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Genius Hour Journal #3 (Due April 30th)

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Final Journal: 

This is the last journal for your genius hour project. In this journal, you will reflect on and evaluate your teaching presentation. You should answer the following questions in your journal”

  • What went well in your teaching presentation? What did not?
  • Based on the feedback given by your peers and your professor, how would you improve your teaching skills?
  • Regarding the learning topic you selected for your genius hour project,  what is your learning plan for future?
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Stop Motion Presentation

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Google slide

Project google doc

  • Take 20 – 25 minutes to wrap up your stop motion video and prepare for the presentation.
  • Creating a Google slide, including:
    • Introduction of the video.
    • Storyboard and props created
    • Final Video
    • Group Reflection
  • Comment on at least two groups’ work  (I like…., if …. the video would be better.)

Homework

Genius Hour Journal #2   (Due This Friday)

  • What have you done so far?
  • What have you learned about your topic?
  • How to improve your plan so you can know better about your topic?
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March 22 Stop Motion Animation

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PPT Link

Stop Motion Guideline here.

Project Description:

For this project, you will collaborate with each other to create a stop animation video to teach a particular process or system (e.g., photosynthesis) or tell history (e.g., Einstein’s life) or a story (e.g., The little prince) or come up with something else. It should have an educational purpose. The video should be more than 1 minute and less than 2 minutes.

What to do today?

  1. Form groups of 3-4 people. Register here
  2. Choose a topic and start working on the storyboard or script (Put the link to your storyboard here)

The requirement for the storyboard:

A storyboard is a sequence of drawings, typically with some directions and dialogue, representing the shots planned for a movie or television production. What will be on the background? What will we hear? What will we see?

You do not need to draw scenes (It will be fun if you do!) but you should plan what props and narration you will include in different scenes.  Scene Example:

Scene 1       
  Goal
Narrative/ Commentary
Props needed
    You can use different ways to create your storyboard:
  • Just use pen and paper (in which case scan or take a picture and upload). Or
  • Create your storyboard as a Google Slide, add a slide for each sequence, work on your Google slide collaboratively. Or
  • You can also create your storyboard as a Google Doc, if you find it more useful.

 

 

 

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Citizen Science Data Analysis + Report

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PPT link

– How to analyze and interpret data?

– Citizen Science Presentation (Google folder link )

  • Project Introduction
  • Data Descriptions (Data format, the number of people who participated in your project, Data Visualization, etc. )
  • Findings
  • The Implications of the finding to your target audience.
  • How to share your findings with your target audience/administrators?

Homework:

Post the Genius Hour First Blog to Your Website (Due 3/20 Tuesday)

For the 1st post, talk about what you plan to do/already have started to do, how this project relates to you (and people around you).

  • If you haven’t started yet, talk in some detail what your plan is: What resources do you need? How do you find those resources? Who can give you advise/opinions?  (Photography, Cooking, Sign Language…)
  • If you have already started, talk about/show what you have got so far, and how you did it.
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Citizen Science Project

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Please tell me your Genius/Magic Hour Idea: Link

Class Agenda:

  1. Reflect on Meaningful Learning – Authentic
  2. Introduce Citizen Science Project
  3. Explore Citizen Science (Google Slide Link)
  4. Benefit for Education
  5. Brainstorm your group Citizen Science Project Idea.
  • Come up with a question for your group to answer. The question should be answered by collecting data.  (Be specific, include location, time, etc)
  • Questions can be anything related to the UGA campus and its “inhabitants.”
  • Record a Flipgrid video to introduce your project:
    • Introduce your citizen science project (it needs a clever name). The video should include all group members. Your video can’t exceed 3 minutes.
    • Your video should answer the following questions:
      • What is your project?
      • How will the participants collect data for the project? (Where, when, and how) You may want to model the process so your participants can understand better.
      • Why it is important to do this project?
      • How will you use the data to benefit the campus/community?
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Maker Space Tools

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Image result for bulldog uga

Laser cutting:

Requirement:

engraving files: .pdf, .jpg, .png  have strong contrast- black and while photos are always better.

