Lesson ZERO - Early Childhood Education Attention Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion of this lesson's material students will be able to:
Teaching The time is now. In a technology driven world, it becomes more apparent that we must shift our way of learning, thinking and delivering messages. Technology is integrated into everything and is not going away. The advancements have been phenomenal and do not appear to be slowing down anytime soon. In an attempt to keep up with the advancements, the Early Childhood Education program will be submitting all ECE course assignments online.
Online submission of assignments will ensure accountability of all parties including the student and instructor. The obvious pros for this include:
Of course there are other positive reasons for this shift and for some of you, some cons. But before you start listing out your negatives, let this lesson guide you in moving forward. It is simpler than you think. It does not have to be difficult and Lesson ZERO will be here for you to come back to if you need any help during this course. Before jumping straight to the assessment portion, take a look at this video on how to navigate the Blackboard interface for your course.
You may also find more assistance on the KVCC webpage KVCC Blackboard Learn assistance Assessment Lesson ZERO - Create a Video! Record an introduction to yourself and include the following information.
You will need to create (and edit, if neccesary) this video and share it with us. However, because video files are so large they do not upload to Blackboard well. So you will be using either YouTube or Vimeo to share your video. These two free online services allow you to create an online account and upload short videos. Setting up either of these services is a bit tricky so we have included some links below to get you started. Here is a video on how to set up your Google account and your YouTube Channel.
Here is a video on how to set up a Vimeo channel.
To learn how to upload a new video to your YouTube Channel, you should do a search that includes your device name...something like this..."Using my iPhone to upload a YouTube video" or "Using my iPhone to upload my Video video" Lesson ZERO Discussion A Now we want you to learn how to post into a discussion board. Here is a short video on how to post messages in a discussion board.
Now that you know how to post messages, we want you to post an introduction message in the ZERO Discussion board and put a link to your video you have done! Lesson ZERO Quiz Now you are going to learn how to do quizzes! Watch this brief video on how to complete quizzes in Blackboard.
For this assignment you will be taking a Quiz on your Syllabus! Get your syllabus handy and answer the following questions:
Lesson ZERO Assignment Now you are going to learn how to submit written assignments (and other kinds of documents) to a Blackboard drop box. Watch the short video below to learn how to do this. HOWEVER...when you are sending a file to Blackboard it needs to be in one of TWO FORMATS
You can use any word processor to compose your paper but you then need to convert it to MS Word or PDF (and PDF is preferable and will work better with Blackboard.)
Write a two page paper using size 12 times new roman font. Be sure to double space, use complete sentences and put your name and date on it! Your paper will address the following:
Now you are going to participate in a couple more graded discussions... Lesson ZERO Discussion B After completing the lesson, how has your comfort level improved with the use of technology in this course? Lessson Zero Discussion C Read Ten Fundamental Reasons for Technology in Education. Did anything surprise you? Which reason is most important to you and why.
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