Evaluation
In order to measure the impact that this transformational technology has had on my students I will conduct classroom observations, examine students use of lateral thinking skills on future projects and give a survey asking students knowledge and feedback questions about the project.
I will watch students as they move through the process of creating a movie. I believe that this project is a success if students are collaboratively thinking through different situations to come up with the solution. Another great piece of evidence that this project had an impact on students will be seeing students self-exploring. An additional way, is observing students looking back on my website to find resources to expand their knowledge or find ways to overcome a problem. This will show that they are learning to use their lateral thinking skills to work through obstacles, failures, and realizing they can work through this and still come out with a wonderful project in the end.
I will continue to gauge the impact of this project throughout the remainder of the year. The proof that this project had a lasting effect on students will be seeing them continually seek knowledge independently and put together meaningful well thought out projects. If students continue to problem solve by using researching and trial and error methods I will know that they are cognitively using their lateral thinking skills. If projects are given to students and they pay just as much attention to the process, content, and visual aesthetics as they do the tools the stop motion video project has positively changed their learning process. Another skill I hope to see throughout the year, is students purposely finding and putting meaning in their work. Instead of students just choosing an easy topic or meaning I hope to view students looking deeper and challenging themselves to think of unique and creative ideas of their own.
I will be able to see the impact this project has had on my students by using the students from previous years as a control group. I can compare the work made after the students created the video with the same work created by students in previous years who did not get the opportunity to create a stop motion video. I will be able to visually see if there is improvement in their creativity, meaning and thought process. The project's effect can also be viewed by observing the students in their work environment. These are questions I would ask myself while watching students work:
Are the students less apprehensive to start new projects?
Are students still afraid to explore independently?
Do students still need constant assistance and reassurance?
Do students know ways to find information independently?
I can compare the answers to these question to how I would have answered them in the previous year.By doing this it will be easy to see if the project made a difference on student learning.
I will also determine the effect this project had on the students by asking the students. The students will take an online survey asking about the project. Here are a few example questions below:
What part of the project do you think taught you the most?
What did it teach you?
What part of the project did you find most difficult? Why?
Do you feel more confident now to find your own creative solution to a problem?
Is it okay to fail as long as you keep working? Why
Did you find out something awesome because of a failure?
By asking the students questions it will help to understand what they took away from the project and if they got out of it want was intended.
I will watch students as they move through the process of creating a movie. I believe that this project is a success if students are collaboratively thinking through different situations to come up with the solution. Another great piece of evidence that this project had an impact on students will be seeing students self-exploring. An additional way, is observing students looking back on my website to find resources to expand their knowledge or find ways to overcome a problem. This will show that they are learning to use their lateral thinking skills to work through obstacles, failures, and realizing they can work through this and still come out with a wonderful project in the end.
I will continue to gauge the impact of this project throughout the remainder of the year. The proof that this project had a lasting effect on students will be seeing them continually seek knowledge independently and put together meaningful well thought out projects. If students continue to problem solve by using researching and trial and error methods I will know that they are cognitively using their lateral thinking skills. If projects are given to students and they pay just as much attention to the process, content, and visual aesthetics as they do the tools the stop motion video project has positively changed their learning process. Another skill I hope to see throughout the year, is students purposely finding and putting meaning in their work. Instead of students just choosing an easy topic or meaning I hope to view students looking deeper and challenging themselves to think of unique and creative ideas of their own.
I will be able to see the impact this project has had on my students by using the students from previous years as a control group. I can compare the work made after the students created the video with the same work created by students in previous years who did not get the opportunity to create a stop motion video. I will be able to visually see if there is improvement in their creativity, meaning and thought process. The project's effect can also be viewed by observing the students in their work environment. These are questions I would ask myself while watching students work:
Are the students less apprehensive to start new projects?
Are students still afraid to explore independently?
Do students still need constant assistance and reassurance?
Do students know ways to find information independently?
I can compare the answers to these question to how I would have answered them in the previous year.By doing this it will be easy to see if the project made a difference on student learning.
I will also determine the effect this project had on the students by asking the students. The students will take an online survey asking about the project. Here are a few example questions below:
What part of the project do you think taught you the most?
What did it teach you?
What part of the project did you find most difficult? Why?
Do you feel more confident now to find your own creative solution to a problem?
Is it okay to fail as long as you keep working? Why
Did you find out something awesome because of a failure?
By asking the students questions it will help to understand what they took away from the project and if they got out of it want was intended.
