Reflection9

This Mod was one I was excited to work on because as I learn each of the new tools, I like to practice right away because I am a visual learner myself, and the lesson stays with me longer if I have the “hands on” experience. In order to begin, Kelly and I discussed the areas of our Mod 10 project that needed to be developed further, and we agreed that Presentation and Website Qualifications were two lessons our students would benefit from for our Holocaust Projects for the upcoming school year. We each took one, and agreed to Peer Review each other’s work.

For Website Qualification, I selected the CARRDSS method to highlight in my Digital Story. I analyzed several tools including Jing, XtraNormal and Goanimate, and originally selected Xtranormal, until I attempted to register and discovered they are no longer taking new customers. So after additional analysis, I decided to work with Goanimate. I discovered almost immediately that I had to limit my script to 10 boxes, which was difficult to do, but after paring down my original script, and consolidating some dialogue, I was able to make it work. I think this tool would be well received by the kids, and I feel it is something worth investing the Educational Subscription for mainly because it is extremely easy to learn and use. You can make multiple changes to the background, the characters, the dialogue, and music before you render the show, so there is much flexibility in its use. I would highly recommend this tool to both student and teachers, especially the free version, to see if there is an interest in my school community. I could see it used for Science projects on Environmental protection, Social studies projects on areas of government