Competency Identifier

The learner uses digital tools effortlessly to create and publish professional and novel media productions. Demonstrated in both the design of the EP and the artefacts included.

Education Technology 540

“The Rise of AI”

For Education Technology 540: Text Technologies: The Changing Spaces of Reading and Writing we were assigned a multimedia project, using the format of our choice. We had to respond to an idea introduced in the course. My choice was to focus on Artificial Intelligence. I have chosen this artefact for a number of reasons. First, for this project I used an application called GoAnimate to create my multimedia project. This was a medium I had used for several of other courses, but not for anything as significant as this project. I wanted to combine the skills I had gained from the many smaller projects and create a significant work to demonstrate my expertise with this tool. I also wanted to highlight this project because I really enjoyed putting it together. My research into AI has snowballed into a spiral of inquiry. Machine learning has become a strong interest for me and I have furthered my research in this area since this project. Not only does this project display my expertise with the medium, but it influenced my thinking a great deal.

 

“First Nation’s Pictographs”

For Education Technology 540 we were asked to create a documentary about a pre computer technology. For several years I had taught First Nation’s Studies 12 and I have a keen interest in the various cultures local to where I live. I knew that there were several examples of pictographs within an hour of my doorstep, so I wanted to use this opportunity to do some exploring and some research on the local pictographs.  I chose this artefact as it represents the culmination of my expertise with digital tools. This was the most significant media production I have ever created and it turned out as my teacher said “remarkable”.  I worked with still images, maps, topographical maps, text, audio, and video in Camtasia to create an almost 11 minute documentary. I learned that my ability to tell stories using multimedia is powerful! The skills that I honed during the creation of my documentary are something that I use frequently in my practice. Being able to create professional quality videos for my classes really helps to keep my students engaged.

 

Education Technology 531

“Call of Duty: how hyper violent video games impact our reality and ideology”

For Education Technology 531: Cultural and New Media Studies we were challenged to create a Media Study Guide to introduce the key concepts of media literacy. We were asked to create pages for a collaborative textbook created by the class. I have chosen this artefact for two reasons, one it was very challenging for me, as I had never worked with Microsoft Publisher to this extent before, so my learning curve was steep. Two, it turned out very good. I was very happy with the activities that came out of this project. Some ideas were adapted from things I had tried before. I was able to spend some time looking at some activities and apply new theories and principles I had learned about in previous classes. My pedagogical toolbox became more adept with the inclusion of an expertise using Publisher. Since creating this MSG I was able to use the skills I developed to create visual schedules for my students, and create posters for events or activities I am hosting in the school.