In our project I used an application called Jing, this valuable tool allows users to create screencast with voice over instructions that is both very handy and user friendly.
Since creating a presentation was new to my students I created my own screencast. This allowed me to not only give written instructions, but also add a nice visual and recorded voice instructions via a screencast. This was very beneficial to students and myself, because eliminated the need to repeat instructions over and over again.
We also used our Ning chat as a tool in this project. We were able to use chat as a means to answer simple Q & A discussions. If my students for got a step or needed help finding a source, I could scaffold by using chat and share links and other types of information.Then the final product. Students used various site for information, including Google, Wikipedia, and The Australian Football League website. Below are a couple of presentations my students prepared.
Overall this was such a worth while project to do in conjunction with our Skype call with Mr. Lamshed. My students really enjoyed conducting their research and learning about this outstanding sport.
Mr. McClung
6 comments:
Dillon, Colby, Ryan and John
Great work guys. You included lots of good information about Aussie Rules. Much better explanations than my terrible answer on skype!
Mr Lamshed
Great presentations on a fantastic sport - only thing you forgot is that CROWS RULE!!
Hey Guys. I would love to see all of your Aussie Rules presentations when you've finished them. If you would like, you can share them with me on google docs! My email for google docs is jarrod.lamshed@hackhame.sa.edu.au
Mr Lamshed
Mr McClung your students have done so much work to go into all this detail over such an obscure sport! Fantastic to see the whole learning journey mapped out, and nice to see the involvement with people over the other side of the world in educating the students about something different. Perhaps your students could have a game and you could video it?
Mr Webb and Room 8, Melville Intermediate, Hamilton, Waikato
New Zealand.
My congratulations to the class on a job well done. My organization, the Australian Football Association of North America (http://www.afana.com) has been doing this very thing (explaining Australian football) on a national scale since 1995. Your students might find our web site useful. We would be thrilled to post links to / or host a presentation on our web site that they have done (even video). Again, well done!
-Rob de Santos
aussiefb A T afana . com
Very cool, Joe! Soon the apprentice will become the master!
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