Digital Storytelling on Patterns

My Youtube Video on patterns



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KUuD7_60oM

Week 9 Assignment #1

I think that the Researches did a fantastic job in their study. They were very thorough. I think the conclusion was not entirely surprising and I would be very curious of the results of a similar study with a more recent and interactive new technology, such as SMILE, or even twitter. The study also showed some very telling insight about social safety nets and encouraging fellow students, with a decrease in the dropout rate for the blogging class.
I personally am not sure about blogging in today's day and age, technology has moved more towards VLOGS on platforms such as YouTube and Twitch. I even think micro vlogs like on Tik Tok would be an interesting study! 

Week 7 Assignment #1

Reflections:  Theories and Practices of Multimodal Education: The Instructional Dynamics of Picture Books and Primary Classrooms



I found the article very enlightening. Literacy lends itself to natural multi-modality because you will have text and pictures and fonts. As teachers we can embrace these natural aspects of traditional literacies, such as font sizes and colors, images, sketches etc.. to enhance the modes of meaning and enhance the learning and modes of meaning.
With new literacies, it challenges the teachers to take best advantage of the modality of technology. Technology has it's own new modes of meaning. Gifs, Memes, tweets, video etc....   how to combine them creating a context will be the key!






Using the ADDIE Model to Design Second Life Activities for Online Learners


The article does a fantastic job of laying out the pros and cons of using a platform like Second Life to enhance student learning. SL provides an engaging and appealing environment which students can learn and observe things which are hard or near impossible in the classroom. On the other hand there are some challenges, but that may lie with in the actual product, a different implementation may fix these limitations. The article was written in 2009 when indeed hardware which can run SL was tough to secure but this is something trivial today with tablets and smartphones.

week 7 assignment #2

Secondlife provides a great platform for multimodality. There are visual elements and contextual content which can greatly enhance social learning. As it pertains to ELA, there is a ton of textual interaction. The player of the game reads onscreen instruction as well as interact with other players.
A teacher can incorporate the game by having students log in and interact within the game. This provides a fun social atmosphere conducive to learning and gaining knowledge.