EDTC 5113 Final Project - Flexible Seating

Alright, here is my final project and while there are some things I would like to change, I'm pretty excited about it. Since I am the only teacher at our elementary school that uses flexible seating, I have been asked by our principal to prepare something for a short presentation for new to our school teachers at an upcoming meeting. I decided to use this project and what I learned in this class to make those items awesome.

I first created a virtual tour of my classroom. I am not 100% happy with it because even though I have a high resolution camera, I couldn't get back far enough to get great pictures. I still feel it serves it's purpose, though. I showed the virtual tour of our classroom to my first graders and they were very impressed and entertained, that counts for something, right?

I also created a slide presentation that can be printed in handout form for participants. I included several QR codes including a link to my virtual tour, my smart spots video I had made previously, and other resources. I considered using zapper codes, but since I won't be using presentation until this fall, I didn't want them to expire. I then used Screencast-O-Matic to narrate my slide presentation using the speaking points I would say if I were presenting this. I hope you like it!

Link to Screencast-O-Matic presentation:  https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cqfvncZks0




Link to virtual tour (Click on cog for narration):  https://poly.google.com/u/0/view/9SKdF8Lwm81

Digital Escape Room

Here is the link to my digital escape room. After teaching at Highland Park Elementary for four years, I took a seven year break and returned last year. Due to my time away, I had to take most of the new teacher trainings again. I thought this would be a fun activity to have new teachers do during one of their in-service meetings. I would group the teachers in groups of 2 or 3 and the first group to answer all of the questions correctly would get a prize such as first pick from the candy bowl that is present at every teacher meeting at our school.

Find my digital escape room here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxOA3-JLlkZCXTyxrj-YeMmkSwwhvYXAMVFljj8cXuUmmLYw/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&fbzx=-1402363725495340625

The answers are:
1. PBG (Purple, Black, and Grey)
2. 2013
3. DYSON
4. CONSCIOUS DISCIPLINE

5. 7:40

Virtual Tour

This assignment pushed me to my limits and made me say not nice things on more than one occasion. I had trouble with the site on multiple occasions, both on my home and school computers.
Travel is something we enjoy doing as a family, so I documented some of the places we have and plan to visit.

You can find my Virtual Reality Tour here: https://poly.google.com/u/0/view/7C3TZ29KKL_

Transmedia Book

My transmedia book is actually more of a booklet, and definitely not school related, but it is something I will actually use. As with most of these projects, the hardest part for me was deciding what my topic would be. A friend recently sent me a picture of me participating in an aquathon a couple of years ago and I had a hard time explaining what was happening in the picture to another friend that was with me when I received it. I decided to use this opportunity to create a booklet that I will make accessible to the people in my local running group for anyone interested in more information about aquathlons. The booklet will be printed front and back, then folded in half. The picture in question is me transitioning from swim to run and is on the front page. 

You can find my transmedia book here: https://www.flipsnack.com/cparks/why-tri-an-aquathon.html

Digital Story

Pre-Production: I had a hard time deciding what story I wanted to tell, but ultimately decided to tell a condensed version of the one I get asked to share the most often. Our journey to have a family is one that has been plagued with heartache, struggles, and joy. Through my willingness to talk about it, I have met many amazing people all over the world that have been put in contact with me because they, too, are facing struggles similar to part of my story. I hope you enjoy it.

Production: I spent many hours combing through old photograph files to find just the right pictures from throughout the years to appropriately tell my story. I then wrote a script and paired pictures with parts of the script (attached).


Post-Production: I used iMovie to make my digital story which was a first for me. I enjoyed using this program and will use it again in the future.

You can find my digital story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRH90c9tbyA