Worked Examples with Spontaneous Projects

              This week in my class, we have talked about the principles of worked examples. From the reading we did before the class, The Worked Examples Principle in Multimedia Learning by Alexander Renkl (University of Freiburg), which lists six principles of utilizing multimedia in classes design as attached below.

            Based on the principles,  students are encouraged to make an introduction video with iMovie. They have the flexibility to choose what topic they like to present in the classes. In the aim to create spontaneous projects, students have to master the principles listed in the reading and apply them to the video projects. Simultaneously,  I tried the  websites of spontaneous projects listed in the article Preparing Students for the 21st Century, and Kidproj stimulate an idea that my students could share their video projects with the real-field teachers there. And the website offers many professional topics:
http://kidlink.org and teachers could join the discussion in specific Facebook groups.

In this way, they are not get ideas from class readings, but also could get connection with teachers all over the world. I am looking forward to see how it works in my class.