D167 Task 1 – Video Observation Stephanie Carris WGU: D167 - Educational Psychology and Human Development of Children and Adolescents (12pages)

A1. Video #1163 - Collaborating and Utilizing Technology to Create Animations. https://lrps.wgu.edu/provision/205859209 The elementary school in video 1163 is in an urban area. The class is made up of twelve students, from both fourth and fifth grade, and they range in age between nine to eleven. After viewing the video, it looks like the students are made up of seven girls and four boys. They are in the Concrete Operational Stage of Piaget’s cognitive development. We know that they are in this stage due to their age. These students are in the class because they were chosen based on their art ability. There are five students that are considered gifted in art. The other seven were chosen for the class because of their interest, enthusiasm, or their energy. The students have diverse cultures, socio-economic backgrounds, and diverse background knowledge. Their cultures include Latino, African American, South Asian, and Caucasian. Two of the students are ESOL/HILT. There are also a few other challenges in this classroom. Two of the students are technophobic and are not as well versed as the others in the use of technology due to not having the resources available at home. When looking at their background knowledge there are some students that have a greater background knowledge than the others. The ones that have a greater background knowledge are members of extracurricular