I'm a multitasker most of the time, but during this class I wasn't. I was trying to apply what was being taught on Book Creator and misunderstood the activity all together.
I guess I was too focused on "Creating a Book". I'm not sure what both John and I were thinking but for some reason we misunderstood the whole idea of the activity. We were both frustrated and stress levels were rising.
I felt very frustrated and felt like I was in a glass bubble and couldn't get out. Is that what our students feel like when they don't understand what to do in the class?
Even though we told that we were the only ones who didn't understand...I learned at the end of the class that others had many questions as well.
When students do not understand, we have to find the way they will. Many people learn differently and I have to defend myself because I am a visual, hands on learner.
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By the end of the class, we looked at a website with lots of ideas...Thank you to Holly and Joy!!!!
John and I came up with 20 ideas in minutes!!!!!
Hi Laurianne,
ReplyDeleteYou said "Even though we told that we were the only ones who didn't understand...I learned at the end of the class that others had many questions as well."
I also felt lost for much of this activity, for different reasons. For me, it was less the activity itself than the technology: I found the technology really difficult to use; I know it's fairly obvious, but just the physical actions of typing on an iPad, copy/pasting, switching between screens... I am a very tactile,hands-on person, and it was so difficult for me to work exclusively with tapping on a screen! I'm not used to using iPads, so that probably made it harder.
Your book was GREAT, though! Even though you thought you didn't understand the activity, I thought that what you produced was beautiful and highly relevant. Thanks for all the great ideas!
I think you really did understand the task LaurieAnn. Your ideas that you mentioned on day 1 were perfect! Somehow you both got off track by overthinking the activity and lost your way. Your final product was excellent and well put together. Sorry you had so much trouble but you persevered and look at the result!
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