Showing posts with label D2L. Show all posts
Showing posts with label D2L. Show all posts
Monday, 31 March 2014
Artifacts and web restrictions
We're finding it very difficult to have the kids find and upload artifacts when there are restrictions on YouTube and other media sharing sites. The students have great ideas but can't always access the media to support it. As much as I'd like to say that they are following up at home and posting things from their home internet where they don't have filters, they really don't, which I'm sure is surprising to no one.
Intermediates and iPads
We've been finding it difficult to keep the intermediates on task and using their time and tech effectively. We will definitely try the contract/code of conduct idea posted by Carolyn L. We've started tracking their work by breaking the task of creating a presentation in D2L down into small chunks. This has been much more effective as it provides manageable pieces and a visual checklist and it's helping the students by making the task seem less daunting. Students seem to be finding D2L hard to work with so we're hoping that by breaking the task down they'll feel more successful.
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
Getting started
Since October we've been having regular lessons in the library about being a good online citizen. This has formed the basis of our IIT project.
Tina Franzen came in before Christmas and gave the teachers who are involved in the project some training on D2L e-Portfolios. We were then able to co-plan a model presentation in D2L, create some success criteria and insert some artifacts. With our goal being increased digital citizenship, we created a presentation with sidebar topics (tabs) that included Digital Footprint, Safe Online Messaging, Cyber Bullying, Media Collection, and Hot Topics. These tabs will act as an outline for students to gather their own artifacts so that they can create and share a presentation with others in our school.
We have run into some hiccups with the D2L e-Portfolio in that it's not as accessible and as functional as we would like. Having You-Tube blocked for students is also inconvenient when we're asking them to search out their own artifacts, but at least they can watch the video we've embedded.
Our next step was to show the students the model presentation and walk them through how to create their own. We provided them with step by step instructions and a rubric with success criteria for them to follow as they create their portfolios.
Tina Franzen came in before Christmas and gave the teachers who are involved in the project some training on D2L e-Portfolios. We were then able to co-plan a model presentation in D2L, create some success criteria and insert some artifacts. With our goal being increased digital citizenship, we created a presentation with sidebar topics (tabs) that included Digital Footprint, Safe Online Messaging, Cyber Bullying, Media Collection, and Hot Topics. These tabs will act as an outline for students to gather their own artifacts so that they can create and share a presentation with others in our school.
We have run into some hiccups with the D2L e-Portfolio in that it's not as accessible and as functional as we would like. Having You-Tube blocked for students is also inconvenient when we're asking them to search out their own artifacts, but at least they can watch the video we've embedded.
Our next step was to show the students the model presentation and walk them through how to create their own. We provided them with step by step instructions and a rubric with success criteria for them to follow as they create their portfolios.
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