You can turn your photos into Black and White by using Pixlr

  1. Import the picture into Pixlr: File – open image
  2.  Turn the picture into black and white: Adjustment- Destruate
  3.  Increase the contrast: Adjustment – Brightness & Contrast
  4.  Make detailer more defined and sharper: Filter – Unsharp Mask
  5. Save your photo as jpeg or png and put it into your flash drive.

Center Works

  • Green Screen
  • Things that moves
  • Ozobot
  • 3D pen
  • Magic
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2/6 Makerspace Education

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PPT Link

3D Printing:

  • Tools for 3D printing: To design and create your own 3D printing object, you need to use the online tool (Tinkercad). After finishing your design, export your work as .STL file for 3D printing. The staff in Science library will help you print it out.
  • Resources:
    •  If you want to use some 3D templates, you can go to this website:  Thingiverse  If your download is a compressed ZIP file, you can usually find an STL file inside. You need to use Tinkercad  to customize the template.
    •  Basic Tutorial for Tinkercad:     link ( You can login Lynda.com by using uga    portal. It requires you to type “www.uga.edu” with your uga account. )
    •  Youtube  Examples:
      • How to create a 3D nametag: linkScreen Shot 2017-10-05 at 11.34.24 AM.png
      • How to create a 3D cup with your name on it: link
  • Preparation for Thursday: Before you go to science library, do not forget to store the .STL file in your flash drive.

Homework: (Due Date Feb 19,)

1.  Try to finish your own 3D design. If you can finish it before Thursday class, we can ask science librarian to print your work out during our visit. Since it takes probably 20 minutes to print each, we may not have enough time to let everyone finish 3D printing. Sign-up sheet.

2.  Write two design journals on your website.

Design Journal #1 (After finishing your design with Tinkercad)

Design Journal #2 (After printing your real 3D product out)

Requirement:

You should include at least 1 picture in your journal demonstrating your working process, and  2-3 paragraphs of your design process.

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1/25 1/30 Tue – Universal Design for Learning

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PPT Link

Agenda:

  1. Introduction Video (Batman)
  2. Universal Design for Learning – Empathy
  3.  Magic Activity – Universal Design from Magician’s perspective
  4. UDL principles
  • Provide Multiple Means of Representation

Group Discussion:

Based on your own experience, share your thoughts about what you think should be represented in at least one more way in education (but has not been).

  • Provide Multiple Means of Action and Expression
  • Provide Multiple Means of Engagement

5. Technology for Universal Design for Learning

According to your preference, choose at least one tool to explore. The introductory video will give you a sense of the basic function of the tool you chose. Please write down your answers to the following questions:

a. Describe a teaching scenario that how you use this tool to represent the teaching content. (Please be specific.  Subject, students level, concept, details about your tool using plan )

Example:

  • Subjects: Science,
  • Grades: 9-11,
  • Tool Selected: Storybird,
  • Concept: Natural Selection,
  •  Teaching Goal:                                                                                                                          The students will be able to explain how certain traits affect natural selection.
  •  Detailed Plan:

        I will use Storybird to create a story that demonstrates how some “traits” that  affected deer not getting caught.

b. Design a learning task or assignment that you would like your student to do with this tool.

  • Subjects: Science
  • Grades: 9-12
  • Concept: Natural Selection
  • Learning Goal:   The students will be able to demonstrate how certain traits affect natural selection
  • Task/Assignment Instructions:                                                                                     Students will go on Storybird and choose at two main pictures to base their story off. They will choose one animal that they will portray and they will choose a picture that will be the trait that their animal has (may be as fantastical as they want) and a picture of that shows why their trait helps the animal reproduce more than their competitors.

6. Create a poster about the tool you selected.

In the poster, you need to include the answers to the following questions:

  • What is this tool about?
  • How can teachers benefit from this tool?
  • How can students benefit from this tool?
  • Provide your own example:

Example

When you finish your poster, please submit to elc and also add it to your personal website (Create new page called ” UDL Resources”).

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1/23 Tuesday Meaningful Learning

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Resources:

CenterWorks Guideline (Link)

Class PPT Link

Agenda:

  1. CenterWorks Reflection
  2. Meaningful Learning Discussion:

#1 Discussion:

Form into five groups, each group should focus on one characteristic of meaningful learning.

