Week 2
This week we handed in our assignments, which included a one page abstract document, and a one page personal statement. We also presented our basic idea (our elevator pitch) and two forms of inspiration. Mine were Wallace and Gromit and a claymation project that I worked on previously.
I received some great feedback. One of the questions that I posed to the group was if they felt I needed to build a dynamic web based tool in order to get my ideas across and to make it the most beneficial to teachers? Kathy expressed that it would be nice for me to do (which I agree with) if its something that I can pick up in a few weeks. Some others expressed that if my material continues to be as rich as the claymation project that I previously did, than having a a dynamic website it not necessary. I also talked to Marianne Petit about this, and she mentioned the option of using either WordPress or TextPattern. I plan to attend her March 3rd class on this, to get a better understanding of what is out there. In the meantime, I am going to request a database on ITP's server from Nancy Lewis.
Some other great ideas and feedback I received from group:
-Investigate Progressive or Project based teaching, this is done at some schools in the area like Dalton and Little Red
-Consider doing video blogs on Blip, on how to make a claymation movie
-Have a child host the video blogs with me, to demonstrate that children have the aptitude to perform the project work
-Look at Charles Song's dynamic web site, all the research is there
-Scott sent me this great link for Vision Education and Media