MultiMedia Tools Lesson Idea Name: Where the Red Fern Grows Video Content Area: English Language Arts Grade Level(s): 6th Grade Content Standard Addressed: ELAGSE6RI7: Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue. Technology Standard Addressed: Creative Communicator 6b: create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations. Selected Technology Tool: ☒ Movie (list application): iMovie ☐ Audio (list application): ☐ Other: (list)
URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable): Bloom’s Taxonomy Level(s):
☐ Remembering ☒ Understanding ☒ Applying ☐ Analyzing ☐ Evaluating ☒ Creating Levels of Technology Integration (LoTi Level):
☐ Level 1: Awareness ☐ Level 2: Exploration ☐ Level 3: Infusion ☒ Level 4: Integration
☐ Level 5: Expansion ☐ Level 6: Refinement Universal Design for Learning (UDL): For students within the class who have auditory sensory impairments, including visual components and images in the technology product allows those students to engage and participate in the activity. For students within the class who have visual sensory impairments, including audio elements and narrations in the technology product allows those students to engage and participate in the activity. To support the learning experience for all individuals, students with Mild Intellectual Disabilities may be assigned a partner to work with when creating the video products. Engagement: The assignment requires engagement and active participation from all students, including those who are assigned to work with others. The activity is student-‐paced, allowing each student to work at his/her own pace. Representation: Content is presented using various forms of multimedia (written text, audio files, images, video clips, narrations) and key information regarding the text is highlighted and addressed. Action and Expression: The assignment requires students to demonstrate and express what they have learned after reading the text, take action in creating their own video files, and move to a higher Bloom’s level of creating useful technology products. Lesson idea implementation: After reading Wilson Rawl’s novel Where the Red Fern Grows, students will create video products that the teacher will use to assess the students’ knowledge and comprehension of the text. To introduce the project, the teacher will present his/her own video file to the class as an example of the products that they will create themselves and go over the rubric during class so that students understand the requirements for this assignment. Then, the students will use the teacher’s video as a guide while they begin creating their own videos about the novel. During this time, students will be given one week (five class periods) to create and complete their videos while the teacher acts as co-‐learner and answers any questions the students may have. After completing and posting their videos to the class website/blog, the teacher will Spring 2018_SJB
MultiMedia Tools use the rubric to assess students on their knowledge and understanding of the text. To conclude the lesson, the teacher will then return the graded rubrics and attached comments/feedback to each individual student. The students’ final video products will be used to inform other students who may be missing key parts of information regarding the text. One person may have a different interpretation of something from another student, so having numerous video files that summarize and highlight different parts of the text may be useful in helping students better understand the text as a whole and fill in any gaps of missing information or confusion that they may have. The products will also be used to differentiate learning by providing a variety of narrations, images, and video clips to all students. I will extend the student learning to a higher learning level by having the students collaborate and share their videos with their peers before submitting them for a final grade. In this way, students will receive feedback from their classmates as they work in addition to receiving feedback from the teacher’s comments that are attached to the graded rubrics after the assignments have been submitted. Importance of technology: Using a multimedia authoring tool is critical to the project because without the use of iMovie, the project would not exist. In other words, the project could not be completed without this technology because the entire assignment is centered around the creation of videos using iMovie. Without using iMovie, the combination of both visual and auditory components would be lost. Other types of technology that are used in this learning experience include the Internet and search engines to locate images and video clips, as well as microphones to record voiceover narrations. Inspiration (optional): Internet Safety and Student Privacy: One possible issue surrounding Internet safety and student privacy that could arise while implementing this learning experience is the inclusion of students’ names on the title and credits pages. To minimize risks to students, I would ask that my students use only their first names for the title and credits pages (no last names or initials). In addition, I would send out an email to all parents and administrators before assigning the project so that they understand the plans and purpose of the assignment, may view the teacher’s example of the type of video file that students will be creating, and have the opportunity to voice any fears and/or concerns. Reflective Practice: The activities created could impact student learning by providing students with a creative, alternative form of assessment in which they are given the independence to create their own videos and assume adult/professional roles in the classroom. In doing so, students are given the freedom to show what they have learned and create something unique rather than being given a quiz or test with correct and incorrect answers. With permission and consent from parents/guardians, the teacher may further extend the lesson by distributing the students’ final products to other students, parents, and administrators at the school. In addition, other technology tools that could further enhance this project are the use of iTunes and Audacity when students are locating music, creating narrations/voiceovers, and/or using other audio components to enhance their videos.
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