So finally a chapter I have read that really means something to me and was useful! The concepts and principles that we learned about I have put to use. The assignments that are going along with the readings this week are ones that are also useful for my life and job as well. I actually went through and changed what my original presentation was from last week so I could modify a lesson/presentation that I will be using in the up coming month as my 2nd grade class begins a new unit. I found that I really need to simplify my presentations and create a handout. That is exactly what I did. I also found some cool animated clipart. It is not able to play in the Voice Thread due to the Activinspire upload issue. I have to upload the presentation in a PDF format and therefore it is a "still."
The videos in the Animoto education videos were pretty fun as well this week. I like the videos that say "So much depends on...." They were pretty clever with the various items. I.E. the big mustache, the head band, ect.
I have also been thinking about what to make my Pecha Kucha about. I have two ideas that I am excited about and they are actually for somethings outside of my school life. I plan on either doing a show on Adaptive Sportsmen. This is a group of outdoors people who are handicapped in some way. I work very close with this group and we need a presentation for the webpage/sports shows we attend. OR... I will make the presentation on Marfan's Syndrome. A genetic cardiac condition that lead to myself and many family members having open heart surgery. I am a mentor for families/people going through much the same I did. The presentation may help and could easily be passed along to them.
Overall a good week of work. --Time to post some pictures!!!!
Wow, that's really great that you can make something that will really help people. (On a side note, I hope everything is currently fine with you.) I'll be interested to see if I have the same results as you applying simplification of slides for my students. I've heard a lot of talk about how these principles will connect with different age ranges and different disciplines. Do you feel that this is something that may work especially well at earlier levels, with students who have not yet become accustomed to reading slide after slide?
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