EDT 6420 Digital Story Introduction

Digital Story Introduction for EDT 6420 with Dr. Sharon Peterson:

EDT 6430 Digital Story Introduction

Digital Story Introduction for EDT 6430 with Dr. Sharon Peterson:

EDT 5500 - Tree Lesson Plan Resources

Assignment 10 for EDT 5500:
Supplemental Lesson Plan Resources
Helpful Tree Identifying Videos:

PBS Tree Identification

This link also has additional support materials & background reading.

Tree Identifying Checklist: http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Trees

Photographing Trees:http://www.digital-photo-secrets.com/tip/5443/photograph-trees/

Tree Worksheet (3 for each student):Tree Work Sheet Word.doc

**LINKED VIDEOS & CONTENT ARE PROPERTY OF THEIR AUTHORS & REFERENCES SHOULD BE MADE AS NEEDED**

EDT 5500 - Instructional Video

Make your own inexpensive chandelier with a hula hoop:

EDT 5500 - Assignment 6: Special Features & Creative Images

1. Horizon Line Play:
Cheboygan, MI

Drive

2. Unusual Atmospherics:
Mackinaw City, MI

Mackinaw City, MI

3. Explore Reflections:

On car

Guest Mirror

4. Unexpected Angles:
Kitchen Kitch

 

Mosiac

5. Play With Shadows:
Porch Light

 

6. Play with Pattern:
Upper Lower Peninsula Beach

Mackinaw City, MI

7. Look for the Unusual:
Bucky, old friend

Mackinaw City, MI (Weinerlicious)

6-1 & 6-2 since I had them finished already since I was going on medical leave:

360° Photo: Made with the photo merge automation in Photoshop (current cloud version)
My kitchen:

GIF: The link in the assignment didn't work so I made this with http://gifmaker.org
Original Photos:

Action: Sassy cat walking away from spilling things...

Master of Arts in Educational & Instructional Technology

Just got accepted into Western Michigan University's Master of Arts in Educational & Instructional Technology Program! WHOO HOOO!

Instructional Design Pinterest Board

https://www.pinterest.com/lunakat805/instructional-design/

Mod 7&8 - Final Project

My final project:
TRiO SSP Student Staff Page

The TRiO SSP student staff page is a resource and training tool for WMU's TRiO Student Success Program's student employees. We have four categories of student employee:

• AM - Academic Mentor - works weekly with students from our FYE classes during the fall semester. Sets up syllabus planning, academic skill learning and general mentorship for our new TRiO SSP students. 
• PM - Peer Mentor: works with students in both our FYE classes in the fall and UNIV 1030 classes in the spring. Shows them examples of the class projects, meets with them throughout each semester and provides support during their first year.
• Tutor - Extra class-specific help with expertise in the class being covered. These tutors are usually students, but not necessarily in  TRiO SSP.
• Office Staff - Provide office support to the program by answering phones, filing, special projects and entering information into our database of contacts (required by the government) which is called "Student Access."

These elements are included for the student employees' ease of access, education and to bring our small community of TRiO SSP student employees together.

Intro Page:

• staff calendar
• program introduction video
• fact sheet
• time sheet
• social media links

AM Page:

• needed forms
• time sheet

PM Page:

• needed forms
• time sheet

Tutor Page:

• tutor log sheet
• tutor specific information
• time sheet

Office Staff Page:

• student schedule
• skill review
• time sheet

FAQ/Misc Page:

• general program information
• referrals
• answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Mod 6 - Concept Map & Begin Final Project

Concept Map for my final project:

This site will be a resource for WMU's TRiO SSP student employees. The site will feature the following:

• calendar
• general program info
• all needed forms for each position
• employee resources
• employee forms
• helpful videos
• FAQs
• map
• links to easily email staff

Mod 5 - Digital Stories

My digital story assignment is on the life cycle of robins. I can see this being an assignment for a student in differing levels of complexity depending on the age taught or part of an online learning module from a teacher. The combination of text, voice, and visuals provide a multi-sensory learning experience and makes more a learning experience when compared to just one medium.

The Life Cycle of Robins:

Robin update 6/6/18: They've all left the nest.

Mod 4 - Podcasts

The assignment says to post our audio/video on Youtube, but Youtube only wants a video file-which is here and below, but has lame visuals as I only created the audio file. I converted it at Ez-converter. Here is the file on Soundcloud.

