Storyboard,+Peer+Review+3

 Mary Ann's Storyboard This is part three with audio.

Mary Ann,

You're storyboard is awesome! Even though I'm still having trouble hearing some of the audio while it is in presentation mode, I can hear it when I click on it in the editing mode. This works just as well for me. I believe you mentioned last week that the same thing happens with my storyboard. There must be some kind of compatibility issue between PCs & Macs.

I think that one of your storyboard's strengths is the animation that you've included. You clearly have a very strong grasp on adding transitions, graphics, etc. Plus, the animations that you incorporate really help segment each of the individual slides. You very effectively break down the thought process and the steps that students have to go through with regrouping.

Plus, all of the examples that you're showing students will also give them some initial practice with your lesson. Will you have the students work out these problems on paper while they're viewing the storyboard? Or, will your students have the block manipulatives? Will they be drawing a picture since the objective of the lesson is to find the sum by drawing a picture? Just curious- I'm not making suggestions.

Dana

Mary Ann, You have done an amazing job on your storyboard. I have shared with you since the first time that I saw your storyboard how creative, detailed, and child-friendly (on narration, color choice, and instructionally) it is. The skill that you chose is a skill that requires big use of working memory, and you have explained all the steps and terms included in the skill with clarity, precision, and without overloading cognitive channels. You have applied the knowledge that we have gained from the content of our course (multimedia, personalization, contiguity, segmentation as well as worked example and practice). Your students are going to enjoy the product that you will offer them. Even when you have not presented a formal piece of assessment, I believe that the slide that contains the big yes is an opportunity for the students to think individually and receive immediate feedback. I would love to see the faces of your students while they watch your presentation because it will be breathtaking for them. Sincerely, Niurka

Mary Ann, As I shared with you before, I am just loving this storyboard. I love the colors, graphics, the tranisitions and animations.. I think that your students will truly enjoy working with this storyboard.You have taken a difficult task and segmented it, used prior knowledge, and personalized it to teach the lesson. The students will love the opportunity to draw out the problem in pictures and you have shown them exactly how to do this. They can take your diagram and draw their own.This diagram will be useful to them at a later time because it can become a study guide when working problems on thier own. I feel that the storyboard can be stopped and the student can go back and repeat a slide if he needs extra help with a step that he or she did not get. This gives the student control over the pacing of the lesson and allows him or her to master one step at a time. Students will enjoy getting feedback as they accomplish move through the slides. Great job, Mary Ann. Are you going to put in some problems for them to try on thier own? They will get a kick out of solving them and getting feedback. Again I say, love it!!! Joyce

Niurka's Storyboard

Dear Team, Sorry for the delay on posting my storyboard. I have had a rough weekend. There is no practice included at this point. I am trying to incorporate some kind of practice and feedback in the next part (wish me luck!). I also tried to apply the suggestion that Dana gave last week, but I could not make those changes. I do not know if it is my computer, or if it is that I could not figure it out. I could not combine the objects with the text to make them use the same animation :-( Sincerely, Niurka

Niurka,

Your storyboard makes me hungry!!! That’s the point of it though. I mentioned this before, but I’ll say it again- all of your visuals are fantastic. I’m not much of a chef or a baker, but since you have so many visuals, I feel confident that I’d be able to use your storyboard to prepare my own flan.

Just like Mary Ann’s storyboard, I am unable to hear your audio in slide show mode. However, in the general editing mode, I am able to click on your audio and hear it then. That works just fine for me. Your voice comes through clearly and at an appropriate volume level.

I was thinking about how you might be able to incorporate practice into your storyboard. Here are just a couple possibilities: 1.) Have students make a list of the ingredients and the necessary kitchen utensils/tools. 2.) Have students make a checklist for themselves about the different steps needed for making the flan from start to finish. 3.) Provide students with a list of the appropriate steps that are out of order, and have them put the steps in the correct order. 4.) Ask a couple true/false questions about the flan preparation. These are my only ideas for practice possibilities.

Dana

PS. I'm still planning on fiddling around with my PC tomorrow to work out your issue with the slide transitions.

Niurka,

Great job with adding the sound to your storyboard. The session includes excellent graphics so that the students are able to see exactly what they need to prepare the flan. The transitions allow them to take the time to make sure they have everything they need and allow them to move through each step ensuring they have done everything in order. The session is segmented because you take the time to allow each learner to use prior knowledge of the tools they will use and introduce the other tools they will need. You personalize the lesson by letting the students know how you prefer to proceed and what you want the mixed ingredients to look like. This way the students can take the time to look at their mixture as they prepare and if it doesn't look and have the consistency that is needed they may correct or start again. I am not the greatest at following recipes but I think with the graphics you have chosen and following the great directions I may be able to prepare the flan. I am really looking forward to the end so that I can use the recipe to prepare the flan. Joyce

Niurka, I feel that your storyboard is amazing. You successfully incorporated the personalization, pretraining, and segmentation principles. Your audio narrations are a wonderful touch to a rather complicated recipe. Your tone is friendly, yet clear to understand and follow. I feel that your text and graphics work together to create an effective storyboard. You gave a great worked example. I like how you provided examples of what the steps should look like. This will keep the learner on track. ~Mary Ann

Joyce's Storyboard

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Joyce, <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">One of the greatest parts of your storyboard is that you have incorporated practice from start to finish! Your students get to have several examples with you, with each other, and maybe as individuals before they have to apply this new categorization skill to a story that they’re reading in class. Out of curiosity, are you going to followed the model- I do, we do, you do- when demonstrating this skill to your students?

