In my e-learning journey. I discover that presenting text with an image will enhance learning. Now that I have also learnt to make a video, I realise that to have moving images and sound added, the captivation to the students becomes further heightened. Therefore, I have converted my powerpoint to a video and added animation and music and even surprised myself as I become more emotionally engaged to the movie now that the Australian National anthem is added.
Click on the link to watch the movie.
This movie can be used as a "hook" at the beginning of the unit to solicit prior knowledge. Students can be asked to pen down the famous Australians' names as they flash by. As such, the learning manager can assess how much the students already know and also gauge the students' interests by observing the responses to the diverse Australians.
It can also be used as a concluding activity at the end of the unit as students write down the Australians they now know so that it will display the knowledge they have explored and retained throughout the entire project.
Students can be encouraged to present their projects in a movie by using Moviemaker and this movie can serve as a spark of interest or model for them to decide. This will encourage multi-model ways of completing project. Students can choose between a poster, a powerpoint, a website, a video or a photostory to present their project.
Hi Grace,
ReplyDeleteI really like how to have come up with the idea of using the video as a game for the students to play as a hook or a concluding activity. How would you ensure that the students are writing down the Australians that they have heard of? Would there be a reward for the student who can name the most, to encourage all students to get involed in the activty?
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ReplyDeleteDear Cara:
ReplyDeleteTo ensure stuents are writing down the Australians, we can turn it into a game.
1) Split the class into groups. The group with the most names win.
2) Split the class into groups. Give them a category of Australians to write down.
3) Split the clas into groups. Have a buzzer for each group. Pausing the video at each Australian, the students who sounds the buzzer first answers.
We can turn the results into a graph and that would link to numeracy.
ReplyDeleteI do not usually like to use rewards in my classroom. so what about the person/group with the most points get to choose the Famous Australian they want to do first? From experience, I know many students hassle over the few media-represented people like Nicole Kidman and Billy Slater.
Hi Grace,
ReplyDeleteBy having the student with the most responses correct choosing the Australian they want to study, that can be considered a reward. This should then help to get all the students involved in the activity.