Learning Activity 5-A-1

Expand Your PLN

[Forum]

20 points

1. Search for educational blogs that talk about using animation and/or video in their classroom.
2. Choose two of these blogs and add them to your Google Reader subscriptions to continue expanding your PLN.
3. Post a comment on each blog.
4. Put a link to each comment in the Forum 5-A-1.
5. Read the blog comments of at least two other participants. Reply to those comments in Forum 5-A-1.
6. Optional: If you'd like, you can also reply on the external blogs, extending the conversation there. If you do reply on the other blogs, you can let your facilitator know in a message or by posting links in the forum.

Learning Activity 5-A-2

Animation and Video in PBL

[Forum]

14 points

1. In a post in Forum 5-A-2:
   • Describe two or more ways your students could use animation and video in project-based learning.
   • What criteria could your students use when choosing between animation and video to create an IMP?
   • What criteria could your students use when determining how to meet the needs of a specific audience with their animation or video?
2. Reply to two other posts. How does your students' criteria differ from your classmates' students' criteria? Why?
3. Review the forum discussion and respond to the replies to your post.