Week 3. EDU 642- Digital Images

Week 3- Digital Images.

The collage that I created will be helpful when we study the Revolutionary War in my class. This picture/collage will give them an image of what the Patriots had to do to win to war against Great Britain. This picture of Washington and his troops planning a surprise attack against the British shows the courage and perseverance the Patriots used to win the war.

Photo by Flickr member Scott Wright

This meme that I created would be for my students who ask this same question every single time whether its on a test, quiz, or homework assignment. 

Since we are studying about the process that a President has to undergo to become President, I created this GIF to bring about prior knowledge from previous years. It will be a simple and short message of what they have to undergo. 

The infograph that I used in my classroom is the basic process that the President has to undergo to be President of the United States. We have gone over the basic requirements such as age, citizenship, etc. before dealing with the primaries, debates, and election day. 

Lesson Plan Idea: Students will look at images and videos of how someone who is qualified becomes the President of the United States. By looking at images, videos, and the steps of each part of the process, students will be aware of how long and tedious this process is for each candidate. Candidates have to persevere through debates, conventions, primaries, and Election Day to be elected President of the United States. This infograph will give students a simpler and better insight on how one’s dream becomes a reality.

Use in the classroom: For my 7^th grades students, I decided use the images that I adjusted the color scheme of and effect to show them the importance of the Revolutionary War and how this event changed the course of history not only in the United States but, the world as well. I used the GIF to bring about prior knowledge with my 8^th graders about the election process and what each step each candidate has to go through to become President. This GIF will carry over to the infograph and make each step of the process that much easier to understand and comprehend. They will be able to fully understand the steps needed to become President with this infograph The meme will be used for 6^th, 7^th, and 8^th grade students and the goal is to have fun with it. However, it’s for them to realize that they need to follow directions at all times unless I say otherwise.

Learning Objectives-Bloom’s Taxonomy:

·         I will design and create and infograph that will allow students to comprehend, understand, and apply the information they have learned on this topic in the school election that we have each year.

·         The students will understand through images and videos of how certain candidates won individual elections and use the same steps in school when we begin the election process. They will understand and remember the steps and then use the same process to choose candidates for student council elections.

Application:

From the readings in week one to the assignment we have been given this week, I feel that I used the segmenting principle because I used a step by step process to show students how a President is elected into office. Having students learn step by step rather than all at once will help them comprehend the information much easier because it is spread out. I used the image principle as well to make those images relevant to them with people and things that they actually know. This also brings into light the pre-training principle because the images that I have used are people and places that we have already learned about in previous chapters and through current events by staying up to date on certain topics and people. Having prior knowledge of an image they have already seen will help students perform better when they are tested on the given topic. With the GIF that I created, the special contiguity principle is being used because students are seeing images and graphics that will help them build upon their knowledge and make connections. With the steps to becoming President of the United States they know realize that in order to be elected into office, they have to follow this step and by seeing that images and graphics, even without prior knowledge, it will help speed up the learning process.

Reflection:

This was the most enjoyable week so far in this course because it allowed us as teachers/educators to be more creative in our classroom. I have already used the meme in my classroom and my students got a laugh out of it because they have prior knowledge about this person and his antics. The infograph was tough do for one reason, I had so many different ideas to choose from but, I believe I chose the right one because students in my social studies class were so fascinated when we discussed the election process a few months ago. Like I have said in previous reflections, using multimedia in the classroom I believe is the best way to pique the interests of students because they are so attached to technology and how to utilize the best way possible. With the infograph, when students see these images, they recognize them from previous chapters and they have background information on them. When they have prior knowledge on the topic at hand, they perform much better and are more interested in expanding their knowledge on the subject