EDUC 6809 - Learning Adventure

 The learning adventure I plan to adapt for my adult students: 

Digital Reflections: Expressing Understanding of Content Through Photography


I got this lesson plan from Readwritethink.org and here's the overview:

Students explore both facts and feelings about a topic and make self–text–world connections as they prepare a presentation using word-processing and presentation software. Possible topics span many content areas, including science (animals, climate, space), geography (landforms), and historical events. Students select photos from websites that demonstrate their content understanding and communicate their feelings on the topic. They write and record a two-minute descriptive or persuasive script and pair the script with the photos using presentation software. Students and teacher assess the effectiveness of the presentation using the rubric and handouts provided.

I will:

1. Adjust the plan so a student could complete it individually if necessary
2. Use it to help prepare future High School Equivalency test-takers to answer Extended Response questions in Social Studies.

This learning adventure will engage students in the multimodal discplines of images, writing, text, audio narration, and music. This project supports the development of new and digital literacies because students will be using digital, creative-commons images, digital editing software and it will rely on the use of image, sound and text to convey the message and opinion of the student.