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Multimedia Projects Resource

Engaging Students Through Technology

Opening Day F’19 - Zack De Piero ([email protected])

Background info about the video projects in my courses:

  • Courses: ENGL 202A Writing in the Social Sciences + ENGL 211 Intro to Writing Studies
  • The videos are essentially a multimediated "IMRaD" research report: Intro, (Lit Review,) Methods, Analysis, and Discussion. In groups (usually), students engage in the social science research process: develop a research question, examine relevant scholarship, seek out data, analyze the results, formulate new questions, etc.

Examples of my former students’ video projects:

  • Narrative Storytelling in the Sciences - iMovie (4:35 - 5:36)
  • L2 Students and Participation - some iMovie, mostly PowToon (start to 1:50)

What’s to like about these video projects?

  • Inquiry about a topic/question that interests them
  • Humanizes research: both the participants and the student-researchers
  • Heightened audience engagement
  • Working in a group: learning with and from each other
  • Digital literacy ~~> demonstrable skills to include in a professional portfolio
  • More affordances for using language/ experimenting with rhetoric
  • New learning experience

Challenges and considerations?

  • Working in + communicating with a group: timeliness, negotiating disagreement, pulling weight, tasking
  • Grades: 1 grade for the whole group and/vs. individual accountability Hands-on support: scheduling ample in-class time for groups to get together and meet with me

Support for your courses: PSU’s Media Commons Team

  • Carla Seward ([email protected]) was my Media Commons consultant. The Media Commons team offers a few different plans for working with instructors and their students

Other Resources for Ed Tech:

  • Video projects: iMovie, PowToon, Biteable
  • Audio projects/podcasts: Garageband
  • E-portfolios: Weebly, Wordpress, a PSU portfolio resource (Canvas + Sites)
  • Presentations: Prezi, PechaKucha (20 images x 20 seconds each), Google Slides
  • Collaborative writing: Google Docs (via Gmail)
  • Quizzes: Quizlet

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Contact

Dr. Karen Weekes
Director of Faculty Development
Associate Professor, English & Women's Studies
Penn State Abington
119 Sutherland
215-881-7656
[email protected]

 

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