For Part C of the Wicked Problem Project, I recorded my podcast on Audacity, uploaded it to my web portfolio that I made for CEP 811 and linked it here. Other than practicing during the lab, this was my first real experience making a podcast and figuring out how to publish it. I talked about my wicked problem project, surprises I encountered, challenges, and delights!
Enjoy!
Below are some of the final sample student PSA projects:
Cyberbullying (could not embed, but a good video)
2.) Endangered Animals: Pandas
3.) Child Soldiers
4.) Disaster in Japan
5.) Child Labor
6.) Economic Inequality
7.) Stem Cell Research (they had a bit of fun with this one)
Lisa,
ReplyDeleteI can totally relate to Mac computer availability (at lunch, etc.). It would be nice if everyone had their own computer, but that is not the reality for most of us (think about all you could do, though!). I appreciate your flexibility with the whole project, including the unexpected twist of different versions of iMovie...what a pain!
Honestly, I was moved by the videos created. I can't wait to share ALL of them with my homeroom students tomorrow morning. The one on cyberbullying is so powerful for middle school students, and will be a good discussion starter.
Thank you for all you do!
Tell your students they rock. :)
~chuck
Thanks- I thought the students did an amazing job! These were just a few of them that were on YouTube, there were so many fantastic videos. I'm excited to do the project again next year-technological headaches and all!
ReplyDeleteThe student who made the cyberbullying video is my "all things Apple" guru. Whenever I encounter a tech problem, he seems to know how to fix it! It's amazing how much some students know!
Lisa,
ReplyDeleteThis was awesome! You talked in your podcast about the enthusiasm that you felt your students had toward the project and those videos confirm your thoughts. I think it is great that other students were encouraged to "stretch" their learning as well and asked to jump into the project.
I can sympathize with you about technology not always working in your favor, and also about not having the resources for as long as needed. When my students did our Glogster project, I found that students who were absent or missed a day due to a field day were completely behind. It was frustrating not having the resources for extra days. Thank goodness for mornings and after school!
Overall, this seemed like a great project! Good job!
Lisa,
ReplyDeleteYou gave a lot of insight with this podcast. I thought the storyboard was a great idea so it was very interesting to hear how it didn't actually work out. I find a lot, especially as a first year teacher, that I don't explain myself well enough and find myself shocked by how very different the results were than what I was expecting.
I loved that you pretty much gave everyone the freedom to create the PSA as they liked and that you let other students participate who really wanted to do it.
I would not have thought of the issue of multiple people trying to use the same computers at the same time. I wonder if you have any idea how to solve that for next year? Will you just give everyone more time?
Lisa,
ReplyDeleteThese PSAs look so professional! How much instruction did you have to give on the technology before you had to give the project guidelines? I wish we had access to the technology it seems you have access to. Besides the storyboard, did you give them a pretty specific rubric as well, with a timeline of what they had to do when and such? I would be interested to see it.
Very well done!
Stacy