Module 3 – BMCC

OMG! This module took a lot out of me. This is the first time I work with any of those digital tools! PHEW! Much more than the 2 hours it says it should take on the pacing tab. I was really impressed with Sara’s presentation in our orientation breakout room. She shared a timeline she created with her students using Knightlab for a topic from a class she taught.

I teach about the history of POC in American Schooling. My student read “The Story of Latinos and Education in American History” by Abdin Noboa-Rios. The book traces the experiences of Latinx, Chinese, and Asian Pacific Islanders in the history of Schooling in the US; paralleling it to the history of African Americans’ and education.

Sara’s timeline activity goes perfect with that topic and reading assignment. Although she did her timeline with Knightlab, I tinkered with Padlet. I created (rough draft) instructions for my students that I can post on BB. That would propel me to learn how to use Padlet, which is new for me, for the class activity.

I did look at the privacy instructions a bit. I really don’t understand most of it but I chose Padlet because I can sign in with my CUNY login info. Safe enough….

Limitations, I did not find a tutorial for beginners. I had to play around with it for a long time, maybe that why it took me so long to complete this module.

That’s it. Here is my first Padlet! Super proud of myself!

https://padlet.com/yolandamedina94/the-story-of-latinos-and-education-in-american-history-6dnd5nboa98pycv8/slideshow 

Wow. This was an adventure. I feel a bit like Alice…I’ve spent the day falling down rabbit holes and finding strange new worlds.

I decided to stretch myself by using a new technology. I use PowerPoint and Google Slides all the time, and I am somewhat familiar with Padlet. Miro and Loopy were too modular in their approach to the design process, so I decided to go with Jamboard.  I spent some time playing and discovering what it can (and can’t) do.

Jamboard is a part of the Google universe, which is both a blessing and (from a privacy standpoint) a curse. It is SO simple to use websites when they just ask you to sign in with your gmail account. I already have seemingly hundreds of different passwords that I keep track of with a password keeper. But now I sign into a lot of sites using my gmail account.

From a user perspective, I felt a little creatively constrained by Jamboard. I kept wanting to change things that couldn’t be changed. I wanted more choices for colors of sticky notes and circles (where is purple, people???). I wanted to be able to crop my photographs inside the app, so that I could more easily work the text around the images. I wanted more font choices (if they are available, I couldn’t find them…only font sizes). I wanted to be able to change how the text looked inside the sticky notes. I wanted to have shapes (e.g., arrows) to work with, in addition to the drawing tool. Still, I’m pretty happy with the result.

I ended up with 10 slides. I used my own photographs as backgrounds or images in most of the slides, to give visual support to what I was trying to convey.

My Jamboard presentation is twofold:

I model the design process I used to create new learning experiences for my curriculum class when CUNY moved into online teaching during the first months of the pandemic. The class centers the creative arts, and it is a very experiential, hands-on course. Needless to say, it was quite a learning curve.

I’ve also been thinking a lot about the artifact that my colleague and I want to add to this course, so I included specific information about that, as well.

The opening slide shows the flow of the design process. The photo that I used on this slide illustrates the arduous nature of the process. For me, it is a bit like hiking in the mountains of the southwest. It’s strenuous, and the ground can be slippery, but the journey and the views are worth it.

The slides that follow unpack each part of the design process. Here goes, and I hope the link works:

https://jamboard.google.com/d/1xeSL7EcYQlFffnOSjvwfp2J16YAEqn4HatJotn-ceQY/edit?usp=sharing

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This was very challenging for me! I have never worked with these tools before. It took me many hours over 2 days! I chose Padlet because I have seen it used a little, and it is mentioned often. I was frustrated by not finding any Help section, or instructions internal to the App. I am reminded of years ago when computer geeks would scornfully say to clueless newbies “RTFM”! I say where is the FM?! I googled around and found some guidance, but doing it that way was too disorganized to be the kind of beginner’s help I needed. I do like to experiment, but after I have a basic sense of how the thing works.

Nevertheless, I did manage to create a very rudimentary Padlet, and I got a little thrill of accomplishment! The content, such as it is, does represent my usual method of creation. I may return to it to add more visuals, I know it needs a lot more. Now, let’s see if I can link it…

https://padlet.com/cbarclay9/how-do-i-make-stuff-jdsixvh70niqgrij

Rabbit hole is right! But I’m working hard to thaw my fear of Excel. 😉 Those pivot tables tho…

I decided to use Loopy, because I’ve never seen it and I like the idea of using an open source too. Here’s my visualization of my design process.

BTW, it seems to open best in chrome. When I tried copying the link to another browser it was not aligned correctly in the window and part of my work was cut off. Please let me know if you are able to see the whole image.

Here is my visualization of my design process: https://ncase.me/loopy/v1.1/

I never used Loopy, it looked fun. I played around with it. I explored Mido too, but this looked like more fun. There was no privacy policy for Loopy — the FAQ’s were cheesy. How do I send fan mail?  I would want to know who owns the content, can remove it, etc.  I started to review the privacy policy of Mido and it overload after the intensity of struggling with the pivot tables.

