I thought the Wicked Project was very worthwhile. It allowed me to gain insight into effective teaching strategies for math and those strategies will be utilized in the future.
Also, I enjoyed getting the opportunity to follow other classmates Wicked Projects as a way to help me learn from their research. All three of my group members created a project on issues that I deal with in the classroom. Their projects helped me learn new strategies for students editing their writing, increasing communication with parents, and using Wiki for group projects. Thank you to Linnea, Steve, and Amanda for creating such great learning tools.
Here is my presentation (two parts) on using math games and the SMARTboard to engage students, increase motivation, and help connect math to their daily lives. Enjoy!
http://screencast.com/t/i51sFT9qVS
http://screencast.com/t/kJtp9YsmdZH
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Group Leadership Project Finalized
My group decided to use Jing to deliver our final project. We had used Adobe Connect for our group meeting; however, we felt it echoed when we talked to each other. Another negative with Adobe Connect was that we would have had to meet at a time that was convenient for all of us as well as our instructor. We all felt very comfortable using Jing to create our individual portion of the presentation. For our group, it was very effective to use Google Docs to communicate with each other as well as email.
I learned a lot during the development process of our Group Leadership Project. First, I learned the importance of discussion with my group members. When we got together on Google docs or email, it was important to communicate on what the final product entailed, helping each other understand it fully. After discussion, we felt that it wasn’t fair to have one person create the entire Jing on Prezi. Also, we didn’t feel as confident on the parts of a Prezi we didn’t specifically become a master on. Although the flow of our presentation would have been a bit better with one person completing it, we felt it was important to show our collaboration on the presentation. We watched the person’s presentation before our own part, trying to make it flow. The development of the project was easier and more fair by assigning particular roles.
If I had to deliver a similar product again, the only part I would change would be to add a few more sound effects. I had a very difficult time finding appropriate sound effects for the presentation. There are a million sound effects on the Internet, but finding one that worked was more difficult for me.
Our group collaborated well together and we have a product that we are proud of. Enjoy!
Group Leadership Project
Part 1 How to get started with Prezi by Lisa Napierala
http://screencast.com/t/STGZvwBV
Part 2 How to move, rotate, scale and zoom by Steve Veldman
http://screencast.com/t/C8PFKglY3Svt
Part 3 How to use frames and create a path by Linnea Czerney
http://screencast.com/t/GzKcHHAf
Part 4 How to invite others to view by Amanda Kain
http://screencast.com/t/8umJelEDrRr
Prezi:
http://prezi.com/hghw3c2dogey/copy-of-technology/
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