Smith Karen Week 4 Yesenia Martinez's Udutu Project

http://publish.myudutu.com/published/launcheval/20382/Course36130/Launch.html
Genetics and Heredity




Science Rocks~Genetics & Heredity

Well, I learned alot about genetics. Actually, it reminded me of 9th grade, which is where I learned why my family, who all has blue and green eyes, which are recessive, have them. So, that was fun.

While my mind was not on the flies eye color very much, I had to go back and do that one over again, because I'm tired. But, that's okay, because it was fun. It was informative.

Yours has music and mine doesn't, which may seem weird, since mine is a music one. But the kids have to read it and it takes them time to do that. Music would distract them. I hope they will make music themselves, as they learn to go up and down the stairs.

Yours had graphics the kids will relate to. You can tell this is your field, just because you can pronounce those words so well. I was certainly impressed.

I like the testing you did. Again, I did mine differently, but I know we aren't to compare, but I really like what you did.

Smith _Karen Week 4 Michael McCurdy's Udutu Project

http://publish.myudutu.com/published/launcheval/20422/Course37089/Launch.html

Michael, that was a really good lesson on chords.  You will be relieved to know that I did pass everything the first time.  Of course,  I would need to move to a different profession if I couldn't tell the difference in the different chords, right?
    Anyway, I think my favorite one of all, was during the second group of testing, when I got the answer for dreamy feelings.  I will NOT give it away, but I'll just say this. . . . that is something that I've been wanting to do ever since . . . hmmm, let's see. .. . I believe that would be August 31, 2009 (really, August 28th, when I unpacked the computer and began that pre class stuff).  So, one day, I will be able to.
     The examples were really good, too, although, I could hear in your voice, the truth to the minor example.  I see that with many of my friends who go through the same thing.  Hang in there.
   Back to the music Udutu, it was really good.  Mine was written for little ones, so I'm not sure how it is, especially compared to yours.
   Thanks for doing it.  It was an honor to try out.

Smith Karen Week 4 Udutu project Link, YOU TUBE example of it below

Here is my Udutu project, called Mortimer

http://publish.myudutu.com/published/launcheval/20211/Course37169/Launch.html

This is designed for small children, learning that you can go UP and DOWN on a flat xylophone. (That is hard for kids to understand at first).

There are mistakes that I haven't figured out. In power point, the notes going upward and the steps go upward, but in the udutu, they stack up, no steps.

The music notes C and A are NOT in the staff like they should be.

There are 2 letter L's being demonstrated next to my hands, but instead, it shows them both in one picture and NONE in the other picture.
It goes on and on like that.
But the biggest ones are all the steps should look like steps going upward and downward.

Thank you.

I made a power point study for this, since my flash project was badly done.

However, it doesn't come across at all the way it is supposed to. So, I am putting this powerpoint in, as a movie. In hopes that people can look at it and see what the Udutu project is SUPPOSED to look like.
Please watch the powerpoint just to get a better idea of what the 1st and 2nd grade students are supposed to see.

It will NOT be a movie for them. They need to take the time to read, or be read to, and process it, practice it, try it out on the glockenspiel or cardboard xylophone and THEN they move to the next page to do it.

I was given permission and a very sweet note from the author of Mortimer, to use parts of his book in this project.

He was very sweet and humble, even though he has written some of the very best kids in the past 20 years. Most everyone knows the book, Love You Forever.

My son sang the song from it at his baby's funeral last May. Robert Munsch wrote it after his wife had their second still born baby. Matthew's second baby, Hannah, lived one hour.

So, I was honored to even hear from Robert Munsch when I asked permission .

The URL for Mortimer Lesson on You Tube is"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_IXC8EFP2E

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Smith_Karen_ Week 3_ Comments #2 Keith Lay

My blog spot or computer is making me NOT have an icon to put an image in. If I can figure out what to do, I will.

Lay, Keith http://www.keithlay.com/journal/


LMO wk3 Learning Management Systems and Organization
Gilbert and Gale's (2005) learning transaction model is a reduction of the basic interactions between learner and teacher that is posed in Laurillard's Conversational Framework into a something more useable for the e-learning environment. This new model suggests that each conversation that is guided by a shared learning goal and contains five conversational states: Teacher tells, Teacher shows, Teacher Asks, Student Responds, Teacher Feeds back. This model represents both the Lecture state of direct learning (Teacher tells) and the Lab situation (All 5). They suggest that this model will help designers and developers of e-learning products.

