Online Portfolio
Nichole M. Plank
3x3x3
Understanding Understanding
This technology showcase is an interactive, visual display of the quality of graduate work. In reflection of my time so far in the Masters of Educational Technology Program, it was easy to identify specific assignments that had an impact on my role as a student and as a teacher. The showcase also documents the progression in my technology skills in response to the courses I've taken so far. This showcase illustrates five exemplar pieces of my graduate career.
Several of my peers and I developed a project in which we pinpointed a familar concept that typically included misconceptions. We taped and interviewed eight participants about their knowledge of rainbows. Afterward, we developed a comprehensive video and website to address these misconceptions. My primary responsibilty for this project was editing the two hours worth of film into a six minute video. After spending time with this project, I began to think critically about the misconceptions that my students may bring to the classroom every day.
Using Daniel T. Willingham's "Why Don't Students Like School?" groups were asked to create a 3x3x3 project, which stands for 3 main ideas, 3 implications, all in 3 minutes! Our group was responsible for Chapter 2 and Chapter 7. After failing on our original attempt, I decided to start over and take control, using a program called Powtoons in order to give the video a dynamic appearance. Although I am confident making basic, primary digital stories with my first graders, Powtoons provided a different opportunity that may be useful for older students.
In first grade, technology is something that is highly sought after by my students. I had difficulty making it meaningful, yet making my students responsible for their learning. My Wicked Problem was to give my students a more active role in the digital storytelling process. My students were responsible for writing, recording, and capturing everything in this video. My students loved being apart of the process and viewing the final project. At this time, we do similar projects on a much more frequent basis.
Although I know that the TPACK framework says not to just use technology to use it, I know that the children in my school are not getting exposure to the technology skills they need. For example, the Michigan Educational Technology Standards were not being implemented in my school. This is why I focused my online class on Digital Citizenship and the K-2 METS. The CMS project was something that I would never usually try, but in retrospect it was something that I could see myself doing in the future.
Wicked Problem
Digital Citizenship CMS
Technology Showcase
STAIR Project
The Stand Alone Informational Resource Project, or STAIR, was designed as a resource that any student could use to learn a new concept. My project focused on teaching addition strategies to my first graders. This was created in my first semester of the MAET program and I really enjoyed creating this assignment in the process. When I look back at the STAIR Project, I think of how far I have come since that assignment. I believe that this project marks the start of really becoming a teacher of educational technology.