A curriculum page (CP) is a “Teacher-created document containing hyperlinks to teacher-selected Web sites that assist in teaching content-specific curriculum objectives” (Shelly, Gunter, & Gunter, 2010, p. 418). Given my recent exposures to the CP, especially during the development processes, I have come to the conclusion that such a tool is not only necessary for online courses, but also highly beneficial for face-to-face (f2f) classroom format. In addition, I have determined that digital storytelling should be an integral part of a successful CP design.
As an activity, I was assigned to design and develop a digital storytelling project as an example of the type I plan my students to produce. I designed this project for a college freshmen preparatory algebra course. Moreover, this project relates to “Translating Words into Expression”—a concept included in the designated unit for my CP and ultimately my final project.
Given my prior positive experience with Prezi, I selected the same tool to develop this project. In developing this project—compared with a previous one, similar in terms of concept and selected technology—, I was more mindful of its contents. Moreover, given that my students will use this digital storytelling project as an example for developing their own, I devoted more time on planning the overall design. In addition, I was conscious of its format by comparing both the design and its implementation with the rubric which I will be using to grade my students’ projects.
The topic for the project—in the selected unit of algebra—will be to, “Describe a real life situation, and translate it to an algebraic expression.” Further detail information, instructions, online resources, and the assessment rubric will be provided in the corresponding project page available via a link in the unit’s CP. Here is an example of the project, explain above. This project will also be included in my curriculum page later.
Reference
Shelly, G. B., Gunter, G. A., Gunter, R. E. (2010). Integrating technology and digital media in the classroom. (6th ed.). Boston: Course Technology.
Your Prezi is simple and yet elegant. I liked the font and the way you used color, and the way the examples were consistently presented. Even though there are no glitzy images or audio, I found my attention focused on what was going to come next. The more applications I see of Prezi, the more I like it.
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