Stop Motion Animation:
How to bring it into the classroom:
- using an ipad, moving post-it notes and moving at timed intervals across the floor.
StopMotion: free app you can download to help take pictures
Then animated the pictures through Photoshop
- Go into window tab
- Go into timeline
- create different layers
- Use twinning botton to make it look like object is moving from point A to point B (instead of having to take many more photos of the object in slightly different spots
- used IMovie to overlay photos transitioning into animation
Pros:
- can use it cross-curricularly: math, p.e, etc. – makes learning fun and exciting
Cons:
- if you’re limited in the amount of technology you can use
- can be frustrating (projects getting deleted, or not working how you intended)
Things to watch out for:
- using bluetooth remote to take pictures so there’s no movement of camera
- take your time
Resources:
- makerspaceforeducation.com
- iste.org
- sites.google.com/site/waldoportfolio
- wiobyrne.com
- blog.ed.ted.com
- onf-nfb.gc.ca
- education.microsoft.com
Bringing Digital Mapping into the Classroom:
- Google My Maps: focuses on putting information into maps instead of just getting information out of google maps.
- Good for letting kids create their own maps
- calculate area, colour code areas, points of interest, can add photos and videos to icons
- make maps about family heritages, map languages, fictional settings, field trip planning
- Google Street View:
- Natural wonders
- walk through museums
- Google Cultural Institute
- Google Earth vs Google Maps
- Google maps is more utility
- google earth is experience over utility, gives high resolution 3D experiences
- flight simulator
- View the Past – see how the land has changed over the past 15-20 years
- Make different layers : ie. endangered habitats/species
- Google Moon, Mars, and Sky – immersive interactions with all the space missions, narrated by people who did the missions
- Voyageur: curated tours of various places around the world (ie. Jane Goodall and chimpanzees)
- Lesson Planning/Project Ideas:
- 20 questions
- real-world math
- global awareness layer
- can create a scavenger hunt – through coordinates
- Can build off curriculum
- for example, to follow the routes explorers traveled during the gold rush
- historical timeline
- add pictures or link to videos to help represent historical context
- Be informed:
- google maps has a lot of information about you
- google can track you if you don’t opt out
- if you take pictures during your day, will link in to your day and can few infinitely
- Google Earth doesn’t automatically track you
- google maps has a lot of information about you
Digital Literacy and how to teach it in the Classroom:
- Digital literacy is information literacy : what is real and what is fake
- know the quality of the websites they’re encountering
- think critically about information being presented – how much bias is on the site they’re exploring
- how to properly cite the online information you’re using – what information you can use and what information is copyrighted
- understanding digital footprints (what you’re leaving behind when you use the internet – ie. cookies, search history, etc)
- how to properly protect yourself on the internet – how everything on the internet is permanent
- how to properly handle digital communication – don’t let the screen dehumanize your behaviours and interactions
- cyberbullying: the steps students should take and how teachers should react
- Pros, Cons, and Risks:
- tech usually increases motivation, doesn’t use paper (yay environment), endless resources
- tech can involve many distractions if not monitored, can encounter innapropriate content more easily
- cyberbullying is a big risk, digital footprints, and that everything posted is permanent
- Strategies, Tips, and Best Practices:
- Crash Course videos great for:
- Lateral reading: if you find information on the internet, you read other sources around the internet to ensure that the information is actually legitimate and free of bias
- Fact checking
- Evaluating Evidence
- MediaSmarts.ca – Canadian specific content for internet safety and lesson planning
- Including student choice and voice in how you incorporate digital literacy
- A focus on more creation than consumption – will be naturally more aware of privacy issues
- Focus on multi-modality – try to include more than just 1 tech focus
- Ensure accessibility for all learners — provide class time! Don’t expect students to use technology at home. Have assisitive technology for tech programs (UDL)
- Getting them involved in the community outside of school – citizen science
- teaching skills for social media and peer-to-peer interactions online
- related to core competencies
- Digital literacy is part of the BC Curriculum – helps with communication with parents who may have reservations
- Crash Course videos great for:
- Using digital literacies to help educate about sex education
- Help guide students to useful resources around the topic of sex education, so they they’re not coming across information that gives them a skewed perception based on a single story
- using websites to complement the discussions that are necessary to have in class
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