On this page, you will find a collection of creative digital artifacts produced by myself and my students in the Fall of 2018. These artifacts were inspired and supported by ED 603: Instructional Technology, a graduate course I took this semester. The purpose of this course was to increase my knowledge of research-based instructional technology tools and strategies. Below you will find visual artifacts from this process as well as a description of each artifact and its significance.
Artifact #1: My Digital Poster
This was our first assignment for ED 603. We were asked to create a digital poster to introduce ourselves to our teacher and classmates, as well as describe our goals for the class. I decided to use Google Drawing to make my poster, a tool I had used before but never to create a digital poster. This was fun to create and I learned about a new feature I'd never used before -- the word art you see my name written in and the "Likes" box written in.
Artifact #2: Student Digital Poster Using Canva
Inspired by our digital poster assignment, I decided to task my science class with creating their own digital posters to explain the relationship between weather and climate. I let the students decide what medium to use to create their poster, so this student chose to use Canva. I love the clean and professional look she achieved, and the best part was when she turned it in she left a comment on the assignment saying, "Thanks, this was really fun."
Artifact #3: Student Digital Poster Using Drawing Template
This student really dove deep into the digital poster assignment. He requested to take it home for the night in order to use his drawing tablet to create this beautiful product. He really went above and beyond and I loved the outcome.
Artifact #4: My Spark Video Example
Adobe Spark Video is a tech tool I analyzed in my blog, Teacher Brain, as a tool for nurturing student creativity and stepping into the facilitator role as a digital educator. This was an example video I made demonstrating how one can use Adobe Spark Video. I showed it to my class as a hook before assigning them to create their own Spark Videos.
Artifact #5: Student Spark Video
This is an example of a student video created using Spark Video, according to the parameters of this assignment. I loved this assignment because it allowed for a wide array in student voice and choice. Students were asked to research one particular weather data point (temperature, precipitation, etc.) for at least 10 different years in the past. They created a spread sheet presenting this information in both table and graph form, and then they were asked to transform this information into a creative artifact that tells the story of the data. I think this student did an excellent job responding to that creative prompt. I wish they had used some text in the video, but their narration is so fun that I think it makes up for the lack of text.