This week’s readings and prompt are geared towards Designing for Interaction. There are a lot of different ways learners can interact with the material and instructors can make them more interactive to engage students to develop an interest in the subject.
I entered my team’s topic on youtube – Elementary math grade 2 and found a list of videos created as a tutorial for various topics for Grade 2 students.
I choose to address the following video as it teaches Subtraction to Grade 2. It goes over a recall of what they already know and then teaches them new concept in Subtraction.
What activity could you suggest that they do, after they have watched the video (designed)? What type of knowledge or skill would that activity help develop? What medium or technology would students use to do the activity?
I would suggest they do an activity that outlines the concept of subtraction to them. I call this activity Lego Set Tower. It is a group activity to be completed in pairs. Each teammate has to complete 5 to 6 turns each where one of them creates a long lego tower of a certain height and then rolls a die, and the other teammate has to take down that many lego blocks from the big tower as the number on the die and write that on a worksheet and subtract it. They tally their results with the number of lego blocks left on the tower so they are more clear with the subtraction concept. There will be a lot of interaction in this activity between the group members and also the instructors.
How would students get feedback on the activity that you set? What medium or technology would they and/or you use for getting and giving feedback on their activity?
The students would receive feedback in the form of formative assessment based on how they did in the activity and how they were able to grasp the concept from the activity. This also helps instructor to look into the learners team work abilities. Since the learners are 2nd graders, a video outlining their activity and how their strong points and how they can improve their knowledge is the best way as it feels more personal and the learners can access it always from their school iPad.
How much work for you would that activity cause? Would the work be both manageable and worthwhile? Could the activity be scaled for larger numbers of students?
The activity requires a lego set and a dice. We would also need to print out a worksheet for students that outlines how long the towers should be (15, 20, etc.) and where they will write down their multiplication and tally with the blocks. The work is manageable and worthwhile for both the instructors and the students. However, scaling it to a large number of students would be hard as it might be difficult to monitor that many students. A different activity that is more manageable online could be taught of such as this https://www.splashlearn.com/s/math-games/subtract-by-regrouping
This is an online activity which could be played by a large of number of students on their iPads.
How will you address any potential barriers for your learners in the use of this video to ensure an inclusive design?
This is a great video designed to be inclusive. There are captions for students who feel like they can’t understand what the video says. There is also speed control where students can slow down the video so they understand the part better. Furthermore, the video is designed with cartoons which help all types of students to engage more in the video (students with special needs like ADHD, etc.)
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