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Project 1: Mixed media super Joy lessons

The project which will be undertaken will focus on the experience of mixed media digital lesson. The lessons will focus on the utilization of the interactive whiteboard, pen input, interactive and video media. The lessons should follow a structure which is easily translated to any topic work in order to create a solid order and understanding. The lesson plan is designed to work with the TV room environment at JOY school.

The order and deliverables of the lessons:

• A handout with extra information about the topic work needs to be created and given to the students in a prior lesson, or the first hour of the lesson. This will give you student a certain amount of background on the topic, so that they won’t feel lost watching the videos.

• The class should be split up into groups to create a competitive element to keep their attention, and give the slower students a slight buffer so they feel more relaxed. Points will be kept, depending on the situation.

• The interactivity (for now) will be based around PowerPoint. Interactive elements within the presentation will collaborate with the media (i.e. use of extensive hyperlinks to link to WebPages and video).

• The presentation will feature a “splashscreen”, which will form the initial basis of discussion. This page will display the essentials of what the students will be watching. Pictures and short sentences. This page can feature a quick activity, 5-8mins, it can include lists, discussion questions, what do you know about the topic? etc…

• The teacher gives out the organized questionnaire handout, this sheet will be only one page of writing, sectioned off into the videos, and a final conclusion area. 

• Next, the videos themselves. It is important that the students understand, or are able to anticipate the topic and the questions there of, in the videos. So the presentation page will contain “What to look out for:” with a brief description of how to find the handouts answers.

• Once the video is played, the teacher must use their own discretion to stop the video at vital points to discuss the topic with the students. Getting the students to stand-up and write on the whiteboard, or circle things and talk.

• After each video, a mirror of the handout video section will be displayed on the screen, the students will need to fill this out on the whiteboard one group at a time, with all members having to contribute.

• This is repeated for each video topic. If other types of media are presented, for example: 3d models, google maps, websites; then, the interaction relies on the topic area.

• Finally a video conclusion question should be completed in groups. This will be written on the handout, the teacher must then snap a picture to display on the big screen, with said group reading it out. This late stage can be conducted in a number of different ways, with the final conclusion being written directly on the whiteboard and saved using the jpeg save function.

This lesson plan, suits all topic areas, it’s simply a framework to which content will be created. It doesn’t deviate too much from the existing structure, but the interactive elements differentiate it from the existing. There is more focus on group work, and more explicit chances to interact with an added element of involvement. The student can manipulate the contents of the screen for the whole class to see, either by writing on the whiteboard directly, through the interactive pens, writing and taking a picture, or even by tablet computer (if/when splashtop software is installed).