Ted Talk Preparation

 This week in Media Literacy we made a very hard decision. You may be asking what this maybe, but this is one of the ISTE standards.(If you don’t understand what I’m talking about  here is a  link to my past Blog) The ISTE standard section is called the Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making. Underneath these is 4 bullet points explaining the Title; the 4 points each with it’s own purpose. The first point talks about identifying a problem and investigating it, the second point talks about creating a plan to find a solution to the problem, the third point talks about collecting data or feedback to solve the problem; lastly the 4th step talks about exploring different solution and alternative ways to fix the problem. So when put together is ISTE standard 4, Critical thinking.

Throughout our project we have had many occasions of critical thinking. An example is when our videos were

• Made too long videos

• Confusing videos
• The voiceover and music did not sych

So what we did after that was to construct a plan with all of the errors and each one of us pitched in ideas on improving it.( You can take a look yourself on our How To Shoot), “Major Improvement” said Mr.Monagardi. Looking at this compared to our past two videos from the previous weeks; this was one of the ways we critically thought, since we needed a change, so we changed the way we format our videos. Resulting in a short but understandable video which expresses our points.

Another way we used ISTE standard 4 was by collecting feedback. Just recently we have used this standard. Ayham, Ram and I all had different ideas of how many videos we should post before the Ted Talk presentation. This led up to a debate, and we came to a compromise where we record one more video before the presentations, You may be asking WHAT HAS THIS GOT TO DO WITH ISTE STANDARD 4. Well the compromise we did came from feedback from peers and others who we asked. And at the end we put together the feedback so we can find a solution to the question. How Many more videos?

Author's name: Vidswap

 

In my opinion I think we have hit the goal of ISTE standard 4. We came up with solutions to our problems and I think it’s utterly impressive. Because we did solve a problem, we did collect feedback and we did make a plan. But I think we could’ve done more on other departments especially Research which we haven’t done. But along with Media comes the pressure the pressure of Blog post grades, Ted talk presentations, videos published on time and many more. But the one thing I feel confident about is the  ISTE  standards, which I think we have annihilated.

Author’s Name: Michael Bentley

In conclusion, I think we have a set goal which we can reach for the Ted Talk. As well as many examples for the ISTE standards. So I believe that we are going to be ready for the Ted Talk as we have many examples to pick from and can use during the Ted Talk.