I watched “Old Projects versus New Projects” by Liz, Shay, Amy and Sheyla, “Using Film in Classrooms” by Annalise, Beth, Drew and Meghan, “Using Slido in the Classroom” by Refano, Jack, Will and Byron and “Using Stop Motion to Support Multimodial Learning” by Rylie and company. I liked the topic of comparing old projects to new projects and the group was creative with their approach of doing a podcast. The Stop Motion animation was great. Unfortunately during the question and answer in class one student raised the issue of how time-consuming it is to create stop-motion animation. Still, I think it is a really cool idea and would be a really fun and creative way for students to respond to pretty much anything in a school setting. Below is a still from their animation on DNA.
Here is a link to the Slido Presentation posted on Jack’s WordPress Blog and here is the Using Film in Classrooms video that group posted to YouTube. I still need to investigate Slido further because I have never used it and am grateful to the group for introducing me to a new tool. I appreciated the Using Film in Classrooms presentation. I already knew about the National Film Board and it’s always good to be reminded of such an enriching corner that contains so many stories about this country. Film is definitely a great part of experiencing school but as a parent, I do have concerns about screen time so I think they could have included some research on this in their project. Instead they focused on Permissions, Budgets and streaming services.
