Sunday, May 3, 2015

Blendspace

The tool I chose is called Blendspace (www.blendspace.com). In our first class, Adolescent Psychology we were instructed to use this tool for one of our assignments. My assignment was about ADHD in the classroom. I like this tool because it appeals to all learners. You can add videos for those that prefer to see things. You can make a slide with just text or you can add images. On one of my slides I added a brief quiz to make sure the students were following along with what they had already gone over in the previous slides. I also added websites that were informational about ADHD. 

A con with this tool is that students may be driven away from it thinking that its just another powerpoint presentation. I would make sure that they know that's the last thing I am trying to do. Blendspace's are more interactive than powerpoints and require students to take part in them. Also for the slides where you would add a link to a website I think the slide is too small. I would prefer it to be a little larger so that students could get a better preview of the website. 

Here's the link to my blendspace:  https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/kI5rpy5GZJJNfA/adhd-in-the-classroom

3 comments:

  1. I do like your idea behind blendspace. I personally did not like it as much as other websites, but it is still a great tool. What are some ways you would have your own students use this website (other than presenting it to them)?

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  2. I'm not a fan of Blendspace because from my own personal experiences with it, it took too much effort and time for what I was getting out of it. However, I do like the integration of a quiz into the lesson for students as both a checkpoint and an assessment tool.

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    1. I agree that Blendspace is a little labor-intensive, but I like it for how customizable it is. I don't use much technology in my classroom but I think that if I taught something that translated easier through digital media (basically if I didn't have to type equations and generate pretty graphs all the time) I would integrate this tool into my classroom.

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