EDU221WesFryerResponses


 * Free Resources to Accompany //Playing With Media//: **
 * [|playingwithmedia.com] includes additional and updated resources aligned to each chapter (digital text, images, audio and video)
 * [|share.playingwithmedia.com] includes links to student media project examples using digital text, images, audio and video.

For each chapter you read in Wes Fryer's digital text //Playing with Media,// you will "compose" a reading response in your blog. Note that if it says "how you can use this information in your classroom," that would include if you see a reason why you wouldn't use it in your classroom. **The titles you see below are the titles you should use for your blog entries.** The citation for Wes Fryer's book is in a gadget on your blog, but somewhere in each blog entry you should mention Wes Fryer's name or the name of the book so your reader will know which citation you are referencing. Each blog entry should be labeled Wes Fryer.

You will read chapters 1 and 4 at an assigned time in order to participate in a class discussion that goes along with them. You will select 3 of the remaining 5 chapters to read and respond to. Hopefully, you will find ones that intrigue you and/or could be beneficial to your lessons in the unit for Dr. Grace's class as well as to your future teaching.

The assignments are:

toc =Playing with Media Chapter 1: //Why//= Write a blog entry titled "Wes Fryer Chapter 1" and give your honest reaction to the chapter. Point out at least three things that you agree or disagree with or were surprised by. Remember that your blog readers may not have read the book, so summarize what Wes wrote that you are reacting to. Then share your honest reactions, just do so in a professional manner. Add a label "Wes Fryer." [If you don't have a blog yet, write your response in an email to Dr. Theresa with the subject line "Wes Fryer Chapter 1: Why"]

//Standard 1 Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity: Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments//

=Playing with Media Chapter 2: //Digital Text//= Explore at least 3 links in this chapter by spending at least 5 minutes on each site. If you get to one you don't like, pick another and spend at least 5 minutes on it. You should end up with at least 3 links you liked. Do the link exploration in addition to reading all the text. **[|Check out the updated list of tools at Wes's website.]**

Write a blog entry highlighting at least three new things you learned and how you can use this information in your future classroom OR how the blogging process could be improved/modified/changed in EDU 221. Additionally, describe (and hyperlink) the sites you explored and give your reactions to each site.

//CHAPTER UPDATE: In this chapter, Wes refers to Posterous, which no longer exists.[| In April 2013, it shut down after an "aquihire" by Twitter.] Skip the references to Posterous but hope that something as good or better in this area comes along soon that's free. It was awesome. A possible alternative (without the email posting feature) is [|medium].//

//Standard 2 Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments: Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the Standards•S.//

=Playing with Media Chapter 3: //Audio//= Explore at least 3 links in this chapter by spending at least 5 minutes on each site. If you get to one you don't like, pick another and spend at least 5 minutes on it. You should end up with at least 3 links you liked. Do the link exploration in addition to reading all the text. **[|Check out the updated list of tools at Wes's website.]**

Write a blog entry with at least one paragraph highlighting at least three new things you learned and how you can use this information in your future classroom OR how you can use this information in your CM presentation/lesson. Additionally, describe (and hyperlink) the sites you explored and give your reactions to each site.

//Alternative: make an audio recording of the three new things you learned and how you can use this information in your future classroom and post the file or the link in your blog. Use a Web 2.0 audio recording/editing tool that you've never used before and you can take care of the "1" of your 3-2-1 assignment at the same time.//

//CHAPTER UPDATE: In this chapter, Wes refers to the phonecasting app cinch.fm which no longer exists. [|In August 2012, BlogTalkRadio, the parent company, chose to shut down Cinch.]//A potential alternative is [|soundcloud.com].

//Standard 2 Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments: Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the Standards•S.//

=Playing with Media Chapter 4: //Copyright and Fair Use//= If you are reading ahead, make sure that you do the other copyright homework before you read this chapter. Instead of reading from the book on this one, **[|read the updated version of the chapter and list of resources at Wes's website.]** Write a blog entry titled "Wes Fryer on Copyright and Fair Use." Summarize what you learned from this chapter and its implications in your future classroom. Wes Fryer does not spend any time on copyright and very little on fair use. Instead he gives you suggestions on how to legally and easily add media to your digital creations without violating copyright and fair use. Be sure to explain the components of HPCF. Write an additional paragraph or more on how you hope to handle the protection of intellectual property in your future classroom. Label the blog entry "Wes Fryer" and "Intellectual Property."

