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Finally, it is done! Not only the final vision project is done, but also the course. I have reached to the top of the stairs! My learning through the course had been a roller coaster ride experience. There were times that I was excited about my new discoveries and learnings, however, there were also times that I was overwhelmed and felt incapable of facing the new challenges ahead of me.
As a final reflection of my learning, I read through all the blog posts that I have done for this course. I could see my vision growing from teaching multiliteracies in the classroom, to fostering school-wide reading passion, and moreover, to advocating collaborative inquiry as a tool for professional development. For a passive observant like me, the growth of vision made me feel like a butterfly breaking out of its chrysalis, spreading its wings and ready to fly. I do not think I could fly yet, but my learning in building my personal learning network (PLN), my practice on writing blog posts, and the use of Digg Reader to organize the blogs that I follow equipped myself to become an educational leader in the school community.
At the beginning of this course, I had struggled creating my blog and the postings. I think I spent more time on learning how to create the blog and how to embed links an video than writing the first post. But now, I am glad that I did it. I found that blog posts is an effective tool in sharing ideas and gathering feedbacks. If possible, I would like to use blog as a tool to encourage ideas sharing among staffs at school. Would blog be the best tool? I am not sure, but I would survey my colleagues, or maybe do a collaborative inquiry session on this matter?
My Final Vision Project
During the process of creating the video, I had the general public, including elementary aged students, in mind as my audiences. Therefore, I made my points as simple as it could be. Powtoon is very user-friendly, and the “how-to” videos on the website tutorial page are very helpful. I do not encounter any technical challenge during the process of creating the video.
At last, here is my final vision project.
Link: https://www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/bkc0Mo1nnBc/collaborative-inquiry/
Hi Jackie,
I really liked the use of Powtoon for your presentation. Before taking this course, I’d heard of it, but never gone to investigate it. Seeing Powtoon in action has made me realize what a great platform it is for presenting info.
A question: Is it user-friendly enough for primary students to use?
Hi Christopher,
Yes, I think it is user-friendly for primary students. I have seen grade 1 students using Book Creator on iPad, and they could insert objects on the page, enlarging/minimizing objects’ sizes, move objects around, and insert text. Those are the basic skills you would need to create slides on Powtoon. The one extra feature on Powtoon is decide on the “time” when the objects would come on to the slide, and it is done with a sliding time bar. As most of the primary students would have experienced with different apps on iPad, I’m sure they would have no problem learning to use Powtoon.
This turned out really great! I love PowToon! This will be a great tool to use for educating both adults and students about the steps to collaborative inquiry!
Hi Jackie,
Thanks for sharing your pontoon. I also have never experimented it with. Watching your presentation, I was more engaged than I would be with a powerpoint though -I would like to try using pontoon now too.
Wondering about the passive participant in Collaborative Inquiry. Would they just come and watch and listen to the meetings? I am guessing if you only had two participants you would want both to be active participants?
Good job on this Jackie, thanks for sharing!