The prototype of my own eProject

Hello ladies and gentlemen!

How are you? I´m very happy because I have started a new challenge which enthusiasms me! Our teacher María Jesús asked us to make a prototype of our own CLIL eProject and I would like to share with you my experience.

The first thing María Jesús told us was “It´s just a prototype. You didn´t put it into practice, so you might elaborate it very short. You´re looking for being realistic”.

Well… The first task was to define the topic of my eProject. Due to the fact that I was doing my school internship at the same time we did it, I thought that I could take advantage of it. I decided to choose the Social Science topic which I was teaching to my pupils in CEIP CarmenLaforet: The Solar System. I consider this topic very interesting for children and very abstract at the same time, because it is something that they cannot touch or see through a screen.

Once I have chosen the topic, I started to think what program I will use in order to create the video-presentation. My final choice was Buncee since I have used in the past others like Prezi, Genially and Powtoon and I would like to know another one.

Buncee is very easy to use. You only have to create an account (if you didn´t have one yet) and click on create new! Then, you will see have to enter your Buncee Tittle and begin by adding your first item and choosing the background of your slide (you also can choose if you want the same background in all the slides or one different for each one). The program gives you some backgrounds but you can also look for others. In the program, an item can be some text, an image, an animation, a Youtube video, a web page, a sticker, a QR Code… You have multiple options. Finally you click on download or share and you have your slideshow wherever you want! It´s fantastic!

From my experience by using Buncee, I have to highlight some advantages and disadvantages:

·        The images are really fantastic! You can adapt their size and move them wherever you want!

·         The colour and type of letter can be changed as you want and It´s pretty easy to use!

·         I also like that you have the option to add audio support, which means a voice which reads all that you have written on the slides.

·         Another thing I liked a lot is that the program save your job automatically so you don´t have to be worried about loosing it.

·         Furthermore, you can download the slideshow and share it with the Social Network that you want.

·         A disadvantage I found it is that I couldn´t add my voice to the slideshow using this program, so I had to use another one.

·         Finally, I couldn´t download the slideshow as a video, so I had to use also another program to do it.

On the other hand, I have included the web tools Jigsaw, Powtoon, Pixton and Pinterest in the prototype of my eProject, since I know them and I think all of them are easy to use for children from that age (6-7 years) [You will see what to do with this web tools in te prototipe of my eProject]. I also claimed that the artefacts that they can create with these web tools are very attractive and they motivate them to learn more and more about the topic and ICTs.

Once I had the slideshow finished, I used aTube Catcher 2014 to record my screen and become my Buncee work into a video. I also added my voice explaining the eProject and a background music (but I had some problems with it and currently, it sounds more as a noise). So that, I include the video here, because I think it can help you to get into character!

Furthermore, after recording the slideshow with my voice and the (failed) background music, I wasn´t able to cut the video using aTube Catcher 2014. My boyfriend recommended me using Movie Maker 2012, so I was brave and I encouraged myself to prove other different tool (and there were three). But… what a nice surprise! Movie Maker 2012 was free and really, really easy to use, I could choose the language and I could cut the video spending only five minutes of my life (that is important, since I don´t have so much time to waste now). I dragged my video made up with aTube Catcher 2014 to the Movie Maker 2012 window and I moved the cursor where I want my video to finish. Just a tip: due to the fact that I wanted to share my video to Youtube, I had to save it in my computer as a film (not as a project as I did at the very beginning).

And that´s all! I had the prototype of my eProject finished! Do you want to see it?

Ouch… Before it slips my mind! In order to give you more information about the eProject, I did also a writing, where you can have access to more specific aspects as the objectives, the content, the evaluation...

I hope you enjoy them! See you soon!

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