Week 4: Show Me What You've Learned Project

The first part of this blog will summarize what I have learned in class over the past four weeks a la comic book art...

 

 

 

The second part of my blog will go over the media aspect of my thesis project.  I will begin shooting and editing a short documentary that I will be incorporating into a website that will supplement my thesis.  The documentary will highlight the Professional Development efforts of the Knox County school system in Knoxville, Tennessee.  I will interview several teachers and students and post their responses to my research.  I am hoping that the website will help shed more light on the growing need for professional development in my state.  Almost a third of the teachers are unable to use or teach 21st Century classroom technology.  My website will also feature what efforts are working, what practices are helping the teachers as well as case studies and research showing the direct correlation between a student's success and a teacher's pedagogical use of technology.  I have had a blast in this class and look forward to using the skills and ideologies in this class to further strengthen my thesis.  Below you will find a rough mock-up of my website so far.  I will be using Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver and Adobe Photoshop to create the website.  I will use Final Cut Pro to edit the documentary and post it in Flash format on my website.

 

 

 

Here are all of the attributions for the works I am submitting for this project.  All of these photos were obtained legally through www.creativecommons.org:

Baby Photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tedsblog/43433812/

Care Bears Photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/redneck/410656335

Lego Copy Machine Photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yospiff/2126043460/

Cigarette Guy Photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38256297@N08/3847085606

Vinyl Record Photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevecadman/172600054/

Podcasts Photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nez/1346068786/

Kids on Computer Photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amonroy/3042150236/

Star Wars Photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/starwarsblog/536544524/

Wikipedia Photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeeperez/2452395177/in/set-72157602332349699/

Wigs Photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisibo/3278816294/

Logo Programming Photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46183897@N00/3026993216/

Buddha Photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aravin123/3918568275/

Napster Photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bixentro/2266349783/

Obama Poster Photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2901060170/

John Kerry Photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldeconomicforum/374714151/

Thesis Photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gadl/320300354/

Student Photo from Website Mockup
http://www.flickr.com/photos/surmolotto/3510111574/

Student Photo from Website Mockup 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chicago2016/3277192438/

Week 4 Stickam Session: The Creative Commons Solution

 

We finished our Stickam chat tonight.  It was very interesting to hear from teachers already in the field (Katie, Seann, Felisa & Claudio).  I liked Felisa's comment on how teachers should be more respectful of students and they will get that respect in return.  I think Katie brought up a very interesting question about teaching Netiquette in the classroom.  Seann's response made the most sense: it has to be right for the situation at hand.  You have to know your students and what the goals of the class are before you tell them the invisible "ins and outs" of traversing the ether of the "Interwebs".  I have really enjoyed working with this team again this month.  Dr. Bustillos has been awesome to work with.  He has helped shed light on some areas of concern that I have been running into with implementing these ideas in a real world situation.  The Creative Commons resources are very important for any teacher that is wanting to teach their students about copyrights and trademarks.