Machinima

Salut tout le monde, welcome back! Today i will talk about how machinima works. Machinima takes its name from the combination of the words machine and cinema. It is animated filmmaking within a real-time virtual 3D environment - mostly using video games technology.  Educators and students are using this new medium in a variety of innovative ways to express ideas from literary works, music, art and performance. You can also use it to demonstrate content knowledge, document in-world activities or achievements, or examine research. Now i want to introduce our machinima about love story.We had so much fun while recording the script.I hope you take pleasure as well.

My Teaching Philosophy

My teaching philosophy is based on my self development. Every aspect of  teaching is shaped by the role i  want to play in the mentorship and development of my students. As a teacher, i should be able to provide the needs of pupils .Accordingly ,there are some goals that can support me for making progress.

One of the main goals of me as a teacher is to help students figure out who they are and how they can be of service to their community. I prefer to help students understand the social responsibilities of their field and the social impact of their choices.Once i’ve helped students find something they want to say, i need to help them find a way to say it. I give students the skills to communicate effectively and the confidence to express what they think. Learning can also be obtained from my students . I get to meet individuals with different personalities, and by spending some quality time with my students, my understanding of different kinds of lifestyles widens.By the way i maintain the balance of my personal and individual growth .

Secondly, my effort and enthusiasm as a teacher directly influence students’ commitment to my course and interest in my field. I inspire students by demonstrating belief in their students’ abilities and by providing the support students need to meet challenging academic demands. And also i show them the attitude of a determined and passionate teacher. This can inspire my  students to keep their heads held high despite all the spirit-breaking impediments that will be met in the future.I  can actually change their mindset  by inspiring them to take on the challenges.  I become the role model when it comes to overcoming the challenges and failures in my life for the students to know the values and traits they need to have in their pursuits of greatness. Additionally, i teach them how to think and not just commit to mind what is written in the book and on the board.

My task, as an instructor, is to create an atmosphere that fosters learning. I tend to encourage learning by creating a relaxed environment for students. Stimulating conversations about concepts and organizing material and equipments in a way that appeals to the learners and makes it easiest to understand. Furthermore, I treat subject matter as interconnected, emphasizing that everything students are learning fits together into a understanding of the world, from which they develop their personal worldview. I also reckon that learning how to find information applies to all areas of life and I use topics and examples that are useful. Finally, I believe that respect for my students is one of the most important things I can show. This is to inspire them to respect each other.

 In conclusion, I hope to impart to students that learning is an everlasting process. To me, it includes improving oneself professionally.I have a passion for guiding my students through the learning process. As I continue to instruct classes, I aim to enhance my ease and confidence in front of classroom and to develop my way of teaching too.

Become a Designer: Canva

Canva is a great design tool for public relations professionals. It is straightforward to use and has many benefits that make it one of the best websites to create designs.Canva has preset sizes and templates for social media posts, postcards, posters, cards, flyers, etc. Having preset options can save someone so much time when trying to figure out specific dimensions for their creation. Just click on the type of content you want to create and they already have everything sized and designed for you.

Empower Every Voice: Flipgrid

Flipgrid is a website that allows teachers to create "grids" to facilitate video discussions. Each grid is like a message board where teachers can pose questions, called "topics," and their students can post video responses that appear in a tiled grid display. Grids can be shared with classes, small groups, or any collection of users interested in a common strand of questions. Each grid can hold an unlimited number of topics and each topic can hold an unlimited number of responses. Topics can be text-based or include a resource such as an image, video, Giphy, emoji, or attachment.

Students can respond via the Flipgrid app or website with any camera-enabled device or by uploading a previously recorded video. Responses can be 15 seconds to five minutes, and a maximum recording time can be set. Teachers can also allow students to record replies to classmates' responses.

You can see my video that i recorded on Flipgrid .Just click here

Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost is about Adam and Eve-how they came to be created and how they came to lose their place in the Garden of Eden, also called Paradise. It's the same story you find in the first pages of Genesis, expanded by Milton into a very long, detailed, narrative poem. It also includes the story of the origin of Satan. Originally, he was called Lucifer, an angel in heaven who led his followers in a war against God, and was ultimately sent with them to hell. Thirst for revenge led him to cause man's downfall by turning into a serpent and tempting Eve to eat the forbidden fruit.

I would like to share a video which is related to summary and analyze of Pradise Lost. It may be useful for English Literature exam on Monday. Au revoir!

Vodcast/Powtoon

Hi guys! Today, I am here with my first vodcast using Powtoon.I handled steps of memorization. I hope you enjoy!

