Hall+GoReact

Hello! My name is Jennifer Hall and I am in my fourth semester in the Instructional Technology Master’s program at University of Akron in Akron, Ohio. I received my bachelor’s degree in Digital Media at Gallaudet University in Washington D.C. For the last eight years, I have been an adjunct professor of American Sign Language as a foreign language at the University of Akron under the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. I also teach ASL at the Kent State University under Modern and Classical Language Studies. The courses that I teach are: ASL Level One, Two, Three and Four to undergraduate students. From this program, I am building up my knowledge of teacher education and integrating technology into my teaching in my classroom. Also, learning how to become an effective and professional instructor. By accomplishing this, I hope to help my co-workers discover amazing uses of technology to help our students become excellent technology users in education today.
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There are many tools for video assessment used for tests, quizzes, or presentation for professors. One of the useful tools is called GoReact. This offers an easy access, low-cost, technology tool that allows students, parents, peers, and educators to do live online video recordings that can easily play, record, and can be synced. The usage of video recording can be used for all courses: public speaking, sign language/interpreter training, teacher in training, sales training, courts/law enforcement, and performing arts. The benefit of using this is: to record through webcam that can be saved directly to GoReact server: critique feature with time-coded feedback comments that can be typed in text based or in video format used purposely for sign language; score rating feature; and source video feature that allows instructor to post stimulus video for students to record as a response video. Teachers are able to create a class with all students enrolled in and can create group assignments, individual assignments, and student presentations that can either recorded outside of class or as a live recording in the classroom. Students and instructors are able to give live feedback comments during the recording period as time-coded assigned feature or give ratings of their presentation.
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 * Here is the first video on what exactly GoReact is: **

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 * The second video is a presentation from a professor who did a case study held at Brigham Young University. **

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 * The third video is a presentation on a case study on sign language teaching from high school or college instructors. **

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 * The fourth video shows on how does GoReact involve peers? **

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 * The fifth video shows on how instructors use GoReact in their courses: **

One of the online video assessment tools that was mentioned at the American Sign Language Teachers Association conference that I attended last year was the GoReact. For ASL educators, like myself, looking for new ways to evaluate students’ signing skills can be challenging and time-consuming. GoReact offers a great alternate method of video recording and feedback for both educators and students that can be done synchronously. Once GoReact account is created, it is easy and simple to set up a course with two options: student self-pay or instructor with free account, optional additional recording hours to purchase. After the course is set up, the instructor can email to all of the students who are enrolled in the course, students can view the instructions of how to upload their assignment videos, stimuli/respond assignment from instructor, or give live presentation in the classroom. Teachers and students can log in at the same time to give time-coded feedback or give ratings based on scores that can capture exactly where the mistake or give compliment during their peers’ presentation/video that can be in text format or video format.
 * How do I use GoReact in my foreign language field of American Sign Language? **

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 * The sixth video shows the feedback from other American Sign Language teachers who used GoReact in their courses. **

For my sign language classes, I require all of my 80+ students to do at least 10 videos assignments and only three are done live in the classroom. Throughout the semester, students are given practice dialogues with their peers in the classroom to prepare themselves to be comfortable with their signing skills and get their peers’ or instructor feedbacks. If I did not use GoReact, I would have to increase the hours outside of class to do individual recording using the video camera from my department with stacks of DVDs to save over 800 videos. This method gives students stress by time management, pressure of trying to finish it timely, and performance anxiety. In addition to that, evaluating their signing skills that needs to be written on paper or feedback form after I view their video that I couldn’t capture exactly or give feedback automatically. From the teacher’s perspective of using GoReact, it is excellent tool to measure their skills in public speaking or signing skills that can be documented. For my use in ASL classes, I really enjoy using GoReact that I can save all of the videos using GoReact online storage, finding individual students, can use students’ videos for the portfolio if they are majoring in interpreting. I am able to interact with them by giving time-coded comments either in text-based or in video format, or can give video assignments that students need to respond back in video format. The purpose is that students can increase their skills in signing instead of writing on paper to answer as in test/quiz written format. The first important thing before you start using GoReact is to have access to webcam either itself, laptop, or a computer and access to Network before you set up your course and students to use.

Using GoReact in American Sign Language under Foreign Languages supports some of the ISTE NETS-S Standards for **Students**: 2. **Communication and collaboration:** Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. a. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media. 3. **Research and information fluency:** Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. d. Process data and report results. 6. **Technology operations and concepts:** Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations. a. Understand and use technology systems. b. Select and use applications effectively and productively. d. Transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies.
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Using GoReact in American Sign Language under Foreign Languages supports many of ISTE NETS-S Standards for **Teachers**: 1. **Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity**: Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. c. Promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students’ conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes. d. Model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments. 2. **Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments**: Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the Standards. a. Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity. c. Customize and personalize learning activities to address students’ diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">d. Provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards, and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">3. **Model digital age work and learning:** Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">a. Demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">b. Collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">c. Communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital age media and formats. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">4. **Promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility:** Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">b. Address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">c. Promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information.

GoReact can be found here – [|www.goreact.com] Here are the information of how to use GoReact can be found here: []
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Here are several articles I used for my research related to GoReact or video recording assessment in the classroom.
 * 1) a. “Towards a learning design for student-generated digital storytelling”
 * 2) b. “Enhancing Students’ Understanding of Formative Assessment through Video-feedback on an Undergraduate Sports Rehabilitation Programme”
 * 3) c. “The use of video technology for providing feedback to students: can it enhance the feedback experience for staff and students?”
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">d. “Technology Enhanced Feedback on Assessment”

Abrahamson, Earle (2010, October). Enhancing Students’ Understanding of Formative Assessment through Video-feedback on an Undergraduate Sports Rehabilitation Programme. Received from [] Crook, A., Mauchline, A., Maw, S., Lawson, C., Drinkwater, R., Lundqvist, K., Orsmond, P., Gomez, S., Park, J. (2011, August) .The use of video technology for providing feedback to students: Can it enhance the feedback experience for staff and students? Received from [] Henderson, M. & Phillips, M. (2014). Technology enhanced feedback on assessment. Received from [] ISTE Standards Teachers. (2008) International Society for Technology in Education, Retrieved from <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[] ISTE Standards Students. (2007) International Society for Technology in Education, Retrieved from [] Kearney, M. (2009, December). Towards a learning design for student-generated digital storytelling. Received from []
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