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Also, since you have so many practice opportunities, you really open the door for your students to have some open discussion and possibly even debate with one another with each of the examples. In a face-to-face classroom environment, you’ll definitely get a lot of formative feedback throughout your storyboard because you’ll be able to hear your students’ discussions and ideas.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Would you consider adding more feedback into your storyboard? Maybe after some of the practice examples, you could add a slide that discusses the answer- like how the students should have arrived at the correct choice of fiction or nonfiction. That way, you provide a model for how the students have to think and “diagnose” each of the passages.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">My last piece of advice is that slide number 7 (the one with Michael Jordan on it) should probably come earlier in your storyboard since it establishes a definition about nonfiction. I would categorize this as a pre-training slide. However, I wasn’t sure if you were trying to organize your storyboard with all fictional stories & examples and then all nonfictional stories and examples. If this is the case, ignore what I’m saying about moving slide number 7.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Dana

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thanks Dana. I teach with the" I do, we do and you do "model for my current students because this seems to work best for them. I placed the Michael Jordan slide later in the storyboard because I wanted to ensure that we covered each piece thoroughly before we moved to the next concept. I am going to follow with more practice on non-fiction and then a combination practice at the end. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Joyce

Joyce, What a great job! Your storyboard is very well elaborated because, like Dana, I believe that you are offering your students ample practice opportunity. Your slides are clear, have relevant graphics, and show contiguity principle in an excellent manner. I can hear your narrations clearly, and you have used segmentation in a way that students will definitely be able to descriminate which genre is which at the end of the presentation. I was not able to hear the music at the beginning (that is probably a technical issue between computers), but I do not believe that the soft music would be an extraneous element for students. On the contrary, I believe that in this case music can be very invitational. Your choices to explain the difference between fiction and non-fiction are amazing and very informative. I have to tell you one more time that the continuous practice that you have incorporated on the slides will make the difference for your students to master the lesson. Sincerely, Niurka

Joyce, I like how you segmented your storyboard. You introduced fiction stories and provided an example. You then went on to share several fiction stories. You took their thought process even further by asking them to think about the parts of the story that makes them fiction. I always tell my students that they must know why they do what they do. After you feel they are comfortable with fiction, you introduce non-fiction. I love your use of the Michael Jordan book as your graphic for nonfiction. Your audio narrations are clear and loud. I was able to following along with you as I read the passage. I also like how your audio narrations incorporated you guidance in determining the type of passage. On slide 6 you have incorporated practice for the students that provide feedback. This is a great feature that will allow you to see their level of mastery and will allow the learners to improve their understanding. ~Mary Ann

Dana's Storyboard



Dana, I love your creativity. You have created a storyboard with amazing elements and wonderful use of the course material. Your technology skills have allowed you to incorporate relevant graphics and texts as well as worked examples. Your narration sounds clear and help with personalization because of your voice tone and self-questioning techniques used by your pedagogical agent. Your lesson is vey detailed (like I told you the last time) because you are teaching your students how to create an exceptional PowerPoint presentation. I believe that the the links that you have added to some of the slides will give your students some additional practice. The panic slide is very entertaining and could also help with personalization by adding some humor to it. The only detailed that has not allowed me to enjoy the storyboard completely is that you have posted the parts separated. I would love to see all the slides together because that would give me a more concrete overall view of the product that you have been creating. You have done an amazing job, and you hve been very helpful by sharing your technology skills with all of us. Sincerely, Niurka

Dana,

I keep saying this but your storyboard is amazing! You have now added a podcast that the students can view while working with your storyboard. Fantastic! I think that the students will truly enjoy using the storyboard because you have segmented the lesson and done an excellent job of personalizing the lesson. Each of us can see ourselves in the predicament that your lesson predicts and will want to know exactly what to do and how to prevent it from happening. Great job!. The students will be able to practice the steps along with the storyboard and if in doubt use the podcast as a future reference. Your storyboard allows the student to have control of the lesson so that they can ensure they mastered the lesson. The podcast can be replayed as many times as necessary and the screen shots can be used to help the student visualize and connect with what they need to do. Good job of grabbing the attention of the learner and keeping them interested in the lesson. I have learned about so many different pieces of technology through you and this class. Thanks and fantastic job.

Dana, You show your knowledge of using technology well. You effectively apply all the principles that we have been learning in class. On slide 2, you included a link to assist the learner in understanding. This is a great way to allow the learner to have control in the lesson. I love the use of your graphics and screen slips. These allow the learner to see the steps and which tabs the information is under. Your use of narration is excellent. I love your storyboard. Great job! ~Mary Ann