SEDU 183 class PSA project

During my SED 183 class we were assigned to make a video concentrating on the topic of School Resources. We decided to make it entertaining but educational. We decided to explain how to schedule at Edinboro by using the Scots system. During this opportunity my group and I came across pro's an con's. A pro was that it was easy to contribute ideas and come up with a general understand that our college has problems with the system. It was fun to go outside the box and make it our own. A con was there was no zoom on the camera therefore you had to make sure you stood in the right place while filming. I could see myself assigning a project to my future students. I would take a slightly different outlook. I would have a checklist of things they had to provide in the video. Like each group member must be seen at least once during the video, a prop must be incorporated, and it needs to be school appropriate.

How can videos be used as a instructional, assessment, and communication method? I believe video can be instructional by setting standards for the video that they must complete a list of things throughout there video. As a assessment method they can be used to see the overall point portrayed during the video. Finally, video can be used as all sorts of way to communicate. Such as they can be a news cast, argument, or just as a way of expression.

Finale

Recently, we were presented a program called Finale by Eric. This program was one of the most interesting I have ever saw. For those of you that don't know what this tool does it is just a music composition where you can pick any instrument and pick notes to create a song. Although I was very interested, this program looked like it had a lot of different options and I think younger children would be very confused rather than learning something new. I could see this being used in Band or Chorus class in high school. Overall, it was fascinating and I would like to recommend this to anyone who is interested in writing music.

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MuseumBox and Go! Animate

Last week during SEDU class a few of my classmates were chosen to present on an Educational Tool you may incorporate in your classroom. Cody shared Museum Box and this tool introduced me to a new way to present information. Museum Box could be used for basically any subject in early, middle, and high school levels. The tool consist of "dresser drawers". When you click on them it brings up a box of six blank slides. Each box can share music, images, documents, etc. Being the first time I have ever viewed this tool, I believe it would be a very useful resource and I can see myself using this when I become a educator.

Go! Animate is another tool Dashaya introduced to the class. This tool consists of animated lesson plans to get students interested in learning. She introduced an effective fun way that students would enjoy watching and learning from at the same time. The main down fall to this tool is that it costs a fee every year so it would get pretty costly. But on the other hand, I could see myself using this tool as well.

Oh Popplet, You could do wonders :)

In class yesterday we learned about three different tools you could use to incorporate learning in the classroom. Out of those three I believe Popplet would be the most effective. Popplet is comparable to Microsoft Word but a new way to show the information. This tool makes learning fun. Popplet is a "Web" that you can keep expanding. You may share pictures, information, videos, and quotes. I could see myself in the future using this tool for student projects, presenting a lesson, or providing feed back by using the sharing option. This is the first time hearing about this tool and within five minutes of learning about it, I decided to include the interactive tool in one of my other classes and will use it in future situations.