My journey through this class has been one of much growth and reflection. It's crazy to think that this is a Learning and Technology course, when I reflect on what I got out of it. Yes I did learn, but not only in the context that I had thought I would be when signing up for the class. And this is a good thing...a great thing! From the technology standpoint, I have been introduced into various vehicles to do some pretty neat things. Each and every tool that I have learned about will be a valuable resource for me in my teaching and education endeavors. From the learning standpoint, I was able to take ownership of my learning, which made it so powerful. I learned through trial and error, figuring out what I liked and didn't like, forcing myself to be one step outside of my comfort zone, and being challenged to break any preconceived notions. In addition, I learned a great deal about myself. Between finding my passion and the whole piece on Dan Pink, I found myself lost in the awe of it. For me, those two parts of the class had the most impact, as it forced me to stop and really think about who I am and what I'm doing. It was definitely a breath of fresh air. When you bundle learning and technology together, that is a powerful phrase. I have recognized more than ever, the power to technology in one's quest to learn. It is the way the times are going, and yes I do miss the smell and turning of a page in a book, or speaking to a live body on the phone, but we cannot miss out on this opportunity to take advantages of all these resources. So I really do feel that as an educator it is important to find ways to use technology within your classroom and more than just in a word processing format. We need to allow our students to delve into it head first and to get their hands dirty---with monitoring and expectations of course! But this is how they are going to learn and what they need to learn to be able to be a member of our ever changing society. So my challenge to myself is to continue using and exploring the tools that we have been introduced to over the course of the semester, and truly make them my own.
In my attempts to be high tech, I needed to revert to some low tech...
Marissa!!! That was SOOOOOOOOOO cool!! You are an amazing artist and this was a great way to not only use your passion and what you're good at, but reflected our journey throughout the semester!!! I loved it! :)
Marissa, I have to tell you that when I first watched this, I just sat back and said, "Wow," out loud. I know that I showed you and the class an RSAnimate, but I honestly never expected to receive one as a digital reflection. Your art was exceptional, the application of the concepts and learning from the class was outstanding, and being able to capture this all in video was amazing. As this class has been a bit of a beta, one struggle for me is that I didn't have any previous student examples that exemplify what I would be looking for in a final project. I do now! Thank you. jeff
Jeffery, thanks for inviting me to comment on your student's blog! And maybe I'll also use your reflection as an example for my #edci336/@edci336 class! with your permission? :-)
You did some marvelous work here and even introduced me to Pinterest (where have I beeen?).
You are at the beginning of a really cool adventure and I hope you find it enriches your career as well as your personal life as much as I find it enriches mine.
Holy cow, this is intimidatingly good! I'm nervous it just dropped my own grade by 2 levels in comparison:) I also loved the humor of your "low tech to do high tech" pic you added just before for vid. I'm still giggling. Thank you so much for this!
OMG!!!! Amazing!!! Totally makes me want to do something like this...not really sure what for but AMAZING! BTW love the camera taped to the door, hilarious and genius all in one!
I litterally had my mouth open through the WHOLE video. This was outstanding Marissa! I especially appriciate the Embed Joke. I wanted to include it too but I totally forgot. THis by far was the best thing I have ever seen! You could have a new career in your future!!!
To agree with everyone else, this was marvelous, amazing, outstanding, and intimidatingly good! I love the RSA anime videos that I have watched and this was equally as cool! I love how you were able to show your journey through the class in this format. I loved it!
Marissa!!! That was SOOOOOOOOOO cool!! You are an amazing artist and this was a great way to not only use your passion and what you're good at, but reflected our journey throughout the semester!!! I loved it! :)
ReplyDeleteBTW.. I'm gonna find you on Pinterest :)
ReplyDeleteSo I can't see you post while i'm at school but with Annie's reaction i'm getting REALLY excited to see it... way to build anticipation for me!
ReplyDeleteMarissa,
ReplyDeleteI have to tell you that when I first watched this, I just sat back and said, "Wow," out loud. I know that I showed you and the class an RSAnimate, but I honestly never expected to receive one as a digital reflection. Your art was exceptional, the application of the concepts and learning from the class was outstanding, and being able to capture this all in video was amazing.
As this class has been a bit of a beta, one struggle for me is that I didn't have any previous student examples that exemplify what I would be looking for in a final project. I do now! Thank you.
jeff
Jeffery, thanks for inviting me to comment on your student's blog! And maybe I'll also use your reflection as an example for my #edci336/@edci336 class! with your permission? :-)
ReplyDeleteYou did some marvelous work here and even introduced me to Pinterest (where have I beeen?).
You are at the beginning of a really cool adventure and I hope you find it enriches your career as well as your personal life as much as I find it enriches mine.
All the best,
Valerie Irvine
@edci336 edtech prof @UVic
Holy cow, this is intimidatingly good! I'm nervous it just dropped my own grade by 2 levels in comparison:) I also loved the humor of your "low tech to do high tech" pic you added just before for vid. I'm still giggling. Thank you so much for this!
ReplyDeleteOMG!!!! Amazing!!! Totally makes me want to do something like this...not really sure what for but AMAZING! BTW love the camera taped to the door, hilarious and genius all in one!
ReplyDeleteI litterally had my mouth open through the WHOLE video. This was outstanding Marissa! I especially appriciate the Embed Joke. I wanted to include it too but I totally forgot. THis by far was the best thing I have ever seen! You could have a new career in your future!!!
ReplyDeleteTo agree with everyone else, this was marvelous, amazing, outstanding, and intimidatingly good! I love the RSA anime videos that I have watched and this was equally as cool! I love how you were able to show your journey through the class in this format. I loved it!
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