After watching Fox Becomes a Better Person it is very clear Hannah put a lot of time into the assignment and did a very good job presenting the story. For assessment of this project I would use the following criteria:
1. the student gave a clear presentation
2. the student choose a story that conveyed a message
3. the student used traditional story telling methods
4. the graphics added to the presentation and were not distracting
Overall Hannah did a wonderful job on all four of the criteria. Her presentation was clear and very smooth, her story had a great message, and she conveyed it very well playing more then one character and made her own sound effect, and last the pictures enhanced the presentation and were not distracting at all.
The first time watching School Train I had no idea how I would asses the assignment, however, after reading the description and watching the clip again it was very clear. The assignment was for the students to show they understand a metaphor, which they clearly do! If your goal is for a student to understand a particular concept it doesn't matter how they show you they understand the concept. The presentation itself was very well put together and the students seemed to enjoy making it. All around the goal of learning was accomplished!
B. What impacts could the developments portrayed in epic2015 have on your classroom, particularly with respect to things like podcasting?
Epic2015, to me, is a very scary. The fact is that technology has come so far in a short time tells me there is no limit to where it could go next. This could very well be the future. What I heard totally shocked me, but if you told me ten years ago about the advancement of today that would have shocked me too.
I think the biggest impact on the classroom would be students would have a skewed view of the world around them. Everything would be customized for them, almost giving the image the world revolves around them. If the only news and information we receive is customized for us we start to lose sight of other things around us. When a student comes into the classroom they are only going to want to hear what interest them. As we all know there are many things in school we don't want to learn, but we do, and we have grown up in a world that has not catered to us. The up coming generation will not have this. I would not want news that is catered to me, so many times I have seen a news clip that is totally interesting, but something I would never have thought I would like. When things advance there is also things that are lost.
The scary part about podcasts is that the more popular they become I fear the human interaction factor will be taken away. How long will it be before students have the option of having class from their living room? Why will they have to come to school? Just looking at the classes I am taking on line now I can see how easy it is. I am being given all the same information, I am doing assignment on line, its all there. The part I miss is being in the classroom. Yes, it is nice typing this on my couch listening to music, but I miss people. What kind of world would it be if we started children at a young age on the computer and they never had the chance to interact with other students. I don't like that idea at all.
C. How might you use Sabrina’s piece as a model for something you would do with your own students?
SabrinaJourney is a great assignment to give hope and a purpose to children for the future. So often students don't understand why they have to go to school and what they are getting out of it. By having students do an assignment like this they can think ahead to where they will belong and from there they can back track. Then the students can do a media presentation, similar to SabrinaJourney, as if it was 10 years from now. The goal for the assignment would be as follows:
1) students show how something they are learning now will help them later.
2) students show specific steps to achieving their goal
By doing this assignment students will hopefully gain a better understanding of what they want, and how they can get there.
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