The photo sharing site we had to create was hard for me to get into. At first, I felt like my pictures were very personal, but then I decided that it was a fantastic way for me to share my pictures with family and friends. I have pictures from my family Christmas of my parents and all of their grandchildren. I’m supposed to get everyone a copy of the picture–to say the least, I haven’t done it yet. This is the perfect way for me to take care of that task–so easy. Thank you.
It took me a while to figure how I would incorporate photo sharing into a lesson plan or activity. I believe it would be great to share photos of historic places for a history or social studies class. Also, if I ever get the opportunity to travel and visit places that famous authors lived, I would definitely find a way to include this in a unit plan. Having great visuals can really help students to understand concepts more readily.
Having students utilize the photo sharing service makes me a bit more uneasy. Where I teach, we have a difficult time controlling a lot of behaviors with students. If they had this tool as part of the class, I have no doubt that it would eventually be misused to distribute inappropriate materials. There would have to be severe consequences for such actions, of course. I do think in many educational settings, photo sharing would be a great asset. Especially if a class is working on group projects–photo class, drama, yearbook,–all would be great classes to use this tool. This is another tool where students could benefit from another student’s material and knowledge. They would be able to help each other through the sharing of ideas and pictures.
Chapter 2 - What is instructional design? I felt very comfortable with this chapter. The ideas presented in this chapter have been prevalent in educational settings in recent years. Analyze, Design, Implement, and Develop all circle around Evaluate. Along with the revisions that are constantly taking place between and within these areas. All paths lead to evaluation and assessment. I easily agree with many of the topics in this chapter. An instructional design should be learner centered; the students/learners are the main focus of why we are teaching. I can appreciate the team effort of this design. Many tasks in education become much easier when tackled with a collective group of individuals working together to achieve a goal. This brings us to the goal-oriented focus; if we don’t have goals to direct our instruction then a few instructors may be leading in many different directions.
As far as developing my own lesson and unit plans, I have found that I use a very similar procedure as the authors. I determine unit objectives/goals based on curriculum and student needs, develop assessments to be administered, determine the best activities and lessons to teach these concepts, design and select materials, teach/assist students in learning unit concepts, and evaluate students for mastery. During this whole process, revision is an element that is ongoing and constant, even during actual instruction time. I have discovered that even during one class period, I adjust my teaching strategy several different times depending on which student I am working with at that time.
I found this chapter to be reassuring because it purports that same ideas that I use when creating units for my classes. The steps or procedure may be slightly different but the main concepts remain the same.
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I also had a hard time feeling comfortable about putting personal photographs on the internet for all to see. When I discovered that videos could be added to Photo Bucket I knew I'd hit the jackpot. With grandparents so far away I've often wanted to send them quick little videos of my kids that we take with our digital camera. Unfortunately they are too large to attach in an email. I've been using Snapfish for years as a way to organize and process my photos but found that videos didn't download well. I think I will continue using Photo Bucket just for the sake of sharing videos with out of towners.
ReplyDeleteI agree that teachers would need to be extremely careful in how photo sharing was implemented in the classroom. Though there are some great benefits that could certainly enhance learning.
~Jennifer B
I agree fully with the use of photo sharing for people. It is much easier to make sure that your friends and family get the pictures of others. Reading your reflection brought to mind a great idea for all the clubs and groups in school. Adding to a photo site like this would be a wonderfull way for all the clubs to share their times with the rest of the school, when some one from the year book staff could not be there.
ReplyDeleteNot being a teacher, I never realized there was so much changing of planning for the students. The adjustments for the childern and the lessons that are so quick and on the fly. I always figured that there was one plan that a teacher stuck to, and did not very from that plan
Nick H
Pat,
ReplyDeleteMost of the reflections this week have shared the same concerns you have for photo sharing. Instilling what would be appropriate for content would be important as well as closely monitoring the actual uploads. If you can make the time I do think this would be a great opportunity for students. And like you say, if you can post pictures of historic or important places you have been I think it would draw the students into the lesson even more.
You mentioned last week in your reflection the absence of students in the definition. It was good to see here that the design needs to be learner centered. You say that you have developed your own lessons using this design model. Several others that are currently teaching are saying they have little if any input in their own lesson plan and that they have never had to apply the model. While some of instructional design might seem intuitive not everyone uses all of the elements. We can produce the best product if we apply it as closely as possible.
Jim W.
Hi, Pat:
ReplyDeleteIndeed, it is not easy to deploy photo sharing tools on the educational environment if they are not used properly, they are lots of consequences need to be carefully considered before we decide to use them.
I also feel comfortable about what the author said in the chapter 2, and it seems to be a standard approach for every instructional projects, and I had the experience with ADDIE approach and the result turned out to be positive.
Shiao-Min
Hi Pat,
ReplyDeleteI thought your comment about having to constantly evaluate, even during a class session, very interesting. It made me think that you must have to be aware of "the learner" in terms of many individuals when you prepare your lesson plans. You must have to build a certain amount of flexibility into your plans knowing you have to adjust you strategy based on which student you are working with when. My husband is a teacher too, and I know from him the importance of being able to think on your feet!
Marilyn