Digital Technology for Teaching & Learning

      The Multimedia Tools in Education course has increased my knowledge on a variety of multimedia tools and their usefulness in the classroom.  During this course, class activities such as discussions, modeling, exploring and applying the concepts of multimedia tools in education were part of the strategies that helped me discover the impact of the multimedia tools for supporting student learning.       I learned different ways I can incorporate the audio recording tools in my instruction for helping students practice fluency, record messages to their classmates, record their answers for comprehension questions and use the voice recording from Google docs to express their understanding.       I also learned and explored different multimedia tools, applications and websites such as Voice Recording, Drawing and Screencastify on Google Suite,  FlipGrip, Bandlab, , Screen-o-matic, iPhone Movie/Book Trailer, and Video recording ....

      Infographics are graphic designs that communicate a message through visual tools and technology. Designing infographics implies searching and having information, visual representations and technology literacies.       As an example, I created an infographic anchor chart on the subject of literary genres, Fiction and Non-Fiction, with the purpose of helping students understand more of what they read. For the accomplishment of this assignment, I gathered information about fiction and non-fiction features, created the infographic using shapes, word art and colors on Google Drawing.       I find that this infographic facilitates student’s learning since the fiction and non-fiction features are simplified and highlighted by visual aids. Students can rapidly compare and differentiate the literacy genres and get the most from what the texts are offering. I really enjoyed working on this graphic organizer. Something that I would like...

      I would like to share a video book trailer of the book titled Surprise Party written by Michele Dufresne. This book is one of the Pioneer Valley Books collection based on narrating the adventures of two dogs, Bella and Rosie. The purpose of making this video book/movie trailer was to introduce the book and invite students to read and find out the plot and the details of how the problem in the story was solved. This particular story talks about Rosie’s birthday and how she feels when she thinks that Bella, her best friend, has forgotten her birthday. Instead, Bella surprised Rosie with a birthday party, a cake, presents and friends. This is a story that begins with feelings of sadness and worries and ends with a happy celebration.       For the creation of this video book trailer, I used the iPhone Movie/Book Trailer application that offers me a frame for downloading pictures and changing the text. Therefore, I was able to edit and ad...