I got a head start on the executive summary and the poster due to traveling over the holiday. I am glad I did because it certainly took the pressure off of me a bit this last and final week so that I can focus on creating and editing my video for our final presentation. I had 2 students in our class go over my poster with a fine tooth comb (thank you!) and I feel that it is finished. I decided against justifying my text and left aligned it.
I am most concerned about creating a final product for July 18th. I have decided to challenge my self to learn how to use Moovly to create my final video. I did this because my macbook is giving me issues so I cannot use Imovie. I want to be able to import my 90 second adobe spark video into a full length video. So far it is working well but I need to find the quiet uninterupted time to create the screencast. This is a challenge with a child at home!
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I "think" I am done with a rough draft of my poster. I ended up finishing the executive summary first because I knew I would much rather edit a poster than work on another written paper. Writing is not my strength. I was glad that I went ahead and fleshed out the executive summary before starting my poster. I had to further narrow down what I had written in the executive summary to an even smaller chunk. I also only references one document that was not a published journal article. I am wondering if that will be a problem. I cited a CDE publication which states that all students need to know the ethical use of technology and that access to technology should not be another achievement gap.
I struggled with the formatting of the poster a bit. I looked at the samples and I felt that having an image as my entire background was really distracting and not eye appealing. I ended up using the exact colors of my logo as my background and I added the image from my logo onto the top of the poster. I had to make some adjustments to the sizes of the boxes and move some of the information around to make it fit that size poster with a size 30 font. I also ended up justifying my text because I liked how that looked. Please give me feedback if you think that the justified text is hard to read. Link to my poster: I am still working on completing my rough cut but I wanted to share a bit about the work I completed this week. I have chosen to use Adobe Spark for creating my capstone video. I found it extremely easy last time that I used it. This time I used it, I ran into some road blocks that I was not expecting. My chromebook has been having issues with the microphone and sound so I decided to use my Macbook (which has become incredibly slow). However, when I loaded Adobe spark on my macbook, it said there was a problem with my browser and I basically could not edit the video at all on that device. I went back to my chromebook but I felt like it was having problems loading some of the images onto the page. I also felt the limitations that Adobe spark has, I am having trouble loading two or more images onto the screen. I am thinking about going into Canva and making one large image that has several images in it, then downloading it and uploading it into Adobe Spark. I also found a website called Pexels that has free stock videos that you can use (videos of someone typing etc). This was helpful since I did not record any B Roll shots while I still had access to my classroom and students. I am hoping that sharing videos.pexels.com will help others in the cohort.
I love using instructional videos in my class. I think that my students have an easier time accessing the content through videos and it makes class more fun. I always have relied on someone else's videos to get my point across to my students. Learning that we would be creating a video in this class and in previous classes left me feeling very intimidated by the task.
I really want to use Adobe Spark for my video production. I used this tool for the first time last semester in both classes and really loved the professional results that were created without learning a whole new video editing software. I can see the benefit to making some videos for my classes but I still do not see myself becoming proficient in a robust video editing program. Adobe Spark takes images and my voice and weaves it together into a very professional looking video. I was very happy with the results I saw last semester and I enjoyed watching the capstone video example from the Icare. As far as storyboarding, I am usually less of a planner and just start creating. I am the same way when I create tasks for my students such as hyperdocs. I just start putting ideas down and move them as I continue to create to make sure I am happy with the final product. I can see the benefits to storyboarding something like a video. I want to make sure I hook my audience at the beginning and capture their attention and gain their interest for the rest of the video. What I am struggling with right now is how this video will be short enough but detailed enough. I find myself wanting to explain my entire research cycles and projects but 90 seconds does not allow the time for that. I need to think more about what the main points of interest will be for my user. I was honestly feeling quite overwhelmed starting to make my logo. Like the WSINYE book mentioned, I had a notepad sitting next to my computer for the last week and had been sketching out all kinds of ideas I had. I am not an artist by any means and my sketches needed to be translated into something appealing on the computer. I had assumed I would just go with a google drawing and make something that way. I explored Logomaker and logomakr and was really intrigued by the black line drawings of various icons. I had a hard time editing within those programs but I saved a bunch of the images that I liked and you can see them below.
How does transliteracy change your current thoughts on the content you deliver? 2) How do see the incorporation of transliteracy teaching methods increasing student inclusion and engagement? 3) Your own thoughts...
I am very intrigued by the concept of transliteracy. I feel like it finally puts a word to some of the work I have been attempting to provide for my students. Having been an early adopter of technology, I have tried many digital tools in my classroom. I know that students come to my classroom knowing how to use many of the tools we use often in class such as Google Docs, and Google Slides. The skill that they are lacking is how to effectively use this tool to show me what they have learned without using obnoxious fonts. colors and cluttering the page with a million words that are not their own. My focus this year has been on finding credible sources online which is another skill that I also feel fits under the umbrella of transliteracy. I have also been incorporating a lot of hyperdocs into my classroom where students are provided with multiple ways to learn a concept and also multiple ways to demonstrate mastery of that concept. Students can watch videos, listen to a text online, complete an interactive activity and other activities to learn a concept that was once only provided to students in the form of a physical text. We all know our students have different learning styles and with 1:1 classrooms we can be providing so many different ways to learn a concept in class. I also feel that students need to be "literate" in navigating the web. Students need to understand how to analyze an image they find online to see if it is real. They need to know how to cite an image and find out if it is ok to reuse on a project. Students also need to be able to properly search for what they are looking for online. I have watched my students flounder when they cannot find the answer to a question online because all they know how to do is copy and paste a question I have asked them into the search bar of google and they cannot understand why the answer does not come up. To me these are all digital literacy skills that our students need in order to be transliterate in today's society. |