How has transliteracy informed and shaped my work as an educator innovator?
Transliteracy is a big part of my work as na educator. After going through this program I feel that I now have the tools to make my classroom better equipped for 21st century learners. I leanred how to teach across multiple subject areas and tie in technology to better engage students. When I incorporate transliteracy methods in my class I see more student engagement. I am using a lot of GLAD strategies that has transliteracy methods embedded in them. Using different forms of scaffolds is the best way to reach multiple learners. Transliteracy is essential in 21st century teaching because as educators we must try to help all of our students understand and connect to our lessons and we must use various modalities to get them there.
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My poster creation was a bit of a challenge. The template I used was only able to be edited through Power Point and it was very difficult to manage. Another big issue was that it was not downloading to my computer properly and I was not able to post it to my capstone website. I finally decided to transfer my poster information to another templet that was google friendly. I had to cut and paste all my poster information from the Power Point version to the google version. Finally I was able to get the poster to where I wanted and it easily uploaded to my capstone website.
As far as my capstone video I left it the same as I had it from last class. I feel that the video looks good and it's ready for my presentation. The only thing that I am concerned about is sound quality. Last time I shared with the class my audio was bad and very hard to hear. However, on my end I was able to hear it just fine. I listened to it again using the link I shared on the homework log and it sounds fine; I am just nervous that it might not sound good during the presentation. Maybe professor Pence can take a look and see if he can hear it when we are not sharing in through zoom.
What took more time was cutting down my executive summary. I found my research paper very helpful since it was formatted with the same subheadings. The only thing I had to revise was my second round research because my driving question changed from my first round of research. In order to get my video started I had to edit my script from last class. I found that I was giving a summary of my research and findings instead of getting the audience hooked. Most of my time was spent revising my script to make sure it wasn't a summary. I added a lot more questions to engage the viewers into my project this time. Instead of telling the viewers my results I invited them to visit my site to find out.
This time I found it easier to record my voice in the slides using Adobe Spark and then look for the images afterwards. The images were fairly easy to upload I used some from Adobe Stock, some from my drive, and a few from google search. The logo making process was surprisingly simple. I ended up using the first site I visited, which was, https://logomakr.com/. As soon as I saw the tutorial video I started playing around with it and started creating the logo. I wanted something simple that could get my point across. Since my capstone has to do with bilingual transliteracy I chose to use a brain with two arrows coming out and going in opposite directions. The arrows represent the information processed in English and Spanish. I also used the words bilingual and transliteracy in the logo. The site was very simple to use and it was so easy to pick different colors and resize it, I would definitely recommend this site.
Transliteracy was a concept I had not really heard of before joining this master's program. I came to learn that transliteracy means brining reading, writing, math, science, and technology together and giving all students equal access. I find myself constantly thinking about transliteracy when I plan my lessons, like how can I include a little bit of science and technology with the current reading piece. When I incorporate transliteracy methods in my class I see more student engagement. I am using a lot of GLAD strategies that has transliteracy methods embedded in it. For example I like to start the new reading unit with a pictorial of the main character and the visual of drawing the character in-front of them really gets their attention. As the days go by I go back to the pictorial and start adding student input of specific character traits. The visuals help those visual learners better understand the reading lesson. GLAD strategies really help all students better understand the content. The CCD chart is a graphic organizer that I like to use for my vocabulary and really helps students. It's more than just the word and definition. It includes prediction, picture, actual definition, and oral sentence. I also use chants that include new vocabulary and the chant helps those audio learners. GLAD strategies include a variety of different modalities in which children are exposed to new information in all different subject areas. Thus using strategies such as GLAD strategies is helping all my students across the subject areas. Transliteracy is essential in 21st century teaching because as educators we must try to help all of our students understand and connect to our lessons and we must use various modalities to get them there. |
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