My PowToon tries to encompass the learning goals and how I progressed through the class activities. The idea that you first learn, try to understand, and then create is the epitome of what education should be like. I do not mean duplicating information as the "create" segment I mean build your own idea of the understanding. I have been teaching math this semester, which may not seem like much to some (mathematicians), but I'm a math student not a math teacher... case in point the "common core standards" seem like a wild idea to some people and on some levels I could agree, but when you look at the steps from a differentiated view it begins to make sense. If I asked you how you learned to add numbers (an abstract idea) you may remember first learning with manipulative's (concrete objects) and I'm 100% sure that not everyone in the USA used the same objects, yet they all served the same purpose. I say all of that to offer this view about media literacy and my progression through the course... every activity in this class had a learning goal... and every learning goal had many different ways to achieve the goal... media literacy isn't so much about what the answer may be, but the journey you take trying to find IT. Learning skills you need for the journey is what students need... they do not need the ANSWERS.
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I just got done praising Walesca for all the color she used and I have to do the same for you. YOu have a very attractive PowToon. PLUS I love the ideas in your lesson plan. You picked several of the really neat ideas that I enjoyed during this class. The only suggestion I have is that 2 slides were maybe a little fast for me. Since you have 5 minutes to play with for FREE in PowToon maybe you could slow down those couple of slides (I think there were only 2). It may also be me because I am a slow reader. Awesome PowToon, though.
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