Planning+Questions

Planning Questions 1. //**How will I include Mayer’s principle of active processing in my authentic assessment activity? What kind of product will my participants create to demonstrate their learning using multimedia technology?**// Mayer (2009) discusses five basic knowledge structures to enhance the active processing assumption. The basic knowledge structures I will use are mainly the enumeration structure and the process structure. There are learning guidelines CAST recommends for the UDL process, presenting those guidelines in a structured format may help the learner remember each step. Since this presentation will discuss how students learn there may also be times when the process structure will work best. Workshop participants will revise an existing lesson to include UDL principles. 2. //**What kind of MM presentation must I create to effectively present key concepts and skills to your participants (video, PPT, podcast, screencast, interactive tutorial, or other)? How will I include Mayer’s Principles of dual coding and limited capacity in my presentation?**// For this workshop I will use a combination of a PowerPoint presentation based in an interactive wiki. The goal will be to provide a continuing learning space for the teachers that they can return to for discussion, answers for questions, and further information. Mayer (2009) states humans have distinct channels for visual and auditory processing. In the PowerPoint presentation I will provide an auditory track for each slide so as students review the presentation they will have the visual and the auditory to aid in processing. They will also be able to use that auditory track during the workshop if needed. Humans are limited in the amount of information they can process in each channel at one time (Mayer, 2009). Because of this limited capacity it will be important that I am aware of information chunking and the number of images used for each concept. 3. //**What kind of graphic organizer would be best to give my participants to help facilitate learning in my workshop?**// At this point I am not sure what type of graphic organizer will work best for my participants to facilitate their learning. 4. //**What concepts in my presentation will require pre-training before I begin the workshop? How will I use MM to engage my learners during the pre-training phase?**// The concept of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) can be imposing for teachers. And like other educational concepts the term has been incorrectly defined. Pre-training for this workshop will include participants viewing a video that provides a correct broad overview of the concept. Ideally participants will view the video before the workshop day and generate questions they have about the concept of UDL. 5. //**What equipment will I need to conduct my workshop (projector, laptops for each pair of participants, Internet connections, other)?**// As the facilitator I will need a wireless Internet connection and a projector provided by the venue. I will use my own laptop which will have a back up copy of the presentation and wiki in case of technical difficulties the day of the workshop. Participants will need to bring their own device that can connect wirelessly to the Internet. They will be working on their lesson during the workshop so they need a device they can work comfortably with. They should also bring an electronic copy of the lesson they would like to revise. The venue should provide wireless Internet connection for the workshop participants and a technical person to help those who have difficulty connecting when they first arrive. Also, backup laptops in case a participant is unable to connect, for example many districts restrict connectivity in a way those devices cannot connect outside their own home district. 6. //**What online applications might I use?**// The wiki will be the main online application used. In that wiki there will be several other websites for participants to connect with. I would also like to show participants online options they can use in their own classroom. 7. //**How will my participants collaborate on their projects? How will I group them to create authentic assessment in my workshop?**// Often when teachers attend a workshop they remain in the group of teachers that is attending from their own district/building. While that can be helpful in some cases it is not in all. Since participants will each be bringing their own existing lesson I would like to mix them into groups from different districts to present revised lessons; if the participants are all from one district then group them between buildings. The goal is for teachers to hear fresh opinions and ideas and to create a network that reaches beyond their own building. Mayer, R.E. (2009). //Multimedia learning// (2nd ed). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.