Karen's Comments

When I put my comments on his blog, they disappeared and said they are waiting for his approval. I will copy them, when I get to see them.

Smith_Karen_Week 3_ Comment # 1 Jamin

I cannot put an image in as the icon to put images in has disappeared from this place. I'm not sure why. I was going to put the image she used here. It is sitting on my desktop to go in here, if I can ever figure out why it isn't there.

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http://xtremejourney-jamin.blogspot.com/

When you develop a learning content to your learners, then you must figure out what tools are necessary for your course. The elements needed to be build based on the individual needs of your learners and at the same time an easy way to manage and track learning. Each function provides a more direct teaching and a better understanding of the course. Some of the development tools are:
1. Graphics-provide a visual statement of the content. Students can understand content through the visual. It provides a clear idea of the concept and explains missing concepts. Diagrams or processes can be illustrated and also you can create interface buttons. You can use software such as Macromedia’s FreeHand or Adobe’s Illustrator. In graphics you can use Photoshop Elements and Fireworks are used to create professional looked graphics. Other two famous tools that you can use can be PowerPoint and Flash.
2. Interactions and Animation-use of animation software will allow to create
more advanced, more flexible, and more creative interactive elements.
Macromedia’s Flash provides all this interactions with animation and provides the ultimate set of rules to manipulate any graphic.
3. Simulation-this tools creates the environment of learning providing a detail idea of what students need to develop and to create practices. Each student can develop a role or characterization and project with different tools the purpose of it. It is mainly target in computer stimulations or broadcast. It is used as a scenario based for business and technical use.
4. Assessment: There are different tools to create assessment at the end of every chapter, objective or concept. Sometimes it can be done by creating games, or quizzes and test. Software Question Mark’s Perception, Exam Builder’s Exam Builder, and XStream Software’s Rapid Exam are some of the software that can be used.
5. Audio and Video: Because of high numbers of students that are auditory and visual learners, this tool comes in handy. From creating movies in Movie Maker, Pinnacle system and Macromedia Director to using high profile software such as Avid or Final Cut Pro, learners have the ability either to see a video or to hear an explanation of the subject.
All of these tools combined create a synchronous pattern to deliver content that attracts learners and makes the content vivid and real. To create some of these elements, you need to contact vendors such as LERSUS or LECTORA, which will align the content you need in a course in a Learning Management System. Another vendor will be Hot Potatoes, which main purpose, is for assessment creation. Each of these vendors is very expensive even though they cover a lot of the main programs in use today. Learning Transactions use a model to analyze, design and implement e-learning. This transaction comprises a structure set of “conversations” between teacher and learner encapsulated by a specific purpose. The set is composed of five conversations: tell, show, ask, response, and feedback. Every learning transaction is headed with its “purpose” or point. As a result the learner should be able to remember or recall information, use or apply concepts, and create, discover or find something new. There is consistency ad coherence between content and the learning transaction. By having a learning transaction it is easy to re-use the content again until the learner master the concept. There are different models according to the needs of the learner but with the same object or purpose design for.
Another concept also search was the Moodle Outcomes. It is imperative to track student performance at any stage of class or course. Moodle Outcomes provides a framework to calculate the student grade average, as well as, the missing assignments for student success. It is set on the standards establish by the creator and connects with web design templates.

References:

Gilbert, L., Sim, Y., & Wang, C. (2005). Modelling the Learning Transaction. Welcome to ECS EPrints Repository . Retrieved June 16, 2010, from http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk
Moodle.org: Login to the site. (2010). Moodle.org: open-source community-based tools for learning. Retrieved June 16, 2010, from http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=78074

Karen's Comments about Jamin's article

This is a very good synopsis of the learning tools available for us to use. I appreciate it so much that I am copying the entire article into my blog, not just the first paragraph. It is a
good resource when trying to remember what is out there, ready to use. With all the
things I’ve learned to use over the years, but especially THIS year, I’ve never really even taken the time to figure out whether something is Graphics, Interactions & Animations,
Simulations, Assessment and Audio and Video. Then you mix it with Vendors and Learning Transactions and Moodle Outcomes.
Thank you for taking the time to put it all together in a clear cut synopsis. This helps even when it seems that I get muddled all the time over all the things out there. It makes so much more sense. Now, to learn to use my Udutu and make it past the first base. Is it me or my computer? Hmmm. I’m ready to get more help on this one.