The interactive learning resource that I reviewed was “Language Arts: Poetry” by learning pod 5. My review will be based off of the criteria as defined in the assignment outline.
My first impression of your group’s interactive learning resource was that it was very well organized and easy to follow along. The overview page gives the learner a clear idea of what they can expect to learn about from your learning resource, as all your topics and sub-topics are listed there. The only feedback I have for this section would be to perhaps talk about some background of poetry.
I thought that the use of the Know/Wonder/Learn chart was a great way to get a diagnostic assessment of your students, as well as allow them to reflect on what they already know.
The learning resource also does a great job explaining each topic and sub-topic. I especially found that the structuring of your literary device section was well-done, as it first explains the literary device then gives an example of each. Your way of making learners come up with examples of each literary device on their own also makes the learning resource more interactive and helps learner’s reinforce their understanding.
I thought that it was interesting how you added some gamification to your interactive learning resource by designing the Kahoot quiz in your first activity. The score board factor of this technological tool adds a fun aspect to learning about this topic, as learners can compete against each other for higher scores.
The second topic of your group’s learning resource was also structured in a way that makes it easy to understand. The use of videos explaining the different types of poetry is an excellent way to incorporate a wide range of multimedia to your learning resource and make it more engaging.
The Google Forms quiz for your group’s learning resource was a great formative assessment that could give learners an idea of how they are progressing through the course.
The Venn Diagram activity does a good job at getting learners to apply higher order thinking skills, as they will need to take the material they’ve learned and use it to analyze the two poems provided.
I thought that the final activity of getting the learner to create their own poem was a great way to end the interactive learning resource. All the material being taught was leading up to this point, and providing the learner the opportunity to get hands-on and create their own original work is fitting wrap everything up.
Some final pieces of feedback/recommendations:
- It seems to me like your interactive learning resource is missing a few required sections, namely:
- A description and rationale of the learning theory of your resource
- A description and rationale for the learning design you chose
- A description of your learning context (clarify who your learning resource is targeted towards)
- An overview of your plans to design for inclusion of diverse learners
- A rationale for your technology choices
- A reference list
- For the second topic of your group’s interactive learning resource, there were videos that were included for the learner to watch. Perhaps you might consider adding non-video learning resources in order to design for inclusion of learners who might have a loss of hearing.
Overall, I really enjoy the content of your group’s interactive learning resource and it definitely helped me learn a few new things about poetry, as well as refresh my memory on some of the material that was taught. I thought that the progression of the learning resource was very well designed and followed the Bloom’s taxonomy framework. Amazing work everyone!
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