Talk:Barbara's Portfolio Page
Instructor's comments on your instructional analysis and objectives -- Jz833665 11:23, 19 October 2009 (EDT)
You've been very productive so far in think through this design project. Great work!
Just to remind you, your're working on designing a classroom instructional case to demonstrate the use of VoiceThreads. Please read the sections related to instructional case report at General_Suggestions_and_Feedback#Who_are_the_learners_if_you.27re_developing_an_instructional_case_study
Re. objectives
* discriminate between the vowel sounds that support good pronunciation in Spanish * identify important points to leverage maximum student-to-student interaction within the chosen topic of interest * demonstrate good control of the Spanish language exemplified by good grammar and vocabulary usage * generate a lively and interactive class discussion in the target language surrounding the topic of choice * adopt newly contributed discussion concepts into constructive learning experiences * execute mastery of the lesson by demonstrating a growth of language ability and newly acquired knowledge and skills * choose a topic for discussion which accounts for interaction by the greatest number of fellow classmates, thus maximizing interaction
It seems some of the objectives describe outcomes of the students and some for teachers who will learn from this specific instructional case (e.g., generate a lively and interactive class discussion in the target language surrounding the topic of choice). You need set them apart: Performance objectives for students; What educators can learn from this instructional case.
Some of the objectives are too general and loose to be assessed: e.g., "adopt newly contributed discussion concepts into constructive learning experiences" "execute mastery of the lesson by demonstrating a growth of language ability and newly acquired knowledge and skills" Reflect on each of the objectives and try to make them more specific using performance-based terms (see Gagne)
Sapphire Overall Comments on Friday 27th,--Sapphire Gimenez 14:51, 27 November 2009 (EST)
Hi Barbara
Your curriculum map is very well organized and you matched your prerequisite skills to your objectives very well.
In the Design Project Proposal and Rationale, you mention VoiceThread, it sounds like it is a link you want to create, if so, double check it, it’s not working.
Thereafter you have a run on sentence. It currently reads:
“Because VoiceThread allows students to either record themselves, or type a comment or response, language expression is encouraged because students can correct any mistakes before posting to the class discussion. In other words, due to the time allowed for reflection and practice, students can build language confidence”
Actually that entire paragraph might read better as bulleted points.
I read the professors points and he worded very well what I also saw.
Overall I think you covered the project very well. I will be revisiting to follow up on your updates.
Sapphire
--Sapphire Gimenez 14:31, 5 December 2009 (EST)
Hi Barbara.
I came back again to check for are any changes, I am not at all comfortable with wiki so it is hard to say, but I read your project again and this time around I still feel your presentation in wiki is fantastic. Excellent job.
You outlined everything very well. It is easy to follow the sequence, links and subsections you set up. Which means that your instructional sequence is right on, and that you engage the reader with effective prompts and headings. More importantly, you answered the necessary questions a reader may have.
There were two little things I noticed, Under task Analysis/Performance Objective you say...
“It is intended that, by the termination of the VoiceThread “ consider at the end of the VoiceThread(terminate sounds like you shut down project before ending it)
Under task Analysis/Prerequisites computer skills and abilities – might you be able to specify the skills? For example word, excel, or another specific computer ability.
Sapphire
Kurt's Overall Comments -- Kurt Hassenpflug 14:41, 28 November 2009 (EST)
Barabara,
In general, your portfolio is extremely thorough.
Your objectives for the most part are very good, but just make sure you keep them focused on the participants in your course. Additionally, I saw that it was mentioned that you check up on the performance-based terms. Revisiting chapter seven in the Gagne text was a big help to me with this.
Also, your curriculum map is excellent. I am curious as to what software you used to create it?
In regards to the design project, it looks as though you have a good start. Formatting can be one of the most time consuming aspects so its good that you've given yourself a framework to plug in information. This will save you a lot of time in the future. I look forward to seeing this when completed. Keep up the good work!
Re: Kurt's Overall Comments -- Barbara Recchio-Demmin 20:21, 28 November 2009 (EST)
For my curriculum map I used Inspiration. Thank you for your review.
-- Ben Blanchard 19:14, 28 November 2009 (EST)
Barbara,
It seems like you have this course laid out in a fair amount of detail. The idea itself is clearly a good and timely one. I took a look at VoiceThread for a while and it really seems like a neat tool with lots of possibilities for the language classroom.
It's hard to tell what the flow of the course will be like from your (admittedly meticulously complete) description and course outline.
I'm a bit confused about the unit 1 objectives. They seem like objectives for 10th grade Spnish learners rather than teachers learning how to use VoiceThread. Will you be leading the teachers through the verb tense lessons using the software?
Thanks for showing me what I know so far about this software and I'm looking forward to seeing the finished course!
-Ben