http://www.newtechhigh.org/Gallery/samples/pbutts/index.html
This portfolio was done by a high school student for a class project. His template is very well organized and has great detail about everything necessary to finding a good potential career. His main tabs are links to his other pages and his tabs down the left side are very informational and useful for any users who might be interested in those particular topics.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Example 1
http://www.personal.psu.edu/rws100/
This portfolio is well organized, but it is very boring to look at. The maker of this page does not make it easy to gain other information about the professor the class that is being taken. Anyone who uses this portfolio will struggle to find any information that is deeper from the surface because there are no links from this page that can take you directly to another page.
This portfolio is well organized, but it is very boring to look at. The maker of this page does not make it easy to gain other information about the professor the class that is being taken. Anyone who uses this portfolio will struggle to find any information that is deeper from the surface because there are no links from this page that can take you directly to another page.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Copyright
There were a lot of things that surprised me about copyright. The first noticeable thing I saw was how confusing the laws are and how many different types of exceptions there are depending on what these things are being used for. I was also surprised to see how many different court cases there are out there that have been brought to the supreme court for final ruling. This is a very sensative topic and teachers need to be very aware of what they are allowd and not allowd to bring into the classroom for teaching. They also need to be aware of what the right and wrong ways are of using someone elses materials in the classroom.
I have seen several movies used in the classroom that have had nothing to do with the curriculum that was being taught at the time. I have also seen teachers take workbooks and materials that they have purchased on their own to reproduce and teach off of in their own classrooms. Some violations outside of the classroom are when my friends and I make copies and barrow music from each other to save money rather than purchasing the music. I believe it is an educators job to teach our students about copyright and it's laws, however there is a lot to know about it, so I think it should be taught incrimentally to young students. Beginning with not pawning off someone elses work as their own. Then teaching them how to come up with their own ideas, but if they need to use some of someone elses work that they need to give credit to them and gradually increase this as students get older.
I have seen several movies used in the classroom that have had nothing to do with the curriculum that was being taught at the time. I have also seen teachers take workbooks and materials that they have purchased on their own to reproduce and teach off of in their own classrooms. Some violations outside of the classroom are when my friends and I make copies and barrow music from each other to save money rather than purchasing the music. I believe it is an educators job to teach our students about copyright and it's laws, however there is a lot to know about it, so I think it should be taught incrimentally to young students. Beginning with not pawning off someone elses work as their own. Then teaching them how to come up with their own ideas, but if they need to use some of someone elses work that they need to give credit to them and gradually increase this as students get older.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Scenario
Content: Nutrition and Making Healthy Choices
Project: Comparing Good Food Choices vs. Bad Food Choices
4th Grade Class
Preperations: I would have to take several days aquainting the students with the different equipmen that they would be using; Video Cameras, Tripods, Microphones, and Planning Strategies for the students to use to do each step. Make a good timeline for completion.
Some of the challenges for this age group will be the use of computer technology and showing all of the students how to use each of the necessary tools in Movie Maker. I will also as a teacher be struggling with providing ample help for each group of students. It will also be difficult for each group to complete each step as a class and have all of the students move on in each step that I am teaching together. Set an appropriate timeline
Students will first need to learn about the content area and know the difference between healthy choices and bad choices in their food selection. Then I will need to show them how to attain their information and places where the students can shoot their footage. After this, students will be shown how to properly use all of the equipment used to shoot their raw footage. Once all of the groups have done this I will help the students import their videos and then teach them how to use the different tools in the Windows Movie Maker. I will then give the students time to edit their videos and make them the way the students want. Afterwards, I will show the students the correct way to select appropriate music and import it into their videos. Finally, I will show the students how to upload their videos into a youtube account and present them to the class.
Project: Comparing Good Food Choices vs. Bad Food Choices
4th Grade Class
Preperations: I would have to take several days aquainting the students with the different equipmen that they would be using; Video Cameras, Tripods, Microphones, and Planning Strategies for the students to use to do each step. Make a good timeline for completion.
Some of the challenges for this age group will be the use of computer technology and showing all of the students how to use each of the necessary tools in Movie Maker. I will also as a teacher be struggling with providing ample help for each group of students. It will also be difficult for each group to complete each step as a class and have all of the students move on in each step that I am teaching together. Set an appropriate timeline
Students will first need to learn about the content area and know the difference between healthy choices and bad choices in their food selection. Then I will need to show them how to attain their information and places where the students can shoot their footage. After this, students will be shown how to properly use all of the equipment used to shoot their raw footage. Once all of the groups have done this I will help the students import their videos and then teach them how to use the different tools in the Windows Movie Maker. I will then give the students time to edit their videos and make them the way the students want. Afterwards, I will show the students the correct way to select appropriate music and import it into their videos. Finally, I will show the students how to upload their videos into a youtube account and present them to the class.
Video Project
The things that worked well for us were the actual recording of all of our footage and cutting out the proper amount of video for the assignment. The things that could have improved are; the microphone use during the recording, the use of music in the background of the video, and the lack in animation in our project. Next time while we would shoot our footage I would check to make sure the microphone is working during our recording. I would also ask for help with dubbing the music in properly to the scenes in the video. The skills that I am taking away are using a video camera properly, attaining music links from different websites, and how to save and upload the video to my youtube account.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
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