The above (&below) podcast explains the difference between several frequently used file formats and could be used in a class like ours, informal learning opportunities, web use, or anywhere this information would be valuable.

From Public Domain Clip Art

Links that helped me when I put this assignment together:

• Audacity
• Free Music Archive for the music. 
• LAME exporter for Audacity (you'll need this to get the file converted into a .mp3) Scroll down for LAME exporter for your OS.
• EZ-Converter to take that .mp3 and make a .mp4 for Youtube.

Need to know if you can use that music clip in your assignment? I found a great licensing cheat sheet on the freemusicarchive.org There is also an amazing array of music available for use - just make sure the artist's licensing requests are considered (usually attribution in your work) and you're good to go!

I also found a great resource for public domain music at Free Music Archive. Go into the advance search and make sure you have public domain checked. The music I used is Morph by Soft and Furious.

Visual images on the web are not all public domain and also have licensing, so when you need an image off the web make sure your honoring the copyright for that image. Stinkyink.com has a great article on this. RivalIQ and Lifehacker have another good articles. I feel as an artist myself, I need to honor other creative's work correctly as I would want them to do if they were to use my work. The web is just one big community and we need to be good citizens of that community.

Mod 3 - Embedding Media & Photo Sharing

More information on photo sharing:
http://socialnetworking.swsi.wikispaces.net/Photosharing

My Old Photo Sharing Links:
Flickr (mixed stuff)
Snapfish (old work images of a charity golf outing & shoot-out I photographed in 2008)

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Mod 2 - Reflection of Blogs, Bookmarking, and Wikis

What are your early impressions of using a blog and what was your experience using Diigo and creating a Wiki this week? Any surprises, pleasant or otherwise?

I think that these can be really powerful tools if correctly implemented. The ability to collaborate with others opens up many possibilities and ease of use. I did find myself wanting to stay in one application and try to set it up so all my bookmarks were in it and not having to move around between applications. I can see some really good uses for the app in my current work setting if I can get the staff to use it... that is one of the major components to a successful application-is it really used? I am using diigo more and getting used to putting in key words that will actually help me later. Sometimes its hard to come up with the terms that I would be searching for. 

Considering Siegel's (article we read last week) concept of "computer imagination", what do you think would be at least one "imaginative" educational use of each tool (blog, Bookmarking, Wiki) that takes advantage of each tool's inherent strengths? That is, what do you think you and/or your students could use these tools for that they might not be able to do with other more simple or low-tech tools? Or, what is a problem to which each of these tools is an answer?

An imaginative use for the blog would be writing stories and finding web imagery to illustrate them.  I see the blog as the digital journal. A notebook and pen are good if its just free writing to get the ideas out of your head, but a blog is a step more formal. 

For bookmarking, I find it tougher to think outside the box on this one... perhaps getting students to do their own research and link back for others. The bookmark tool is great for when you have many links that need to be shared with students or have a set group of web resources that are "pre-approved" for use in a project. 

With the Wiki, creative collaborative pieces could be made to illustrate a lesson or research the history of an event. I like the example used in the video to plan something, such as a student event. The problem I encounter is that other staff aren't open to learning new programs. 

Mod 2 - Links

Module 2 Assignment Links (also in sidebar):

My page on diigo & my BYOD reflection 
My wiki on Learning Technology

SUI2018 First week of Class

Welcome to the other side of career burnout. One year from the date of this post, I was laid off from a bankrupt regional sporting goods chain, where I worked for almost 11 years. I was their photo merchandise coordinator and a graphic designer in advertising. This morning (not realizing the date until I began this page!), I woke to nightmares of missing product and imagery, passed deadlines, jobless panic and financial ruin. (I do wish my psyche wouldn't have to rehash it all in such gory detail.) Luckily, last June I found a position with Western Michigan University where I am working in a office that helps first generation and low resourced college students. I love working in academia: I am able to help my students navigate their own academic paths and pursue my love of learning.

This blog is for the EDT5410 - Foundations of Instructional Technology class taught by Michael L. Johnson II for the summer I semester. I will be posting finished assignments and exploring this career path as I am looking to get my masters in educational and instructional technology. I am officially listed as an undergrad getting my second bachelors in biology, but might put that on hold as educational technology would use my years of tech, graphic and marketing experience.

Western Michigan University's Master of Arts in Educational & Instructional Technology

Tips for taking a successful e-learning class. 

 (My own art from 2013)