Ideas for Assessment 2

At this point in time I have finalised my chosen Idea. It will be aimed at 4 to 6 year old staring to learn addition. Before they start any addition they will go through a Counting lesson and quiz, this is to make sure that they can recognise the numbers from 1 to 20 in the right order. The quiz will test them counting backward and forward.

They will be given the lessons in a PowerPoint format which will go through a basic idea of both counting and adding, including some methods to help them in both areas. For counting the methods I will cover are Finger counting, Use of objects like an abacus and use of a Number Line. For adding I will be covering using counting skills to help add 2 number together.

I will be adding a quick game for the learner to have a go at which will be placed in the adding lesson. The game will use both adding and counting skills and help improve both skills.

At this point both the quizzes are completed with a variety of questions. The PowerPoint are nearing a demonstrable state. The game has been given feedback and I have made some improvements based on the feedback provided.

What is a VLE?

Below is a definition for what is a VLE from the Oxford University Press

"A Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is a system for delivering learning materials to students via the web." (GOODALL and Oxford, 2013)

A VLE allows students to access information which is relevant to their course such as lecture notes, worksheets and assignment guides. It also allows students to have discussions with others about the topic and even submit work electronically. The advantage of this is that the VLE can be accessed at anytime and anywhere. 

The disadvantage of a VLE is that if the network that is hosting it goes down, the VLE can’t be accessed which can cause problems for students trying to use the VLE.

Bibliography

GOODALL, F. and Oxford (2013) Learn about virtual learning environment/course management system content. Available at: http://global.oup.com/uk/orc/learnvle/ (Accessed: 22 April 2016).

Week 9 – Receiving feedback

In the lesson we would be given feedback for our projects so far from our peers and tutors. This is to give us an idea of how we are doing and where we can possibly improve, based on the feedback that we have received.

After obtaining some feedback I noticed that I was heading in the right direction with the PowerPoints that I had made for this, as well as being given some ideas and changes that could be made that might help improve my work.

With regards to the functionality of my PowerPoints there were no major issues and I was even told that the way I give feedback was great for the young learner that would be interacting with the game that I have been working on. However with the presentation of the feedback I was given some ideas to improve my presentation, such as using more pictures and trying to make the hints I give more maths related.

With the art design I received some ideas for changing it such as making the “talking face” more child appropriate and changing the colour scheme to include more variety of colours. After having a look at changing the colours I have found an improvement just from messing around for a few minutes.

While working on my project, I will look at the feedback and take it into account as I am making progress, as I feel that the way that it looks is better after I have received and implemented some of the feedback provided. However some of the feedback may not be able to be implemented as it may create some technical problems later on.