Collaborative Web Tools in Education Artifacts and Class Reflection
I really enjoyed the create your own adventure lesson. It was hard for me to figure out at first since we had to find ways to collaborate with our group, but once we got the hang of it it was fun. As soon as I started giving ideas with my group I began to think of numerous way I could incorporate this into my own classes. During Health and SEL class, I would like to try this assignment with a bullying lesson, drug scenarios, choosing abstinence or dealing with different illnesses. This lessons seems to be very versatile while including both information learned and collaboration skills. I could also use this for different PE instances such as an add-on assignment, or students sitting out for various reasons on any sport or activity. I am so happy that I learned about this lesson and can't believe I never thought to do this before on my own. Since we all had different spring breaks and it was hard to finish the entire choose your own adventure assignment, this is what we had as a good start.
Another assignment that I really enjoyed was the collaboration activity-remix. I liked that this assignment pushed me in to taking an assignment that I do every year and change it up for the better. I took a standard lesson of creating a drug free t shirt design that is usually done alone and on paper to a collaborative assignment that is done via Google slides. I like that students now have to converse with one another, hear other peoples ideas as well as use technology to create their shirt. Being able to collaborate is such an important skill to have so it is great to practice that skill every chance you can.
Reflection
Overall, I really enjoyed this class. The instructor was very nice and understanding with deadlines especially with so many of us having different spring breaks. The directions were all very clear and easy to follow. The discussion topics were relevant and I enjoyed reading so many from different people in the class. I also liked that it pushed me to try new things and actually be relative to my job. I was able to gain a lot of ideas to bring back to work and share with my colleagues. Some assignments pushed me out of my comfort zone which I need because I tend to not do that on my own. I enjoyed listening the quite a few of the Ted Talks as they were interesting and informative. I learned a lot from this course.
