Reflection #5 Vidcast/Key Assignment

1. The name of our podcast series is, "Jorduyn's Day Potostory"

2. Grade 2, Social Studies, Standard 2, Objective 2

3. As I read the objective it states to;

Identify individuals within the school community and how they contribute to the school's success.

a. Identify the roles that people have in the school and explain the importance of each member.

b. Demonstrate respect for the school and the school community.

In our communities it is important for the students to learn and understand who is in their community and how they, as children, are important and can make a difference in another person’s life. I think this is a very important for my students to learn how to see out of their egocentric lives and understand that there are other people out there in the world that they help. Having this realization would help my student view their lives in a different light.

4. In the NETS models I found number one b; “Engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources” related to my vidcast because I have the students engaged in the world around them in many ways to help a peer in their group.

In the INTASC standards I linked this lesson to standard 3 letter c; “Accommodate individual students cultural, physical, emotional, social, and intellectual growth.” It is important for students to think outside of themselves and see that others in their community need help.

I also linked this lesson to standard 3, f; “Incorporate understanding of the diversity of the school community into student learning.” This is a very important lesson to teach our students that they have peers that have very different types of things going on in their lives and that a student they might play with now is in the hospital and they can make a difference in her life by participating in this “Day to help Jorduyn”.

5. The potential draw back is that it this is a somewhat fabricated story. This story about Jorduyn is true, Danielle my partner went to school with Jorduyn and her cancer is real, her struggle is real, but this story would not apply to my students because they may not have a peer with this struggle.

6. If I were to have a future student that had cancer and our community needed to come together to help that student I believe that I could take this series and tweak it and make it applicable for the problem at that time.

Reflection #4 Vid casting

If you are reading this now sorry I was sick and my internet stopped working this week.

What? We are learning about vidcasts, which are pre-recorded files that can be broadcasted over the Internet. We are creating a Podcast that is 1-1 ½ minutes long and then uploading it to your website under tools. Danielle and I created a public announcement about a girl who has cancer and ways to help raise money such as a fair.

So What? We are learning this lesson so that we can learn to create and upload vidcasts.
I think that they will be beneficial for kids who were sick and aren't able to come to class. If a child is really sick, has cancer or any other reason not be in class for an extended amount of time, it would be beneficial to record my lectures and class activities so that my student who maybe sick could still have a semblance of being a part of the class discussions. I would also be able to collaborate with other colleagues that may not live near me, together we could work on different lesson plans, then show how the lesson worked! I think that it is smart to use this tool and I will try to use this tool in my classroom, when I can.

Now What? Like I stated before this would be an amazing tool for students to use if they are sick or absent. Also if I am having a hard time connecting an activity for lesson I could perhaps watch a video of a colleagues who has done the activity before. When we were in Dr. Remariz's class we watched videos of different activities that we could to do in class, if I were to just read the description it would be more difficult to understand what the class was doing, but watching the video helped it so I saw exactly what they were talking about. This is a very good and important tool to know and understand.