Video: Screencast about Picnik photo-editor

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
Develop a short screencast tutorial of about 5 minutes on a web tool of your choice. Choose a web tool that can be used by either Mac or PC users. Show all stages of use of the web tool, including registration, setup, playback, etc.

Assignment
Web tool: Picnik, a photo-editing web tool
Screencasting tool: Screenr

I'm not sure why the audio is so deep... gives the screencast some personality, I guess.

Here it is:



Here's the slide show I used in the screencast:

Here's the final pic of my sister I made using Picnik (click to enlarge):

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."

Research Paper Presentation

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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.

Presentation: Motivation within the Curriculum

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)
Create a presentation about the readings for the week. What questions came to you during the readings?

Assignment
I made this presentation using Powerpoint. It might not make a ton of sense without any commentary.

The full-screen option is in the "Menu."

EDCI 803 Presentation

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Bandura's Social Learning Theory

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
Learn and explain one theory using MuseumBox, VoiceThread, Slideshare, or a similar program.

Assignment
I made this presentation using SlideShare. Click MENU to select the FULL SCREEN option, if that's your bag.

Bandura's Social Learning Theory

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Sir Ken Robinson... YESSSSS

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.

Instructional Design for Novices: ADDIE

Screenshot from my ID final project.

Note: this is my final project for EDCI 763: Instructional Design, a Master's course at K-State taught by Dr. Gary Whitt.

Assignment Description
Create a tutorial for beginning instructional designers. Your task is to teach me how to develop instruction from start to finish. Make sure to warn me what to watch out for. Tell what each design step is for but also explain what areas are particularly easy to mess up and why. Format: whatever you want to use to create this thing. However, I have to be able to view it, hear it, or read it. Please be as creative as you wish as you know I love that stuff. -Dr. Whitt

Assignment
I chose the ADDIE approach to Instructional Design:

Analysis
Design
Development
Implementation
Evaluation

I talk about how to use the ADDIE approach in this screencast:

Powerpoint = Bad (usually)

Powerpoint makes us stupid.
--
Gen. James N. Mattis, Marine Corps Joint Forces Commander

[Powerpoint] is dangerous because it can create the illusion of understanding and the illusion of control. Some problems in the world are not bullet-izable.
--
Brig. Gen. H. R. McMaster, who has been known to "[ban] Powerpoint presentations"

When we understand that slide, we'll have won the war.
--
General Stanley A. McChrystal, referring to the slide image below, after which the room "erupted in laughter" (NY Times)

These quotes are from a great NY Times article by Elisabeth Bumiller called "We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Powerpoint:"

Hi-res version available here