extraneous words pictures and sounds are excluded, Modality – learn better from narration and animation than on-screen text, Redundancy – this interferes with learning, Individual Differences Principle – Design is a huge issue in the classroom, there are differences between high special learners and low special learners, Direct Manipulation Principle – learning that engages multimodal designs.

We looked at how to manage a PowerPoint presentation. This correlates with the activity we did last Thursday with the Jeopardy PowerPoint we adapted for our own functional use. We also worked to set up our own virtual classroom in Google Sites. My site is called “Roy Jenree’s Site”. Then, in the web page we created, we put the word document on Presentations that Dr. Pierce gave us into it. Afterwards we added attachments to the page we created in our website.

The standard that this lesson covered is ISTE standard 3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning.

Jeopardy

Class 3-26-09

In today’s class we learned how to manipulate existing presentations. We used a jeopardy-designed powerpoint and adjusted it to our own means. We adapted this powerpoint.

The ISTE Standards that this assignment covers are, standard 1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity and standard 3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning.

Class 3-24-09

At the beginning of class, we identified the pictures of everyone that were taken the week of midterm. Dr. Pierce had told us the pictures of the class were going to be our midterm final, but we hadn’t had a chance to really go over it. So we just played around with it today.

The world has not caught up with the newest version of office PowerPoint. This makes it difficult to open up files made on old or newer versions. PowerPoint has several formats; the file type used depends on your audience.

In class we took 2-3 minutes to search for a presentation we could use in our classes for the grade level we are striving to teach. I found one on vertebrates and invertebrates.

Today’s activities included; on the web (ftp) .ppt, On the web (ftp) .pps, On the web (ftp) .htm, On the web (ftp) .pdf, On the web .pdf Google, Embedded in blog, Google Pres on web, My pres. C:\desktop. The basic idea is that the “beast” as Dr. Pierce referred to it, can be saved in a variety of formats.

We can save things in Acrobat reader, Web Browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox…), Powerpoint, and PowerPoint viewer. Acrobat is really no longer needed to make .pdf files.

Most popular to least popular programs, in my mind are such;
1. Web Browser
2. Powerpoint
3. Powerpoint Viewer
4. Acrobat

After we saved the free online PowerPoint to our computers, we uploaded them to our Google Docs. Then we embedded it to embed it to our post.
Here is also a link to the free PowerPoint Presentation in my Google documents.

The standard that this lesson covered is ISTE standard 3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning.

Embed a Presentation

Podcast Rubric

Here is a link to the Podcast Rubric to Be used in accordance with the students' podcast about the anatomy of a squid. Also, here is the lesson plan for the podcast about a squid.

Podcast

Here is the link to the script for my podcast. And here is the link to my podcast. The ISTE Standard for the podcast assignment includes Standard 1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity. The INTASC Standard includes Principle 2: Child development and learning theory.