EC&I 834

Overview of Course Prototype and Creation Process

The course I have started to develop is Grade 2 Health and focuses on Healthy Snacks. Being a VP currently I do not have the opportunity to teach but this is the grade level that I love teaching the most. The module can take place in the classroom or at home if the student can not attend.  The course prototype requires a lot of pre teaching before the module could be successful with the grade 2 class.  In this era of digital learning our students already come with a great knowledge of skills and abilities, sometimes I believe it is definitely more than myself!

Designing the Modules and Receiving Feedback…

Developing Module one was definitely very time consuming and caused myself a lot of self doubt as to whether or not it was the appropriate lessons for the students.  That in itself is one of the joys of teaching, you are always able to adapt and modify lessons if they are not working.

I found the feedback that we received from our peers during one of our online classes very beneficial and changed my layout of the module to make it easier to follow for younger students.  The peer feedback on paper was also very beneficial, not only was it positive but also allowed for some suggestions and questions regarding the module.

Developing module two was a little easier and was met with less self doubt.  In Module two I kept the whole lesson together instead of breaking up the activities into septerate sections as per one of the suggestions in my written feedback.  I liked this idea for this module as it is a bit shorter than the first one and the students should get through it all in one setting minus creating the poster.

Throughout the modules I used different approaches to allow for learning and student interaction. Some of them are as follows:

• Flipgrid
• You tube
• Edpuzzle
• Word Docs
• Canva
• Google Slides
• Jamboard
• An audio recorder to record instructions for students

Now knowing what I know I wish I had developed something for my staff to participate in during a staff meeting.  That will be my next module I create!

Course Profile

Course Overview Grade 2 Health

Link to the Course

Grade 2 Health Class

Class Code for Google Classroom: bjib46k

Course Walk Through

Walk through my course!

 

 

 

Reviewing peers work is a tough job.  I found it hard to critique when I am just learning to manipulate and maneuver an online platform.

Thanks to the ladies who reviewed by course prototypes.  I enjoyed reading the comments and will comment on some questions that were posed to me in this blog.

Can all the slides flow together in one file?

I did originally have it that way but was suggested from our online sharing format in class that I spilt it up in case the kiddo’s did not complete the whole lesson they may not remember where they left off and I thought that was a great point. I do however agree that the amounts of tabs open in the end was a little excessive.

Background for slides.

The suggestion to upload the content /background as a picture does make a lot of sense so the kiddo’s have less places for them to click.  I will try and do this for my next module and see how it works.

Traditional Foods.

I can not believe that I never thought of adding some traditional foods into the lesson.  What a great idea!

Screencast Video Could be added with directions. 

I totally agree that a screencast could be uploaded with the directions of how to get from one place to another throughout the module especially if a kiddo has to complete the lesson from home. I will try and add that to my second module.

How will you provide feedback for students during the modules?

That is a good question.  I would provide feedback either in person or through flipgrid as well.

If students, who are not present, are not keeping up with the assignments how will you connect to get the work done? 

If the kiddo is in school I will spend some time with them to help problem solve what is going on and what could be done to help them be successful with the module.  If the kiddo is working from home I would make contact with home and see what is going on and what could be done to help their student at home be successful.

What will you do to support those at home if they are not doing their work or showing up to class?

I would make a contact with home and see if there is anything I could do to support the kiddo.

Rationale for Google Classroom over another LMS. 

I chose to use google classroom for a couple of reasons even though SeeSaw would have been an easier format for grade 2’s.  I have never used Google Classroom so I wanted to explore and play with it.  I suppose with any LMS used for younger kiddo’s there would have to be a lot of pre teachings done in order for them to be successful.

Thank you!

I really enjoyed going through the comments and suggestions I had from my two reviewers.  So many positive comments were made and great suggestions and questions were posed.  I look forward to creating module 2 and adding in some of these suggestions that were given to me!