Note: this is an assignment for a Master's course at K-State, EDCI 887: Professional Seminar I, taught by Dr. Rosemary Talab.
Assignment Description
Give a short presentation on a virtual world or emerging technology.
Assignment
I did some looking into the human-computer interaction world - pretty darned cool stuff - and made this slide show.
The full-screen option is in the "Menu."
Showing posts with label creativity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label creativity. Show all posts
11.17.2010
10.15.2010
Presentation: I interviewed my mommy
Note: this is an assignment for a Master's course at K-State, EDCI 803: Curriculum Development, taught by Dr. Jeong-Hee Kim. Spring 2009.
Assignment Description (paraphrased)
Interview an individual involved in the curricular process, such as a principal, district curriculum director, department head, etc. Connect to class dialogue and readings. Explore how this process impacted you and any recommendations you have for the individual's district based on your experience this semester. Then prepare a presentation to briefly explain your experience to the rest of the class.
Assignment
I interviewed my mom because she's a curriculum director at Marion-Florence USD 408. I wrote my research paper (PDF) and then made the presentation seen below. It might not make much sense without me explaining it a little bit, so I'll do that too (see bottom).
The full-screen option is in the "Menu."
Explanations
Stu Ervay - my mom studied under Dr. Ervay at Emporia State University when she was pursuing her Master's degree in the early 1990s.
Kid covered in hearts - my mom's math class did this to a boy on Valentine's Day one year; all in fun of course. It was not a planned activity but it worked great. I compare it to the unpredictability of the curriculum, how teachers must use creativity, and how that's okay, such as with the frog example.
Frog (Mr. Ribbets) - this was an example we discussed in class. A teacher brought a frog into his biology class - but then it died. So they dissected it. The experience required fast, creative thinking by the teacher and couldn't have been planned, but the activity ended up being a more quality experience than the teacher's original plans. Except for the frog, of course. It got much worse for him.
School of Rock/Dewey Finn - in class we watched School of Rock - a great movie, by the way - and then wrote a short paper about it.
Anything else - probably just me trying to be funny.
Assignment Description (paraphrased)
Interview an individual involved in the curricular process, such as a principal, district curriculum director, department head, etc. Connect to class dialogue and readings. Explore how this process impacted you and any recommendations you have for the individual's district based on your experience this semester. Then prepare a presentation to briefly explain your experience to the rest of the class.
Assignment
I interviewed my mom because she's a curriculum director at Marion-Florence USD 408. I wrote my research paper (PDF) and then made the presentation seen below. It might not make much sense without me explaining it a little bit, so I'll do that too (see bottom).
The full-screen option is in the "Menu."
Explanations
Stu Ervay - my mom studied under Dr. Ervay at Emporia State University when she was pursuing her Master's degree in the early 1990s.
Kid covered in hearts - my mom's math class did this to a boy on Valentine's Day one year; all in fun of course. It was not a planned activity but it worked great. I compare it to the unpredictability of the curriculum, how teachers must use creativity, and how that's okay, such as with the frog example.
Frog (Mr. Ribbets) - this was an example we discussed in class. A teacher brought a frog into his biology class - but then it died. So they dissected it. The experience required fast, creative thinking by the teacher and couldn't have been planned, but the activity ended up being a more quality experience than the teacher's original plans. Except for the frog, of course. It got much worse for him.
School of Rock/Dewey Finn - in class we watched School of Rock - a great movie, by the way - and then wrote a short paper about it.
Anything else - probably just me trying to be funny.
9.23.2010
My Math Videos for JCHS
I made several math videos for school-wide use at Junction City High School, a diverse 6A Kansas high school of roughly 1700 students. JCHS is well known in the area both for the district's investments in technologies and teachers' uses of technologies. I taught there for two years and was fortunate to come into a nice situation where equipment and software were available to me and there was a need for someone to make some videos. I got a lot of support from my principal and fellow teachers so I did it.
Of course I couldn't have done it without the groundwork already laid down by the School Improvement Team chairperson. Before I arrived she had put together numerous SmartBoard Notebook files complete with standards-based questions. I simply tweaked these to make my videos. Really, I got the fun part.
Teachers across the building showed these videos and then I'd try and throw them up on YouTube, mainly for my own pleasure. Here they are in chronological order:
Symmetric Property of Equality (2008)
Parallel and Perpendicular Lines (2008)
Measures of Central Tendency and Stem-and-Leaf Plots (2009)
Slope-Intercept Form (2009)
Scatter Plots (2009)
Zero Product Property (2009)
Probability and Odds with Shaq (2010)
Of course I couldn't have done it without the groundwork already laid down by the School Improvement Team chairperson. Before I arrived she had put together numerous SmartBoard Notebook files complete with standards-based questions. I simply tweaked these to make my videos. Really, I got the fun part.
Teachers across the building showed these videos and then I'd try and throw them up on YouTube, mainly for my own pleasure. Here they are in chronological order:
Symmetric Property of Equality (2008)
Parallel and Perpendicular Lines (2008)
Measures of Central Tendency and Stem-and-Leaf Plots (2009)
Slope-Intercept Form (2009)
Scatter Plots (2009)
Zero Product Property (2009)
Probability and Odds with Shaq (2010)
9.09.2010
Race to Nowhere (trailer)
These kids come to the table with this creativity and this love of learning... let's not take it out of them!
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Race to Nowhere (trailer below)
Race to Nowhere: The Dark Side of America's Achievement Culture (film)
In my graduate classes we're often posed with the question What is the purpose of school/education? From now on I think my answer to this should be what the man in the tie says toward the end of this trailer:
We need to really think: what does it take to produce a happy, motivated, creative human being?
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Man in Tie at 2:12 mark of video above
I found this at BePlayful.
Sir Ken Robinson... YESSSSS
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| Screenshot from video at SirKenRobinson.com |
Sir Ken Robinson is coming to K-State September 30th. I can't wait for him to un-kill my creativity.
Link to flyer.
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