Learning from each other!

Over the last few weeks we have been implementing new ways to incorporate our lesson plans and increasing our teaching skills. We have reviewed how absorb and do activities can be used not only in the classroom, but in the training process as well. The next step is a connect activity. According to Horton (2012 p.) connect activities range from simple stop-and think questions to complex real-world work assignments. What does this mean to you? Connect activities help bring the training in a full circle by making connections to real classroom situations. Furthermore Horton (2012 p.) explains that connect activities include rhetorical questions, meditations, and cite-example activities. This can be achieved through storytelling activities, learners tell stories relevant to the subject they are studying.

First lets look at what makes good storytelling. Please look at the following YouTube video.

Storytelling School 101: The Simplest Story

Let's review, making a good story there has a minimal of three parts beginning, middle, and end. Then you need to ask the question "What is the purpose of this story?" or the intent? Take the following diagram into consideration. Each of you have been assigned a topic over the success and down falls of implementing the last two training models. Using your assigned topic make a YouTube video telling your classroom story. Be creative. Use a felt board or puppets to explain how you implemented the lesson and what you struggled with in turn of the classroom. Remember to use the diagram below to help make each video a success.


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This is a story about your real life situation of implementing the last two lessons. Please try not to add to much fiction to your story. It is a reenactment of your success and struggles.


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Once you have made your video post it onto our wiki site and select two videos to watch. Comment on What you knew? What you want to know more? and What you learned? Use the following as a guide.

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Answering these questions will help you decipher the information presented in the video. KWL charts is designed to enhance comprehension in the content area (Mok, Lung, Cheung, & Ng, 2006). By enhancing the comprehension each of you will be able to learn from each other and use that knowledge in the classroom.

References:

Horton, W. (2012). E-Learning by design (2nd Ed.). San Francisco, CA: W

Mok, M. M. C., Lung, C. L., Cheng, D. P. W., Cheung, R. H. P., & Ng, M. L. (2006). Self‐assessment in higher education: Experience in using a metacognitive approach in five case studies. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 31(4), 415-433.