After the quiz, we watched the video PSAs as a class. It was fun to see what direction the students took their topics and watch them cringe at their group's acting abilities. As long as the PSA had the required information, I was pretty lenient with the grading. But for those missing a critical part, they can re-edit and the resubmit and I'll regrade.
Today was the unit "Know it" assessment, covering intellectual property, copyright, and licenses. This was a short, Canvas quiz that most students aced. But in case they didn't, the students who want to retake need to make sure they've turned in all their assignments for the unit and then send me an email.
After the quiz, we watched the video PSAs as a class. It was fun to see what direction the students took their topics and watch them cringe at their group's acting abilities. As long as the PSA had the required information, I was pretty lenient with the grading. But for those missing a critical part, they can re-edit and the resubmit and I'll regrade.
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Even though most of our time was spent on the PSAs, the "Know it" assessment is about intellectual property. So to refresh our brains about those terms, we completed a crossword and turned it in for our day's assignment. We also had the "Know it" review on Canvas (which actually uses test questions) which should guarantee the students at least a "2" on the test (next class). After the reviews, the students had time to finish and submit their PSAs. Next class we'll be watching them, so now is the time to get it to me! I'm super excited to see what the students have been filming for the past two weeks. :) With most of the scenes filmed, the students focused on editing their video, music, and text into a compelling PSA. Most groups used iMovie (since everyone has access to it) but others used an app on their phone or a computer at home. Unfortunately, this meant that only one person could work on it at a time. So we had a lot of dividing up the various tasks and Air Dropping music and pictures. Because of the absences and poor planning, not all groups finished and submitted today. That's completely fine - as long as they can get it done and submitted in time for the class viewing, we'll be good. With the plans in hand, the students set out to film their scenes. We'll be filming for two days, so if someone is absent, there is still an opportunity to film their scenes. Most students are using their phones to record their video, so getting the footage into iMovie is an important step that might cause a few problems. AirDrop isn't reliable with our school laptops, so if the students have Google Drive on their phone, they can upload it there and then access it on their laptop to use in iMovie. Speaking of iMovie, students need make sure they have it loaded on their computers, and if not, get it from Self Service before class (it will take a while). Based on the smiles and hustle, I think they're enjoying this assignment and I'm excited to see the finished projects! Many of us (parents) grew up before the digital devices and constant internet connection so we are able to see the difference between our childhood and our students', as they are growing up with these things. But, like most things, with the positive impacts comes some negative. In order to address some of this, I combined the issues into three categories: Cyberbullying, Digital Balance, and Media Manipulation (which also fit nicely into our curricular requirements). The students formed their own groups and then I assigned (randomly selected) one topic per group. That way we'll all get to learn all the topics. Regardless of the topic, I provided some questions that the students needed to research to hopefully guide them in a useful direction for the content of their PSAs. This information need to be explicitly referenced in their video, but for some reason, every group is also trying to figure out how to incorporate some sort of bullying into their topic. As long as they also have the required information, it'll be fine. Since this unit is all about digital media, the PSAs also need to include: video, images, audio from speech, and music. There are many ways this assignment can be completed and I'm excited to see what the students come up with. If they want to score a 4 on the assessment, though, they will need to create something that stands out from the rest of the videos. Friday/Monday was used as an end-of-quarter catch-up day. There were a few students that still needed to take our latest assessment and several others who wanted to retake one of the others. Students could also use it to complete last class's assignment (if they were absent) or catch up on keyboarding (15 lessons due by the end of 4th quarter). But many students have been keeping up as we go (which is the preferred method!) and ended up with some free time. We started a new unit today, all about digital media. But before we can start creating amazing videos, we need to learn about the laws and protection for those things we create. Instead of a lecture, we rotated through six "stations" to get the information with our groups. The stations included: 1) Patents, 2) Trademarks, 3) A video about trademarking colors, 4) Trade secrets, 5) Copyright, and 6) Licenses. Once we had gone through all six stations, we submitted our notes and then played a game of Kahoot to see if any of the information stuck. The first part dealt with the notes, but then the second part was seeing if the students recognized slogans and logos of a variety of companies. It was a fun way to end the class! Today we took the "Know it" assessment to end our unit. We had reviewed these terms and ideas so many times that the high scores were not a surprise. If your student didn't get the score they wanted, as long as they have all their assignments turned in, they can ask me for a retake. Just a reminder, though, the quarter ends Friday! Today was all about reviewing and getting ready for our upcoming assessment. First, we started with a bit of competition by playing Quizizz. The students could take it as many times as they wanted within the 20 minute window to try to get the highest score possible. There is a bit of luck involved with the power-ups, so even getting 100% didn't guarantee a top spot, which of course got candy or tokens. Then the students took the "Know it" review that includes the actual test questions for the multiple choice. Granted, there was not a candy reward, but seeing the test questions ahead of time is still a pretty good deal! To finish class, the students had time to complete and submit any missing work. Since the quiz is close to the end of the quarter, we won't have much time to retake if necessary. And if there's missing assignments that have to be done first, it might not work out. But of course the best option is to just ace the quiz to begin with. We finished our note-taking about computers today by talking about binary code, prefixes (kilo, mega, giga, tera), and software. The students even decoded a message written in binary code just for fun! (Okay, it was tedious, but a great learning experience to appreciate our input devices which do it for us). After the notes, we took a few minutes to clean up and organize our Google Drive accounts. We created a 2023-24 folder for this school year and then created a folder for each class before moving all the files into their respective folders. An easy but necessary task. Finally, we also had time to work on the Computer Buying Guide. Next class is our catch-up/review day so if they didn't finish this today, they can show me next time. |
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