Week Five

This week we learned how to make a video using Picasa. I really enjoyed this project because I feel like it is an interesting way to present new information to students. It was also fun being creative and being able to choose which pictures you would like to use. Editing the picture using Piknic was also fun. There were many different possibilities which required me to use my creative side. Like I said using a program such as Picasa would be an easy way to introduce a new lesson. It would also be convenient to post the video online so absent students would be able to access the video to see what was missed in class. Another thing we did this week was the website evaluation. This process was very helpful when it comes to finding a useful website for students to use. It is important to first review websites and decide if they are appropriate for the lesson before allowing students access to that website.
This weeks projects involved the following standards: 1) facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity. Picasa followed this standard for the fact that making a video in Picasa requires a lot of creativity. Assigning the students a project that requires making a video would be a good way to inspire this creativity. Another standard that this assignment followed was 2) designing and developing digital age learning experiences. Simply showing a video to introduce a new topic would get the students interested in what they are about to learn and is a good was to teach them something new using a digital medium. This assignment also included the third standard. 3) model digital age work and learning. Once again, by either assigning the students their own project to work on or by showing the students a video that you put together would both incorporate this standard.