Create Awesome Animated Videos: Powtoon

A powerful educational tool

PowToon gives users tools to create animated slideshow presentations that present like videos.It provides for education:
-Effective Communication
Developing and communicating information and new ideas to others has a strong impact on learning.
-Increases Engagement and Motivation to Learn
Curriculum is most effective when learners are engaged and motivated to learn. Animated cartoon characters instantly engage learners in the content and make learning fun.

-Promotes Creativity and Innovation
Providing opportunities for creativity allows learners to take ownership of learning, which leads to deeper retention and meaning.
-Creates a Safe Environment
Using animated characters and words to tell stories and present ideas gives a voice to shy students and those with speech challenges.
-Offers Learning Independence
Students learn best when they “pull” learning. Pre-recorded learning that students can access based on their individual needs can increase learner independence and skill confidence.

Augmented Reality in Education

Incorporating immersive technologies like augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) into education has been shown to improve learning efficiency and is more effective at teaching students than compared to other media such as books, videos, or desktop computer experiences.

The introduction and use of AR in education create fun and excitement for students. Students become excited to learn. Thus, stirs up their motivation to the learning process. The truth is; AR stimulates better learning process in students. It pushes them into a learning place where they become critical in dissecting new ideas. This increases the imaginative prowess of students in the learning process. At the end, students grow their imaginative and thinking ability. Thus discovering and getting to know more about themselves through the learning process.

The use of AR apps in education brings about increase in student participation in class. With AR apps, students have access to education and learning models. These models aid better and high level understanding of subjects among students. The more students understand having better grasps of topics, the more their participation. This is the exact result AR apps in education tend to achieve. These apps help students grasp concepts faster and easier through the provided models. At the end, students are sounder with high level curiosity to learn. This results in active class participation. As seen in form of questions, consultations, and contributions from students. This is a fun way of learning in education. Thus increases student motivation and curiosity in the learning process.

These are some applications that I used so as to show how they work:

                                     SolAR-Explore Planets in AR

                                                       Waazy

The use of AR in education provides interactive lessons to students. Students have full access to educative and interactive models on their devices. On the long run, this propels clear and better understanding of educational concepts. This is one of the best ways to engage students. This aids learning and increased educative activities among students. Thus, help them reinforce the concepts

they have seen in class during lectures.

The use of AR in education brings about enriched ways of telling educational stories. Through augment reality, educational storytelling has become powerful through visual models. These models are unique and help student to visualize educational concepts. AR models help bring to life educational concepts and the learning process. Thus creates the impression of originality and realness for educational concepts.

Padlet:Digital Walls For Sharing,Learning And Teaching

Do your best with Padlet!

Padlet is a new technological tool that works like a cork board by facilitating students to post notes in a common place. It allows students to share notes with others in the form of links, images, videos and different documents.

 It will enable you to share your unique ideas in class or home group research session with your friends and class fellows. Moreover, you and your friends can share their researched ideas with everyone by placing it on the Padlet wall. Once every student uploads their great ideas on the wall, then you and your friends can discuss about on different ideas together.

By using Padlet in classroom teachers can motivate students to be creative. Students will also avail the opportunity to show their creative work with other class fellow by placing it on Padlet wall.  Students can also compete with each other by creating a wall and placing their creative ideas on it. In this way, students would not only enhance their creativity, but also appreciated by their teachers.

Class participation plays a great role in the academic performance of the student. It’s vital for students to participate in their classroom in order to enhance their knowledge. It is proved that by using Padlet students can participate in class activities more effectively. This is because students can ask questions and discuss complex class topics with their teacher and other class fellows by placing them on Padlet wall.

By using it in the classroom, you can track current and upcoming class assignment’s topics and their due dates. You will also get the opportunity to write and learn new vocab by writing new words daily on its wall.

   I made an example padlet and would like you to take a look:

Artful Storytelling :Storybird

Online book community

Hi everyone,welcome back! Let me introduce Storybird.Storybird is an online social platform for storytelling. Students act as authors, pairing their words with site-curated, licensed art. Students can compose text, but they can't upload their own art; they must use Storybird's curated collection in their picture books and illustrated poems. Storybird offers a community for storytelling and a well-designed interface for matching words to compelling pictures. It can inspire student writing, but not all students will be inspired by the site on its own. Since students and teachers can also read published stories and comment on them, it offers good opportunities to practice digital citizenship.Also, educators onboard students directly by creating accounts or inviting them via class code. They may create and issue assignments, moderate comments, review student work, apply a grade or comment. Educators may choose to run a fundraiser where family members may purchase a copy of their child’s story. 

You can also check it out my first short story experience on Storybird:

https://storybird.s3.amazonaws.com/generated-book/10271008/VoTOcugfmh/-delusion-of-midnight-.pdf