Assessment 1: Embedded Task 5 - Reflection on Simulations, Interactives (or Technology of your choice)

The technical aspects of Text 2 Mind Map are:

What can this technology do?	Text 2 Mind Map can show a typed outline as mind map. Text 2 Mind Map can be downloaded as a PDF or PNG file. Text 2 Mind Map can also be shared via email, Twitter or Facebook.
What do the settings allow?	In options the user can change the colour of the boxes, change fonts,
Authorship – single/multi	Multiple authors can contribute if shared.
Privacy settings	No privacy setting
Customization	No customization
Technical considerations – file size, platforms, upload-ability	No information on file size. Available for mac and p.c. Up loads to Text 2 mind data base.
Ease of use/experience	Easy to use. Small learning curve.

 

The learning outcomes and the materials/activities that Text 2 Mind Map supports are:

	Video/audio/images
Outcomes	Students can view either the outline or the mind map, which ever they prefer.
Materials	Text 2 Mind Map uses text and a mind map program.
Activities	Students can use Text 2 Mind Map to plan an assignment. By typing in there title, headings and ideas the program will construct the mind map automatically.

 

 

Examples of how Text 2 Mind Map might be used in my classroom at each level of the SAMR model:

Video/audio/images? Plan at 4 levels?	SAMR - Substitution	SAMR – Augmentation	SAMR - Modification	SAMR - Redefinition
Activities	Text 2 Mind Map can be used as a substitute for a hand written mind map.	Text 2 Mind Map appears more professional and appealing.	Text 2 Mind Maps versatility allows for easy modification.	Communication technology provides an opportunity for students to easily share their mind maps.
Justification	Hand written mind maps can be messy and hard to arrange, especially for a complex mind map.	More appealing mind maps will engage students better.	It is very frustrating to redraw a mind map just to make a small modification.	Students can send the Text 2 Mind Map to each other and add their contribution and then send this back to their there group.

 

I am also interested in:
 

• Mapping

• Interactive Learning Objects

PowerPoint is perhaps the most widely used method for delivering a presentation or delivering information broken up into short and concise sections that are engaging and versatile. My exploration and consideration of this tools capabilities has yielded the following reflection.

The technical aspects of PowerPoint are:

What can this technology do?	Allows the user to present a topic in the form of slides. May be narrated. May switch to next slide automatically at times pre-set by user. Slides can incorporate features like transitions between slides, animations, word art, smart art, shapes, charts, photos, hyperlinked screenshots, video, comparison and columns.
What do the settings allow?	The settings allow the user to determine whether the slide are shown in full screen or a window. The user can also select options that loop the presentation, disable the narration or animations, choose which slides to show and how they advance and facilitate multiple monitors.
Authorship – single/multi	May have multiple authors.
Privacy settings	PowerPoint is an offline programme so it is private unless it is put on the internet.
Customization	PowerPoint allows customization through the use of themes and variants of themes, slide resizing and the changing of the background format.
Technical considerations – file size, platforms, upload-ability	Available for Windows and Mac and presentations can be uploaded.
Ease of use/experience	PowerPoint is easy to use. Users can learn the basics in minutes and advance through experimentation. Tool tips make most functions clear to the user. I did find the narration feature problematic because the recording was intermittent between slides. On play back some of my narration was omitted so I had to re-record those slides.

 

The learning outcomes and the materials/activities that PowerPoint supports are:

	Video/audio/images
Outcomes	Students can view a presentation projected on a screen or uploaded to their computers or device.
Materials	PowerPoint presentations make use of text, images and video to form a complete presentation.
Activities	Students learning the history of Pythagoras’ theorem, and how to use it, can watch PowerPoint slides which tell the life of the man, shows his likeness, explains the mathematical concepts of his theorem, demonstrates the use of his theorem, and provides practice problems and solutions.

 

 

Examples of how PowerPoint might be used in my classroom at each level of the SAMR model:

Video/audio/images? Plan at 4 levels?	SAMR - Substitution	SAMR – Augmentation	SAMR - Modification	SAMR - Redefinition
Activities	PowerPoint can replace the use of overhead projector slides.	Slides appear more professional and appealing.	PowerPoints versatility allows images, video and narration.	Communication technology provides an opportunity for students to contribute to a group activity creating their own PowerPoint of a topic.
Justification	Overhead projector slides are slow to produce and consume slides.	More appealing slides will engage students better.	A complete presentation will convey more information and engage students further.	Students can send the presentation to each other and add their contribution and then send this back to their there group.

 

Assessment1 Task 3



My investigation into the capabilities and benefits of images regarding ICT, has returned the following results:

 

Technical Aspects

What can this technology do?

·         Allows the teacher to show images of photographs, text, charts, tables, graphs and diagrams in places like a web page or an electronic white board.

·         Allows students to add said images to their own work.

What do the settings allow?

·         The image can be titled, resized, cropped, edited or have a description added.

Authorship – single/multi

·         Can be multi authored for group work.

Privacy settings

·         Privacy would depend on where the image is used.

Customization

·         Images can have sound added such as a narrative.

Technical considerations – file size, platforms, and upload-ability

·         Jpeg images have compatibility issues.

Ease of use/experience

·         Not difficult for those with experience creating, finding and moving files between locations in a computer.

 

What learning outcomes does image technology support in my classroom?

Materials            

·         Photographs, text, charts, tables, graphs and diagrams.

Activities             

·         Visual aid for the explanation of the different types of graphs.

·         Digitizing hand written solutions to mathematics problems.

 Outcomes          

·         Students can visualize the shape of graphs such as y=mx+c. Helping students understand the equation.

·         Students can take a picture of hand written work or add images for assessment or to send through the internet to others.

 

Examples of how this technology might be used in your classroom at each level of the SAMR model.

Copy images (Substitution)

·         By converting an image to a file on a computer the school will use less paper.

Edit images (Augmentation)

·         Images can be resized, edited for more flexible in use.

 Professional looking tables, graphs and charts. (Modification)

·         Graphs and charts created on computer are more accurate and appealing.

Collaboration on tasks where hand written work and images are used. (Redefinition)

·         Facilitates the sharing of hand written work and images. This cannot be done by a phone call.

 

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