//Standard 4 Promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility: Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practice//

=Playing with Media Chapter 5: //Images OR// Alternative Research on Infographics= Explore at least 2 links in this chapter by spending at least 5 minutes on each site. If you get to one you don't like, pick another and spend at least 5 minutes on it. You should end up with at least 2 links you liked. Do the link exploration in addition to reading all the text. **[|Check out the updated version of the chapter and list of resources at Wes's website.]**

From a colleague on the subject of image editing: "A couple other tools I really like for creating images are WordSwag & Typorama along with web-based Canva." Feel free to check any of those out in addition to or instead of the ones that Wes mentions in the book.

//CHAPTER UPDATE: there's a short section about Posterous in this chapter that you can skip.//

Write a blog entry highlighting at least three new things you learned and how you can use this information in your future classroom OR how you can use this information in your WebQuest. Additionally, describe (and hyperlink) the sites you explored and give your reactions to each.

//Alternative: make a montage of images that represent the 3 things you learned in chapter 5 and how you might use this information in your future classroom or your WebQuest. Feel free to also to incorporate audio or text to explain your thinking, then post the file or a link to the file in your blog. Use a Web 2.0 video editing upload site to that you've never used before to upload your media and create your presentation and you can take care of the "1" of your 3-2-1 assignment at the same time.//

//Standard 2 Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments: Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the Standards•S.//

=Playing with Media Chapter 6: //Video//= Explore at least 4 of the links in the chapter; write a blog entry listing the top 4 things you learned in this chapter (one or two sentences per numbered item is plenty). Then write a paragraph (just a few sentences are fine; feel free to write more) on how you might incorporate video in one or more of your lessons for your unit for Dr. Grace's class. **[|Check out the updated list of tools and a new video at Wes's website.]**
 * //Alternative #1: make a no-edit video of the 4 things you learned and how you might incorporate video into one or more of your lessons for your unit for Dr. Grace's class and post the file or a link to the file in your blog. Use a Web 2.0 video editing upload site to post your video that you've never used before and you can take care of the "1" of your 3-2-1 assignment at the same time.//
 * Alternative #2 (inspired by Ralph P., EDU 221, spring 2014, who loves a good discussion): gather some other discussion-loving colleagues and make a no-edit video of the discussion you have about this chapter. The participants don't have to currently be in practicum. If there are 2 people from practicum in the video, you'll want to make sure you cover 8 things you learned and how you might incorporate video into one or more lessons of your unit. If the other discussants aren't from practicum, you just have to do the 4 things. If there are 3 or more people from practicum in the video, there needs to be "a lot" of discussion of new ideas from the book, but I won't be counting. //Make it obvious y'all all got a lot out of this chapter and then apply it in your discussion.////This video can't go on forever! No edit does not mean "make it up on the fly." It means carefully plan ahead of time. Post the video somewhere and all participants can use the link for their blog entry. [|Ralph, Kayla, and Mackenzie did it well in spring 2014] if you're looking for an example.//

//CHAPTER UPDATE: Wes refers to Pixelpipe in this chapter and it no longer exists. [|In August 2013, its owners and staff announced that they "will soon be joining a larger organization."]Stay tuned for what that could mean in the future.// //AND as of July 31, 2013, [|say goodbye to xtranormal.] :-(//

//Standard 2 Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments: Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the Standards•S.//

=Playing with Media Chapter 7: //Show and Tell//= Write a blog entry titled "Show and Tell" highlighting at least three new things you learned. Hyperlink (where appropriate) the source of what you learned about. Tell how you can use each piece of new information in your future classroom (give specific examples) OR how we should use that information on our digital story day or for final presentations. You can end up with a mix of examples from your future classroom and your current classroom.

//Standard 2 Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments: Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the Standards•S.//