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My Video was too large to publish on my blog, so I’ll just post my lesson plan again.

Goal

• Students will be able to practice their fine motor skills, hand to eye coordination and patience when participating in making their origami bear.

Learning Objectives

• Learning objectives include the different elements of the origami paper, such as the length, width and height.
• By the end of the lesson, students will be able to
  • Boost their overall patience level
  • Improve their hand to eye coordination
  • Strengthen their understanding of origami
  • Successfully make the origami bear shown in the lesson
  • Be able to envision and describe the shapes when folding
  • Boost their creativity

Prior Knowledge and Learner Profile

• This lesson can be adapted based on the age of the students in the class. For example, students who are younger can make a simpler creation compared to older students.
  • Students will need to understand patience is key to success
  • Students will need to be familiar with folding techniques and ability to follow direct instructions

Delivery

• Include 1 to 2 slides on the history on origami
  • To begin the lesson – provide some history on origami
    • Where did it come from?
    • Who discovered this?
• Include 1 to 2 slides with some background stories/histories of the different animal we will be making in the lesson
  • Bear
• Begin the step-by-step instructions on how to make an origami bear
  • Break it into a 3 step video process
    • First step – making the legs
    • Second step – focusing on the head
    • Third – finalizing everything else

Evaluation

• Students’ evaluation:  students will submit a picture or show the educators of their origami bear and rate on a 1–10-point scale on how easy/difficult it was to make each animal

Assignment 2B – Activity following the lesson

To begin the lesson, I would provide some history on where Origami originated and who discovered it. The activity that will follow from the lesson is to create their own origami bear. Students will use the video tutorial to follow along step-by-step on how to make the origami bear. They will be able to pause and rewind to go at their own pace. This is a very hands-on activity for students to be able to practice their hand to eye coordination, boost their patience level, increase their creativity and practicing their fine motor skills . The student evaluation for this activity will be to submit a picture or show the educator their origami bear and rate on a on a 1–10-point scale on how easy/difficult it was to make the bear.

Goal

• Students will be able to practice their fine motor skills, hand to eye coordination and patience when participating in making their origami bear.

Learning Objectives

• Learning objectives include the different elements of the origami paper, such as the length, width and height.
• By the end of the lesson, students will be able to
  • Boost their overall patience level
  • Improve their hand to eye coordination
  • Strengthen their understanding of origami
  • Successfully make the origami bear shown in the lesson
  • Be able to envision and describe the shapes when folding
  • Boost their creativity

Prior Knowledge and Learner Profile

• This lesson can be adapted based on the age of the students in the class. For example, students who are younger can make a simpler creation compared to older students.
  • Students will need to understand patience is key to success
  • Students will need to be familiar with folding techniques and ability to follow direct instructions

Delivery

• Include 1 to 2 slides on the history on origami
  • To begin the lesson – provide some history on origami
    • Where did it come from?
    • Who discovered this?
• Include 1 to 2 slides with some background stories/histories of the different animal we will be making in the lesson
  • Bear
• Begin the step-by-step instructions on how to make an origami bear
  • Break it into a 3 step video process
    • First step – making the legs
    • Second step – focusing on the head
    • Third – finalizing everything else

Evaluation

• Students’ evaluation:  students will submit a picture or show the educators of their origami bear and rate on a 1–10-point scale on how easy/difficult it was to make each animal

Blog Post

I think teaching with stories can catch the attention of learners and make it easier for learners to recall information because telling stories can be a fun and have many different forms of telling the story, such as through a play, an art piece, a dance, a song, and many more . In addition, telling personal stories can help students reflect on their own personal experiences or other aspects that surround then (like social media). Students are able to recall information they can personally relate and can be excited about sharing their stories with their peers as well. When a story makes a great impact on learners either positively and/or negatively they tend to remember it, because it can trigger a certain memory in their brains.
Some pros about using video creation as a teaching tool can promote creativity in the classrooms. For example, using video creation with the older grades can grab their attention and they would be more likely to put more effort in something they are interested in. Another pro is that student can use video editing as a form of expressing their emotions and gives them a free range of how to do that. Video creation can also enhance learners to engage in the materials being delivered as well, instead of having someone lecture in the front of the room.
Some cons about using video creation is that some school may not have enough technology for the class to use. Another aspect is there may be unstable connections in the classrooms, which can cause a lot of frustration when using technology as part of your lesson. Lastly, video creation seems to only work with older grades, so it doesn’t really compliment the younger grade’s lessons. There are many more cons, but I am going to keep it short.