Motivation of Media

DFI Session 3 

Create:

Today we focused on the Create element of Learn, Create, Share. Create has the power to engage and empower the student with their learning and places the child at the center of that learning.

Creativity is not to be confused with talent, skill, or intelligence, it is not about doing something better than others, it is about thinking, exploring, discovering and imagining (Kohl, 2008)

Creativity is fun, it engages our ākonga. They are able to engage with their learning and demonstrate what they have learnt in ways that engage others.  The power of create,  I believe, sits within learner choice.  Creativity and Create look different for each learner and by providing choice around this we are letting our ākonga express who they are and what they have learnt or are learning by engaging in doing.

This images shows the important aspects of create.  Engage the brain to ensure that creativity can happens and the different aspects that contribute to creativity.  When planning we could use this symbol and think of this quote to ensure we are providing a range of opportunities for create and letting students have agency over what they may want to create.  

What did I learn that could be used with my learners?  

You Tube Channels -

Important things to ensure

- commenting turned off,

- videos shared via the individual blogs

- teachers have accounts and channels to curate playlists for learning content.

I spent time ensuring that my settings were correct. I tried to embed using the embed code but this didn't work for me so I decided to upload from You Tube instead.

Our School Song

Media:

Media is motivating, it is a way to create and tell our own stories. Using SISOMO - the idea of using sight sound and motion to entertain and inform. Our children have grown up in a creative world that is within their reach, how can we bring this on board and bring this into our lesson and classrooms. I enjoyed spending time digging deeper into Google Slides and Google Drawings and can definitely see the link between media creating motivation for creating and engaging with our learning.

Filmmaking

Consider

- lightning,

- tripods to ensure stability

- sound

- types of shots

I liked the idea of a DIY filmmaking kit and can see how this is affordable and easy to use in the class

Video editing:

Google Drawing

I enjoyed learning how to mask an image

Some other tips to use when creating a Google drawing

Google Slides

Digital pepeha.

Helpful Shortcuts:

Command f (for Apple Mac) or control f (for PC) is the finder tool the numbers appear to state how many times the word you searched in the doc. Use the arrows to go up and down.