Project 1: Media Infused Presentation/Learning Center

Project 1: Media Infused Presentation or Learning Center- EDIM 508

 View my presentation here & the exported version here


 Media infused presentations are wonderful resources for the classroom, whether a traditional teacher centered classroom or a non-traditional flipped classroom. Throughout discussions in the our class so far, we have all agreed the media, technology, and the infusion of both dramatically increases student engagement. I found that contractions are on the the toughest concepts to teach to my younger first grade students. The idea of putting two words together when speaking is simple, but taking away letters and adding an apostrophe is quite frightening to them. I decided to make this learning center for them to use as an introduction on the week that we begin this task/concept. 

     I feel that my learning center will contribute to developing the synthesizing and disciplined minds in many ways. The synthesizing mind immediately came to me as I began to make my learning center.  Students will be able to view the learning center on their i-pad(s) and will then be able to able to make more meaningful connections when they revisit the content as a whole group. I will have the ability to address the content to the whole group and trust that they have a better understanding and grasp what a contraction is, rather than just front loading the concept all at one time. I feel that for younger students to master content, it need to be introduced and revisited multiple time and in multiple ways. Those ways may include paper, pencil, partner or technology. Once students have gained exposure to the content, they are able to synthesize or connect/interweave the material(s) taught to past and current connections. This, in my opinion, is what leads to mastery of content.

     The disciplined mind would certainly be address with younger students while incorporating the media infused learning center. Students will be able to use the information from the presentation as well as the skills needed to work through the learning center (SeeSaw) and will be able to apply those skills to other areas of learning. Students will be required to think, apply, and understand how the information presented here can possibly connect to another area of learning. Examples of this could be: identifying contractions in print (context) or integrating them in to writing to make it more meaningful.