Category: edci337-feedback

Hi Timm!

I really enjoyed reading your blog post this week!

First, I definitely share your desire to learn how to develop skills that will enable me to solve any problems that may arise while using digital technology in the classroom.

Another comment from your blog post that I liked is how you touched on the three views of multimedia learning (delivery, presentation, and sensory). I forgot to put this in my blog post and am glad that you did as it reminded me of how much the game Pandemic 2 really immersed Rich’s son in multimodal learning.

Next, you discussed how playing Madden helped you to learn how to play and understand football better than if you had not played it at all. I had a similar experience as a child playing games such as NHL on our Xbox. My playing this video game when I first started playing ice hockey really helped me to better understand the rules of the game and various strategies used while on the ice.

Lastly, when you talk about learning how to process an animal. This is something I have never done but can relate to the experience of needing to do something before I can fully understand it. I have the ability to read and comprehend material quite easily, but sometimes I never truly know if I understand it or not until I actually try doing it myself.

I look forward to reading your next blog post and working with you during our group projects!

Hi Josh!

I really enjoyed reading your blog post from this week and look forward to making a couple of comments on it.

First, I share your anxiety with learning these various new topics that we will be looking at during the optional labs. Never having learned many of these in my life definitely makes me nervous to start trying them, but ultimately I am excited to learn how they work and how I can use them in my future classroom.

I never took EOS 120, but it sounded like a very interesting class to take. I can relate to how they used videos to help you understand plate tectonics, as when I was in grade 12 my English teacher used videos and clips of plays to help us better understand our Shakespeare section. By using the videos it definitely helped me to better understand what was going on during the play that we studied, King Lear, as well as enhance my engagement with the material, as the videos were often quite well put together and intriguing to watch.

Lastly, I enjoyed the video that you linked at the bottom that explains the principles of multimodal learning. I found it very helpful and informative about this topic.

I look forward to working with you during our group assignments, as well as reading your next blog post!

Hi Leona!

I thoroughly enjoyed reading through your blog post on multimedia and interactive learning. There were a couple of points that you made that I would like to touch on.

First, I have to applaud you for your research into the game Pandemic 2. I did not do too much research into this game and I am glad you did as it gives me a better understanding of how this game can be used to help children learn more about diseases and how they spread. Another point that you made about this game that I liked was about how Rich’s son learned more about his decisions and how they affected the game in a cognitive aspect. I never thought about how it also helps him to learn that his decisions have an effect on how the game will go, which in turn could lead to helping him understand that his decisions in life can also affect how events will happen.

Lastly, I really liked how you included a new resource called Breakout EDU. I had never heard of this game until you put it in your post. After looking into this website more I noticed that there are lots of games in a wide variety of subjects, one of which being elementary education which could prove to be very handy once I start teaching. This is a resource that I will definitely keep in my back pocket and hope to use and share amongst other educators as well.

I really look forward to reading your next blog post and working on our group projects with you!