Photo Study Activity

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-06-15/news/27067245_1_hostage-crisis-oil-spill-obama-risks
Photo in the New York Daily News: Tuesday June 15, 2010
Article Title: White House: Obama ready to seize claims process.
Caption: White House: Obama ready to seize claims process.

People               Objects                        Activities
Obama               Barriers                          Walking
Workers            American Flag                Talking
Guards              Tower                            Watching Out
Important          Oil Rig Equipment           Being confident

What questions do the caption and article title raise in your mind?

Without knowing what the article really is about it makes me wonder what claims are being seized. In the photo though it makes me think that the President is quite confident and ready to take control. They look like they're on a mission.




http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-06-15/news/27067245_1_hostage-crisis-oil-spill-obama-risks
Photo in the Washington Post Tuesday June 15, 2010
Article Title: Oil Spill: BP Gulf leak could stain President
Obama like Iran Hostage crisis destroyed Jimmy Carter
Caption:President Barack Obama is briefed on the BP oil spill relief efforts in the Gulf

People           Objects                        Activities
Obama           Facial Expression        Thinking
Obama           Facial Expression        Disappointment
Obama           Head                          Confusion

What questions do the caption and article title raise in your mind?

It makes me wonder if this crisis is going to actually ruin Obama. The picture makes it seem like he is worried and trying to come up with a solution to fix the oil spill. It is much more serious than the other picture where that one looked laid back and they meant business where this one he is alone and thinking hard.

Digital Story and ISTE NETS-T

The Digital Story Project:
A short, personal multimedia tale told from the heart. These stories can be created by people everywhere, on any subject, and shared electronically all over the world. Digital stories when viewed together, tell the bigger story of our time, the story that defines who we are.

ISTE NETS-T:
As foundational technology skills penetrate throughout our society, students will be expected to apply the basics in authentic, integrated ways to solve problems, complete projects, and creatively extend their abilities. ISTE's NETS for Students (2007) help students prepare to work, live, and contribute to the social and civic fabric of their communities.

The new standards identify several higher-order thinking skills and digital citizenship as critical for students to learn effectively for a lifetime and live productively in our emerging global society. These areas include the ability to:
•Demonstrate creativity and innovation


•Communicate and collaborate


•Conduct research and use information


•Think critically, solve problems, and make decisions


•Use technology effectively and productively


Make connections between the two.
Explain how they might promote learning in your future classroom.

Find a lesson plan, activity or idea that involves digital story telling in your content area and describe the activity or idea.

Copyright, Fair Use

1.Can students upload their multimedia project to YouTube?

No, Fair use ends when the multimedia creator loses control of his product's use, such as when it is accessed by others over the Internet like on YouTube.



2.Are the limitations to the amount of pictures or length of music or video that can be used in a multimedia project?
Pictures:
-A photograph or illustration may be used in its entirety



-No more than 5 images of an artist's or photographer's work


-When using a collection, no more than 10% or no more than 15 images, whichever is less
Media:
-Up to 10% of a copyrighted work or 3 minutes, whichever is less



-Clip cannot be altered in any way



Music:
-Up to 10% of a copyrighted musical composition, but no more than 30 seconds



-Up to 10% of a body of sound recording, but no more than 30 seconds
-Any alterations cannot change the basic melody or the fundamental character of the work


3. Do you need to request permission from the original creator in order to use copyrighted material in multimedia project for school related assignment?
 
If the assignment is educational or school related and it follows all of the guidlines then there is no need to ask for permission, but if the work goes beyond the limits then or was not for educational use then yes permission would have to be granted.

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/copyright1.html

My digital Story

Digital Story!

Old people can't text?

This was funny to us because it is showing that digital media is growing and that it is so stereotyped that old people cannot text. Most older people don't want to even try but in our comic this guy is giving it a shot and he's proud of himself for learning how to do it.

The VARK Questionnaire Results

My scores were: Visual: 6
Aural: 7
Read/Write: 7
Kinesthetic: 9
 I have a multimodal (VARK) learning preference. This means that I can learn from several different modes, not just one certain one. I do not have a preference of Visual, Aural, Reading, or Kinesthetic according to this learning style test.  My stronger preference is Kinesthetic but reading, writing, aural, and visual all are nearly even. I found it quite funny though that in a paragraph that I was reading about multimodal learning styles it stated that people who are multimodal learners often can easily adapt to the people they are working with, but several people have admitted that if they dont like the person they are working with the stay in a different mode just to get on their nerves. I can say that I have never intentionally done this, or that I remember at least, but I could see myself doing it because I am capable of it. Because of this, I really feel that this test is fairly accurate.

What are Wordle and Poll Everywhere?

Wordle is a website that can generate world or tag clouds. Usually used with single words that describe something or can be used with results of things. For example, in this class we used wordle to describe the kind of teacher that we wanted to be and to show the results of the polls that we made from Poll Everywhere. Poll Everywhere is a site that allows you to create a poll based on any question that you want and you can post it for others to see. Others can then respond from the computer or they can respond by a text message or text response. In this class we had to come up with a poll to help us get to know our classmates, I personally asked in my poll what year in college everyone was so that I could get an idea of what the majority of the students were.
If I taught a lesson using these two websites I would use them at the beginning of the year, just as we did. I think that they are great tools to use in the classrooms and help get the children involved. It lets them feel like they can have fun while still learning about things. It can also help some students who may not know anything about computers. I think that the best things to use these for are to help students get to know others in the class though. Not individually, but more so as a whole because it is an anonymous posting and kids are more likely to say what they what if nobody knows that it was really them who said it. It is a fairly easy assignment and they would enjoy it, especially because it is very hands on and most students now days need to be involved that way. I think that by using these tools or websites that it would have to go along with some of the ISTE standards like introducing the students. It is also getting them involved and engaging them in learning about the internet and computers.

Educational Leadership

"One inventive control technique is pretending to talk on your mobile phone when you see an acquaintance approaching—even someone you like— to avoid conversation. In my studies, 13 percent of U.S. students reported engaging in this behavior at least once a month. And 25 percent reported that they fiddled with text-based functions on their phones (such as checking old messages) to evade conversation with people they knew." When I read this quote I found it somewhat funny. I know that I have actually found myself in this position several times, especially walking across campus at the college. It's easy to see someone and decide that you are in a hurry so you just pick up the phone or act like your texting or on the phone and just wave
so you can keep on walking. Many times there is someone that you dont like also so staring into your phone and pretending that you dont see them is also fairly common. Its really ashame that it has to be that way but it happens quite often, and if your really paying attention you can easily notice it  all over the place.

Texting to avoid conversation.




Baron, N.S. (2009). Are digital media changing language? . Educational leadership, Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar09/vol66/num06/Are-Digital-Media-Changing-Language%C2%A2.aspx