Monday, December 14, 2015

Final Project & Reflection






My final project "Let's Tell Their Stories: Famous Vermonters" is about providing students with another way to show their learning, through digital storytelling using WeVideo.  Initially I started developing my final project on a Google Doc, but then decided that I wanted to present it in a Google Site.  Here is the Site




I have been working with a fourth grade class who is studying Vermont, and their culminating project in the spring is to do biographies, so I decided to do a project that I would be able to implement later in the year.  I wanted to make sure the teacher I am currently working with would be able teach the project comfortably.  I wanted to make sure the video project didn't limit student creativity, I think it's important we give them choice on what they wanted to create, as long as it met the exceptions of showing their learning about the person.  I had fun developing this project and I am exciting to work with students in the spring on it.  

It was good to create a project from start to finish.  Perhaps because my position is usually just working with others on creating projects, I don't usually see the whole thing through, so it really made me step back and think about every step.  I initially tried a couple different ways to develop my introduction video, because I didn't want to be on camera, but in the end decided I would just "get over it" and record myself.  Of course it took many "takes", but in the end I was satisfied with what I produced.  

I decided to put it all together in a Google Site, because I like the way you can visually structure things.  I tried to keep in mind who my audience would be, and I knew that simpler would be better.  

It's great that I have something I will be able to use later on this year! 

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