Saturday, September 6, 2008
Futuring
A. How would you “grade” or assess Fox Becomes a Better Person, and School Train?
I think the class that created School Train went well beyond my expectations. Under the guidelines of making connections using metaphors, they definitely deserve an exemplary grade. Specifically in using:
*Creative video enhancement
*Manipulation of speed and movement
*Sound sequencing
When assessing Fox Becomes a Better Person, I would need to set up some guidelines to grade the students by. For example:
*Student understands the moral of the story
*The amount of effort put into developing project
*Self critique of overall performance compared to my assessment
Overall, I believe she deserves an A for her efforts. Well done Hannah!!
B. What impacts could the developments portrayed in epic2015 have on your classroom, particularly with respect to things like podcasting?
In my 2015 class room podcasting might become an issue while the students are running long distances since they are allowed to use them at this time. For example:
*Test answers sent in upcoming classes could be relayed
*Information could be completely false since the media as we know it no longer exists
*The focus of task at hand will become diminished by technology interference
Epic2005 puts up a few red flags in my mind as students begin to only receive news designed for their interests. I think it is a huge challenge to sift out the garbage, and a time consuming effort to find the credible facts. If I give an assignment that students will use the internet to gather information, I will definitely require them to list sources. Maybe even have them find information that contradicts the information they believe to be true so they understand how much disinformation there is.
I think the class that created School Train went well beyond my expectations. Under the guidelines of making connections using metaphors, they definitely deserve an exemplary grade. Specifically in using:
*Creative video enhancement
*Manipulation of speed and movement
*Sound sequencing
When assessing Fox Becomes a Better Person, I would need to set up some guidelines to grade the students by. For example:
*Student understands the moral of the story
*The amount of effort put into developing project
*Self critique of overall performance compared to my assessment
Overall, I believe she deserves an A for her efforts. Well done Hannah!!
B. What impacts could the developments portrayed in epic2015 have on your classroom, particularly with respect to things like podcasting?
In my 2015 class room podcasting might become an issue while the students are running long distances since they are allowed to use them at this time. For example:
*Test answers sent in upcoming classes could be relayed
*Information could be completely false since the media as we know it no longer exists
*The focus of task at hand will become diminished by technology interference
Epic2005 puts up a few red flags in my mind as students begin to only receive news designed for their interests. I think it is a huge challenge to sift out the garbage, and a time consuming effort to find the credible facts. If I give an assignment that students will use the internet to gather information, I will definitely require them to list sources. Maybe even have them find information that contradicts the information they believe to be true so they understand how much disinformation there is.
Since Podcasting is already a big part of the classroom, I will try to embrace this concept of information exchange. However, I will do this with great caution, and always reminding my students to check several sources before taking anything for truth/fact.
C. How might you use Sabrina’s piece as a model for something you would do with your own students?
I like how Sabrina was descriptive in explaining her goals in teaching. She knows herself and where she comes from, so this helped her to see the big picture. This is how I would help my students create a similar goal setting outline.
*First, what are you all about and why do you value the things you do?
*What long term and short term goals do I have?
*What steps do I need to take to reach success in each goal?
If the students first figure out who they are, they're more likely to clearly define a few goals. Then, they can go about the process of researching how to accomplishing each step in achieving each goal.
Using a video is perfect because it makes it more real. They can always look back to see how their goals have changed or evolved into new goals they never might have imagined.
I like how Sabrina was descriptive in explaining her goals in teaching. She knows herself and where she comes from, so this helped her to see the big picture. This is how I would help my students create a similar goal setting outline.
*First, what are you all about and why do you value the things you do?
*What long term and short term goals do I have?
*What steps do I need to take to reach success in each goal?
If the students first figure out who they are, they're more likely to clearly define a few goals. Then, they can go about the process of researching how to accomplishing each step in achieving each goal.
Using a video is perfect because it makes it more real. They can always look back to see how their goals have changed or evolved into new goals they never might have imagined.
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