3.3 Online & Blended Learning
Candidates develop, model, and facilitate the use of online and blended learning, digital content, and learning networks to support and extend student learning and expand opportunities and choices for professional learning for teachers and administrators. (PSC 3.3/ISTE 3c)
Artifact: Multimedia Design Project
Reflection:
The multimedia design project was a WebQuest completed individually as a class assignment. While addressing both science and social studies content standards in third, fourth, and fifth grades, student technology standards are adopted simultaneously. The site guides students on how to create multimedia and non-multimedia projects to show their learning of the chosen content standard, along with the accompanied elements. I created the site through Weebly to increase online and blended learning opportunities both in my classroom and throughout my school. The digital content found on http://designyourproject.weebly.com allow students to extend their learning through sharing their products through learning networks.
When I developed the online and blending learning environment in my classroom through a creating a WebQuest, I made sure to include ways for students to expand their learning networks through the digital resources provided. I created and found video tutorials to teach and support student learning on creating multimedia presentations through Prezi, Emaze, PowToons, PowerPoint, and Google Slides. Students learned how to expand their learning networks by sharing their products on the World Wide Web. Students could choose to create a non-multimedia project to share with others as well; tutorials for non-multimedia applications included Canva, Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, Google Docs, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Publisher.
After the design of the website was complete, I implemented the project with the students in my gifted resource classroom in order to troubleshoot prior to sharing with faculty and staff. Because the digital content exposed to my students through the WebQuest was successful in my classroom setting, I facilitated a school-wide demonstration on how to use the website in other classrooms to extend student learning, expand opportunities, and provide differentiated instruction within the walls of other classes throughout my school building. Professional learning took place for both administrators and teachers at the school-wide training as I modeled ways to embed this online experience for students and teachers. Teachers also used this website to learn how to create the different types of multimedia and non-multimedia presentations for personal and professional use as well; it proved to be a valid resource used by several teachers throughout the school year. Teachers also recognized the expansion of their learning networks by searching for projects already created and sharing their creations with other teammates and teachers who teach the same content.
I learned a vast amount of knowledge on web design and online learning through the experience of creating a WebQuest through Weebly. Not only did I learn basic principles of how to create a site, I incorporated other types of technologies throughout the project as well. If I could change anything about this project, I would add more advanced videos for teacher and administrator use as well as advanced students who are familiar with the digital tools. I would also add information for students in lower grade levels as well.
Creating the WebQuest deemed to be a go-to resource for teachers to use in their classrooms with their students as well as to learn how to create the different types of presentations themselves. Student and faculty learning took place and continues to do so through the website I created. The impact of this artifact can be assessed through the stats of teacher and student use available when logged in and by the products created by students and teachers from using this new digital tool for online and blended learning.
The multimedia design project was a WebQuest completed individually as a class assignment. While addressing both science and social studies content standards in third, fourth, and fifth grades, student technology standards are adopted simultaneously. The site guides students on how to create multimedia and non-multimedia projects to show their learning of the chosen content standard, along with the accompanied elements. I created the site through Weebly to increase online and blended learning opportunities both in my classroom and throughout my school. The digital content found on http://designyourproject.weebly.com allow students to extend their learning through sharing their products through learning networks.
When I developed the online and blending learning environment in my classroom through a creating a WebQuest, I made sure to include ways for students to expand their learning networks through the digital resources provided. I created and found video tutorials to teach and support student learning on creating multimedia presentations through Prezi, Emaze, PowToons, PowerPoint, and Google Slides. Students learned how to expand their learning networks by sharing their products on the World Wide Web. Students could choose to create a non-multimedia project to share with others as well; tutorials for non-multimedia applications included Canva, Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, Google Docs, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Publisher.
After the design of the website was complete, I implemented the project with the students in my gifted resource classroom in order to troubleshoot prior to sharing with faculty and staff. Because the digital content exposed to my students through the WebQuest was successful in my classroom setting, I facilitated a school-wide demonstration on how to use the website in other classrooms to extend student learning, expand opportunities, and provide differentiated instruction within the walls of other classes throughout my school building. Professional learning took place for both administrators and teachers at the school-wide training as I modeled ways to embed this online experience for students and teachers. Teachers also used this website to learn how to create the different types of multimedia and non-multimedia presentations for personal and professional use as well; it proved to be a valid resource used by several teachers throughout the school year. Teachers also recognized the expansion of their learning networks by searching for projects already created and sharing their creations with other teammates and teachers who teach the same content.
I learned a vast amount of knowledge on web design and online learning through the experience of creating a WebQuest through Weebly. Not only did I learn basic principles of how to create a site, I incorporated other types of technologies throughout the project as well. If I could change anything about this project, I would add more advanced videos for teacher and administrator use as well as advanced students who are familiar with the digital tools. I would also add information for students in lower grade levels as well.
Creating the WebQuest deemed to be a go-to resource for teachers to use in their classrooms with their students as well as to learn how to create the different types of presentations themselves. Student and faculty learning took place and continues to do so through the website I created. The impact of this artifact can be assessed through the stats of teacher and student use available when logged in and by the products created by students and teachers from using this new digital tool for online and blended learning.