Thank you Jason and Lakisha (learner & former colleague in Tennessee)! The feedback that I received from both of them was very insightful and I plan to implement most of it.
It appears that Jason learned from the WebQuest and had an overall good experience. His insights though, indicate that I need to clear up technical glitches and refine the activities a bit further. Lakisha on the other hand, became very annoyed at the technical glitches (security setting in wikispaces and angel were too high) and most of her comments focused on getting access to Angel and wikispaces. Overall though, she enjoyed the topic and just wished that it had run smoother.
The input I received from both of these educators and the process of having another person (especially an educator) review my instructional material was very helpful has taught me a good lesson – collaborate with colleagues! It is such an easy and common-sense approach to improving as an educator yet I never take advantage of the opportunity.
Based on their experiences, these are the adjustments I would make to the WebQuest:
- Resolve any and all technical difficulties that are related to access. I currently work with a group of students that cannot afford to struggle with technical difficulties - they quickly lose focus and because of their low-level of motivation will not complete the assignment if it is cumbersome.
- I will make format the PDF document so that it is able to accept text input. The reason I choose not to include a MS Word document is mainly for reasons of accessibility. I try my best to not require the learner to invest additional money into software/hardware. Although many computers have MS Word, the lower-income computing options do not.
- Jason recommended that I record the skits. I thought this was a great idea - I could record the videos and create a database of example to show future learners.
The input I received from both of these educators and the process of having another person (especially an educator) review my instructional material was very helpful has taught me a good lesson – collaborate with colleagues! It is such an easy and common-sense approach to improving as an educator yet I never take advantage of the opportunity.
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