Multimedia Project

I finished my multimedia project and I'm really excited about it. I tweeked the assignment a bit and did not focus on 1 lesson. Instead, I focused on a geometry unit. I created activities, posted videos, websites, and forums for my kids to learn/discuss geometry in the real world. I decided to do this on Moodle because my district uses this LMS. It makes it very easy for my kids to login from home and they are comfortable using Moodle. I wanted to create something that my students will actually use.

I started off using Soft Chalk and I will say that there are more activities available on Soft Chalk. I really liked the activities and was excited about using them. I decided to use Moodle and then link to Soft Chalk for the activities. Unfortunately I have had a really tough time trying to figure out how to publish my work to the web. I downloaded a free account, so perhaps I don't have that type of access. I watched a lot of the videos to learn how to use it, but I'm still a little confused. I hope to be able to figure it out because I think the activities would be highly beneficial and fun for my kids.

On my Moodle page I have forums that discuss what geometry is and where you would see it in the "real world". I also uploaded our class GeoNews video for future students to refer to. There is a youtube section where I link really fun/educational videos for my kids to watch. My current students have really enjoyed this. I also have a video section for educational videos from Discovery. Each video is followed up by a forum with questions and discussion items that the kids will participate in. There is an Assessment section and I have included a summative assessment as well as choices for 3 different performance assessments. My current students have also enjoyed the website section. There are great websites about geometry that are quite engaging.

I am really excited about sharing this with my team because I think we will use it in the future. My goal is to create a page like this for every math unit we discuss.

For those of you who haven't used Moodle, it's awesome. It's a great way to get your kids to collaborate and participate. My students have really loved it this year and I think I will use it even more next year.