  • Develop your own definition of this characteristic. Why it is important?
  • How does the professor’s teaching in the video relate to your focused characteristic?
  • How to use the technology you learned to make his teaching more meaningful?

   Write down your group answer here –  tiny.cc/edit2000group 

3.  Meaningful Learning Design Activity

In the second round, the 5 groups break up to form 4 new groups, so that each of the new groups will have five members each being an “expert” about one concept.

    • Create a simple outline of an instructional activity. Try to incorporate at least 3 of the concepts. Explain why they are relevant.
    • Share your teaching plan and discuss results with the class using Google Doc. Post the shareable link here (tiny.cc/edit2000group2).
    • Explain your teaching plan to the class. Others please write comments for the presenting group.

Homework:

  1. Finish all the centers (Link).
  2. Due before next class:

    Watch the video about Universal Design and submit your 25 words summary to elc (under discussion folder).

    https://youtu.be/pGLTJw0GSxk

 

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Creative Thinking 1/11 Thursday

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PPT link

Agenda:

1. Sticky Notes Activity

2. Think Outside of The Box

3. Creativity Challenge

4. Technology Time: Center Works!

Homework (Due Before Next Monday Midnight):

You can choose either to do one thing you never did before or to do an old thing differently. Asking your friend to take a photo of you when you do that. Please upload the photo to our creativity wall. Don’t forget to put a short description under the photo.           Link to the wall: tiny.cc/2000creativity

Stop Motion Animation Guideline

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What is stop animation? Stop animation, simply put, is just an animation technique.  You move the objects and take pictures of each move and then you edit all the pictures by using some software.

You can read more about stop animation here.

Project outline

Step 1. Find good partners–creative, responsible, similar schedule, easy to meet with… (3-4 members in each group)

Step 2. Choose a topic. You can teach a particular process or system (e.g., photosynthesis) or tell history (e.g., Einstein’s life) or a story (e.g., The little prince) or come up with something else (Please let me know). It should have an educational purpose.

Step 3. Brainstorm and create a storyboard for your video.

Step 4. Decide what props and equipment your group will need. Work on building props.

Step 5. Take pictures of your props. You can check out a tripod in OIT, Aderhold 232. In case you want to use your phone, you need a tripod and connecting cords so that you can download your pictures to a computer.

Step 6. You can use mini iPads and stop animation app.

Step 7. Edit and animate your pictures. Add narration and music if necessary.

Step 8. Once you’ve finished your videos – “share” them to our class YouTube account. The login information will be announced in class.

Step 9. Share the YouTube link with your group.

Step 10. Each group member should add their stop animation to their website page.

Step 11. On the page, embed your stop animation video and write a short description about the video and the project in general (check the rubric!!!).

Checklist

  1. What content is your video teaching? Is it clear to the viewer? How can you make it more clear?

  2. Does your video tell a story? Are you sure? Who is the main character? What is the plot?

  3. Detailed rubric

Tentative Plan

Thursday, Mar. 22:  Group formation (3-4 members for each group). Register your groups with me here.   Identify your topic and start working on the storyboard.

Tuesday, Mar 27:    Submit storyboard (update link to project document). Begin creating props.

Thursday, Mar. 29: Finishing prop preparation. Start taking pictures.

Tuesday, April. 3:   Finalizing, editing (Add narration and music if necessary) and uploading to YouTube.

Thursday, April. 5:  Present your animation/making process to the class.

FAQ

  • How long should this stop animation be?

    • It should be about 1-2 minutes. A few students created longer animation before, but I don’t expect you to make long animations.

  • How many pictures do we need?

    • You might need 100, or maybe 200 pictures.  One group set up a record for about 1400 pictures. You should take more pictures than you need! The more images you have, the smoother your movie will be!

  • Do I really need a tripod?

    • Most groups regret that they didn’t use the tripod after they completed the project. They got a lot of blurred images. Some of them even needed to retake the footage.

  • Do I really need background music?

    • Not necessarily. It’s up to you. But you have to have a voiceover! You should narrate the events and the information you organized in your script. Check out bensound.com for royalty free music.