EDLD+5363+Activity+Reflection


 * Course-Embedded Assignment **


 * 1) //Create a public service announcement for parents and community partners. Capture and integrate sound, video, and digital images; create RSSfeeds; and publish the final product on the web. //// -- 15 Hours //


 * Reflection **

**Self –Assessment**

Being a Technology Application teacher, I believed that this class would be easy and exposed to little new information. I was very wrong. Up to this point, my knowledge base was strictly theory. When we created several different projects during this class, including the Public Service Announcement (PSA), I was able to experience the production process first hand. I learned more in-depth information about the importance of exposing our students to the use of video and multimedia in the learning process. Having students understand how pictures, lighting, camera angle and sequencing bring meaning to the story associates their learning to the world around them (Cruickshank, 2008).

**Learn as a Learner**

Our group began the project by creating a Google website where collaborations and final products would be posted. In Lambert's //Digital Storytelling Cookbook// (2007), he recommends being interviewed by someone. Through the interview process, I was able to narrow down my focus of the story. We used this process when we create our public service announcement (PSA) to ask questions about our story and its focus. As we progressed, we communicated our individual progress with each other by a running email conversation. When decisions were made, the information for the pre-production was moved to our final assignment. Throughout the production and post-production phase, we posted both our assigned shots and commented on which we will need to pull from the Internet. This process helped me stay focused on the project and its intended outcome. Another effect of the collaboration was the recommendations and support given that helped me improve my performance in the group and products.

**Lifelong Learning Skills**

Throughout the class, we focused on the importance of creating a portfolio of work to demonstrate our learning. Nelson (2008) stated, “Proof of the portfolio, rather than the promise of the resume.” Using the wiki or website for proof of my learning has reinforced the need for us to encourage the students to do the same thing. I found that my colleagues’ encouragement opened my mind to other possibilities and experiences. In the future I would like to observe how the use of video and multimedia helps our students both in understanding concepts and demonstrating their learning of those concepts.

Cruickshank, D. (2008). Martin Scorsese: Teaching visual literacy. Edutopia. Retrieved November 9, 2011, from [].

Lambert, J. (2007, February). Digital storytelling cookbook, 1-30. Story Center. November 9, 2011, from [|http://www.storycenter.org/cookbook.pdf.]

Nelson, R. (2008). Learning and working in the collaborative age: A new model for the workplace. //Edutopia//. Retrieved December 10, 2011, from @http://www.edutopia.org/randy-nelson-school-to-career-video.