Week 15

Using video and Audio in the online class supports and enhances the experience of the learner. The difficult task to accomplish is to either create, or find a video or audio piece that can be recognized as being relevant to the topic. In a course I taught, I requested students to search Eric

ERIC - Education Resources Information Center

and/or youtube and youtube education, for sources that pertained to the topic. The idea was to run a discussion session around the research. It did not really spark a true class discussion and two of the thirteen students specifically noted the weekly forum to be irrelevant.

My course is starting again in April and I have decided to flip the stile. Rather than ask students right off the bat to research topics I decided to build the first assignments video. then have students discuss and  find their own sources online. The sources, can help them learn skills they intend to use with their students in the classroom or private practice (educational therapist).

With Claudia Magalhaes we built an answer to the class discussion by building a video with example for a ninth grade Geometry class. 

We used Screencast-o-matic and skype video (my son called me so the image would come up on the screen and then set the size from his computer. Any other way to make a small image of yourself on a mac book pro?

 

 

 

This is my interactive Glog developed to teach about teaching elementary math.

below is a link to the actual Glog

<iframe src="http://edu.glogengine.com/view/V8VKFfCh8zIdKaSFF0yY:6kokb4omvmmruvards9rqa0" width="560" height="758" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" style="overflow: hidden;"></iframe>

Week 14

Week 14: Creating Class Elements Part 1: Images and screenshots (Feb 9-15) 

Images are my favorite aspect of helping students understand what I am teaching them. Since I work as an educational therapist, I first find what is a students strength and what are the weaknesses. For students who remember what they see, but do not create their own images I use Quizlet.

This is my solution:

It does not work well with all kids, especially one with visual processing issues. But it does help kids who don't form their own visual images, yet remember and understand what they see.

The web sight gives students the possibility to study flash cards or play a matching game and a racing game with the cards. The person who builds the cards can add images and audio.

Introduction

Hi, I am Michaela I am Blogging from the San Francisco Bay area.
This is my new Blog for my POT (certificate class) class. I am interested in learning more about teaching online. My interest is specifically for teaching university level courses in Educational Therapy and online tutoring. I am interested in learning how to create a more specialized course where students can learn what applies to them, rather than a broad view of the topic.