I use Excel and am familiar with many functions of Excel. I followed the directions & created a pivot table that list the college, “count of artifact name” and “Count of student observation”. It looks great but I am unclear as to what the data means.  I watched several videos on creating pivot tables, and have to watch more.

I think that if I created my own data set on Excel used that to create a Pivot table, my experience would have been much more meaningful — and perhaps easier!  Suppose I wanted to create a spreadsheet of my yarn, by brand, color, weight, number of skeins, date purchased, where purchased, etc.  Then I can manipulate the data in ways that are meaningful to me. The same if someone wanted to organize their earrings or clothes closet — or results from a study.

+WOW! I felt like a fish out of water trying to navigate the Pivot Table in Excel. After tinkering a bit, I realized how useful this can be.
+It is scary to think about the amount of access these companies/apps have to your personal information and their ability to use this information however they see fit. The consumer has some control over the privacy setting within Microsoft and Google programs, but it doesn’t seem this is the case for all digital tools. Interestingly enough, Loopy does not have a privacy policy. What does this mean for the content added to this site? Where is it stored? Is it automatically deleted within a pre determined time frame? I have so many questions!

Being a little behind, I had the chance to look at the ways that all of you were able to show your process. For me, Loopy made it possible for me to show my process in all its messiness. I’ve come to realize that I need a lot of time for introspection (blue) and that I need two kinds of activity (green) to fuel my work walking and researching. You will see in the middle that there is a circulation between the two areas before I “get to work.”  Then, I work with the idea, reflect, and go back and revise and develop as needed. In the past, I would resist the time spent on what I believed to be “off task,”  but I’ve realized that when I honor my process and my ways of knowing, I work much more efficiently and effectively. bit.ly/3XbEYRm

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I loved this activity. Anything that allows me to create, stimulates my work in the classroom.

Take a look.

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Greetings,

I am grateful for the opportunity to be exposed to sites I have never heard of or used before. I chose to utilize Loopy and it through me for a loop.

I still have not totally figured out the plus or the minus signs but I think I have created a way for students to think about how their childhood experiences can contribute to their own parental and teaching styles as future educators.

I wanted to have students be able to discuss whether they believed my model made sense based on their experiences and if they would alter anything that mirrored their own personal lives. On the loopy, I’ve added questions to help facilitate conversation.

Check it out: <iframe src=”https://ncase.me/loopy/v1.1/?embed=1&data=%5B%5B%5B1,797,199,1,%22Parental%2520Styles%22,4%5D,%5B2,1168,533,1,%22Childhood%2520Experiences%22,5%5D,%5B3,378,529,0.66,%22Personal%2520View%22,2%5D,%5B4,1045,193,1,%22Culture%22,3%5D,%5B5,479,193,0.66,%22Socio-Economic%2520Status%22,0%5D,%5B6,792,654,0.33,%22Future%2520Educator%22,1%5D,%5B8,787,468,1,%22Teaching%2520Style%22,4%5D%5D,%5B%5B1,4,59,1,0%5D,%5B1,3,-100,1,0%5D,%5B1,5,-61,1,0%5D,%5B1,2,63,1,0%5D,%5B2,6,63,1,0%5D,%5B3,8,-64,1,0%5D,%5B2,8,59,1,0%5D,%5B2,4,-92,1,0%5D,%5B4,1,-11,1,0%5D,%5B1,8,7,1,0%5D,%5B5,1,22,1,0%5D,%5B3,6,-65,-1,0%5D,%5B6,8,4,-1,0%5D,%5B5,8,-20,-1,0%5D%5D,%5B%5B312,711,%22How%2520does%2520our%2520childhood%2520impact%2520our%2520roles%2520as%2520future%2520educators%253F%22%5D,%5B1107,89,%22Does%2520culture%2520influence%2520our%2520teaching%2520style%253F%2520How%253F%22%5D,%5B395,96,%22How%2520does%2520one’s%2520economic%2520status%2520affect%2520your%2520teaching%2520style%253F%22%5D,%5B284,134,%22Are%2520there%2520any%2520impacts%2520of%2520ones%2520SES%253F%22%5D,%5B1135,777,%22Which%2520potentially%2520has%2520the%2520greatest%2520impact%253F%22%5D%5D,8%5D&#8221; width=”500″ height=”440″ frameborder=”0″></iframe>

This is Tinkering where I created a Padlet based on an advocacy topic from ECE 210.

https://padlet.com/vklee1/my-fancy-padlet-p92qaj8uatajn95r

I’ve used padlet in my both my high school class as well as my courses, so I stuck to what I felt comfortable with. I teach a module about intelligence which introduces Gardner’s theory to inform future teachers that recognizing and nurturing students’ individual intelligences, they can create a more inclusive and engaging learning environment.

https://padlet.com/tafrancis1/my-design-process-yo8ncl4kotio22g8