Coming into the Innovative Learning program I was unsure what to expect. Over the past nine months, the way that I approach preparing for my units and lessons has changed drastically. Goals that I had set for myself early in the year have been surpassed and so in looking forward I would like to continue to build off what I have gained to meet the needs of students in a more dynamic way. in practice I see this as becoming more fluent in the intersections of content, pedagogy and technology. The more that I have played with various apps, programs and various technologies, the more applications I have been able to utilize inside and outside of the classroom. Ultimately, I want to continue to play, explore and reflect.
The cohort model itself is a powerful tool. Getting the opportunity to work closely with cohort members last semester as we completed projects for 702 allowed us to get deeper into the minds of each other to see not only where we are headed with our graduate work but also what prior skills we have brought to the program. As we begin to build our websites, the support that I most need is feedback. It is easy to feel lost or pulled in many different directions when thinking about a product and I hope my peers can help me understand my work from the user perspective (which makes me think of all the work we did with our end user last semester and how big of a role that will play now). This feedback model can be pushed by being allowed opportunities to view each others sites while they are under construction. There are so many key features to the sites such as content, design and functionality. In order to create the best product we can, we must have other eyes on the project during the design phase.
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Christina Schreiber
5/29/2018 06:37:37 pm
Joe, I always enjoy reading your blog and hearing about your progress that you are making in your classroom. Your students are so lucky to have you as such an innovative teacher. I agree with you that feedback from classmates will be very important. The task could seem overwhelming and advice and honest feedback from someone else also going through the same process will be critical. We have a critical friends model at our school that can be used for evaluation and I think that my colleagues are some of the best places to go for advice. I am excited to see how our work with the end user and also transliteracy and digital design from 703 will come together in our final product.
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Shawn
5/30/2018 07:11:01 am
Joe,
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