This is the first week of CEDO 540 and I'm pretty excited. CEDO 540 is all about Statistics and I have not had a math class in years so it feels good to be back talking about new STEM stuff. We've been right in the beginning of the talk about statistics and how to use them so it has been fun to watch a couple of early 90's videos outlining the various ways that stats can be used. If you feel like a fun blast from the past and learning about statistics at the same time check it out here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YsiVJFSwGo
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Week #5 in CEdO530
This week we looked at how to grade multimedia projects. This has been something that I have always had trouble with. On one hand I have a checklist of what the students need to accomplish and if they complete those tasks they get full credit. On the other hand I have always felt like some students who do the bare minimum are getting the same grade as students who really go above and beyond. It has been very helpful to examine rubrics so that I can better create my grading criteria so that my grades can reflect this stratification of effort in my students.
Tomorrow I will be finishing my Pecha Kucha as over the past few days I have been doing "principle photography" with the help of a few coworkers. I will be interested to see how it turns out and to see if my 1950's PSA feel comes through.
Tomorrow I will be finishing my Pecha Kucha as over the past few days I have been doing "principle photography" with the help of a few coworkers. I will be interested to see how it turns out and to see if my 1950's PSA feel comes through.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Week #4 in CEDO 530 - Prezi & Pecha Kucha
This week (two actually) in CEDO 530 we looked at a multitude of new tools and wrapped up our books Presentation Zen and Digitales
In the books they dealt with tying everything together to actually give the talk or tell the story. I thought it was neat that after the previous 3 weeks of prep work we were in the "get out there and do it" stage. Both books have excellent tips for content creation and I look forward to applying it all to my classes.
One of the new tools that we used for content creation was Prezi (http://prezi.com/). This slick power point alternative has an easy to use interface and a very short learning curve. I can see it as a great alternative to text heavy power points as it makes the words dance and move on the screen in a very interesting way. You can check out my Prezi below:
We are also investigating Pecha Kucha on a topic of our choice. I am killing two birds with one stone and putting together a beginning of the year presentation for the technology committee at my school. It might turn out campy and fun or it might turn out to be a mess. We'll see how it turns out, but I really like the constraints as it gives me a great framework to create my presentation.
In the books they dealt with tying everything together to actually give the talk or tell the story. I thought it was neat that after the previous 3 weeks of prep work we were in the "get out there and do it" stage. Both books have excellent tips for content creation and I look forward to applying it all to my classes.
One of the new tools that we used for content creation was Prezi (http://prezi.com/). This slick power point alternative has an easy to use interface and a very short learning curve. I can see it as a great alternative to text heavy power points as it makes the words dance and move on the screen in a very interesting way. You can check out my Prezi below:
We are also investigating Pecha Kucha on a topic of our choice. I am killing two birds with one stone and putting together a beginning of the year presentation for the technology committee at my school. It might turn out campy and fun or it might turn out to be a mess. We'll see how it turns out, but I really like the constraints as it gives me a great framework to create my presentation.
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