Share any thinking, new design steps, progress, challenges, and/or successes you have experienced during this course. How have you evolved as an innovative thinker?
One of my biggest challenges this semester was creating a driving question that I "thought" I already knew the answer to. I thought I knew exactly what would motivate my students and I tried utilizing that knowledge to implement a new tool with my students. As it turns out, my students REALLY disliked the tool and really disliked creating videos that involved their own faces in the video. I was shocked and overwhelmed with how I was going to mold this into a capstone project so close to the end of the school year. I thought that I had failed. As it turns out, I realized I had been doing mini action research on motivating digital tools this entire school year. Every time I implemented a new tool in my classroom, I talked to students, asked them what they liked and disliked. I gave them surveys throughout the year to find out more. These mini action research projects led me to realize that one single tool was not going to be the key to motivating my students. It truly is a toolkit of tools that motivate my students. If a teacher only uses one digital tool all year, the novelty and magic of that tool will wear off. A blended technique where the teacher crafts each lesson and creates a unique learning experience with a variety of digital tools is key. I will admit, this has been one of the most frustrating semesters because I constantly second guessed myself, felt that I was doing things wrong or was not getting the answers that I expected from my student.s. I have been trying to do a lot more end user work with my students to find out more about their needs and what motivates them. That is what I am most proud of this semester.
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