Glogster

ASSIGNMENT TITLE:
Glogster

USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
A Glogster would be a great way to do a book report, presentation, or anything you would want to show graphically. To be able to write, illustrate, even create audio or video to demonstrate understanding of a subject/topic.  This would also be a great group assignment where students collaborate, not only on the information gathering process but the design of the final project. This is definitely not for lower elementary but could be used in the upper elementary up to high-school.

ISSUES TO CONSIDER:
Age level. There would need to be access to a computer and Internet. Students would need an e-mail that is edu based for the EDU-Glogster or use personal e-mail for just Glogster. It seems to help to have an edu e-mail address to use, it feels that EDU-Glogster is better than the regular Glogster. Students would need a lot of patience with this program, if it has the same errors that I encountered. Students would need to be able to find tools under the creative commons license and be able to cite and reference correctly.

COPYRIGHT:
Creator, Designer, Video Author
Elizabeth Selepack, 2013

Clark, R. (2002). Six Principles of Effective e-Learning: What Works and Why. The e-Learning Developers' Journal, September 10, 2002, 4.

Cotten, S.R., & Shank, D.B. (2014). Does technology empower urban youth? The relationship of technology use to self-efficacy. Computers & Education, 70, (2014), 184-193. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2013.08.018.


Link to my glogster:
http://www.glogster.com/selepack/flypaper-glog-by-selepack/g-6kag0u8bruj08b63g1ugi4r

Image of my Glogster:

Gliffy / Mind Mapping

ASSIGNMENT TITLE:
Gliffy / Mind Mapping

USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
This is a great visual for students. Lower elementary classrooms would have better use of mind mapping made by the teacher. Upper level elementary and secondary students would be able to design mind maps to prepare them for writing papers, demonstrating connections between concepts, and sort through information.

ISSUES TO CONSIDER:
There would need to be access to a computer with internet to be able to go to the Gliffy website. Gliffy has a 15 day trial and afterwards would need to be paid for. There are different levels of Gliffy to be purchased. Students would need to have a good understanding of how to use the software and also be able to spell. There are a lot of tools to use and students would need time to explore the software before being required to make a Gliffy for a grade. This would be more for middle school and high school use.

COPYRIGHT:
Munoz Ryan, P. (2002). When Marian Sang. New York: Scholastic Press.

Bauman, T. (2010). Anderson, Marian. In The World Book Encyclopedia. (Vol. 1, pp. 451-452). Chicago, IL: World Book, Inc.

Marian Anderson. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 04:50, Dec 09, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/marian-anderson-9184422.

University Musical Society. (photograph). (2013). Marian Anderson: Miscellaneous Pre-KCF Era. [Photograph]. Retreived from http://ums.aadl.org/ums_photos_01277.

U.S. Information Agency. (1939). Anderson in her 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial. [Photograph]. Retreived December 9, 2013 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Anderson.

Videos of Marian Anderson:
From Marian Anderson: The Lincoln Memorial Concert 1939
Marian Anderson, 1950

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Please enjoy my Gliffy on Marian Anderson

Photo Editing

ASSIGNMENT TITLE:
Photo Editing

USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
When editing photos there are lots of things that can be done. A teacher could edit a photo and replace a color with another to see if students notice the what is wrong in the picture. For example, trees may be changed from green to purple and one would hope students would notice something like that.
Photoshop has lots of great tools for students to explore and use to manipulate pictures. For the lower elementary level, teachers would be more likely to edit pictures for their students but upper elementary into high school would be able to understand Photoshop with practice and be able to manipulate photos on their own.
In the lower elementary creating a gif could be helpful to draw a students eye to what is most important on the screen. Teachers could create a pattern of colors with the gif and see if students could discover the pattern. A teacher could display a gif of the alphabet that they created for kindergarten students to recite on the daily. A gif may also be used to show math equations or formulas that would be useful to remember.

ISSUES TO CONSIDER:
There would need to be access to a computer and Photoshop software. Students would need to be able to locate photos under Creative Commons with an Attribution license. Photoshop is expensive but there is a 30-day trail offered. Teachers would have to base what students need to do and understand about Photoshop in that 30 days if the school is unable to afford the software. There would also need to be time to explore Photoshop. The software looks very confusing at first with all the tools and buttons that can be used or students would have to have really good screencasts to assist in their learning and use of the software. I do not believe that this tool would be helpful with younger students but the older students would be able to understand and pick up the ability to photo edit very quickly.

COPYRIGHT:

Manning, L. (photograph). (2005). Have a holly jolly christmas. [Digital Image]. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurenmanning/1263256439/in/photostream/

Original Image

 Changed to black and white with my name inserted over top.

 Replaced the green with blue.

Cropped photo just a little then changed the brightness and contrast of the photo.