{"id":88,"date":"2018-07-06T10:20:02","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T17:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chrislee\/?p=88"},"modified":"2018-07-06T10:20:02","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T17:20:02","slug":"final-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chrislee\/2018\/07\/06\/final-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When I started my final vision project, I knew what I wanted to talk about.\u00a0 The first thing that came to mind was mobile devices.\u00a0 I figured that this is an issue that isn’t going to go away and needed to be addressed.\u00a0 I also wanted to talk about the current model for Pro-D and how we can improve upon it for the future to support teachers.\u00a0 Finally, as someone who used to play a lot of video games as a kid, I wanted to talk about how gamification could be used in education.<\/p>\n

What I didn’t know was how I was going to present that information.\u00a0 I toyed with the idea of making a video, but after a couple of test shoots, the quality wasn’t up to the standards I was used to seeing.\u00a0 It was mostly me that was the problem.\u00a0 I couldn’t make myself look or sound interesting on camera.\u00a0 It was just awkward.\u00a0 So, I moved on.\u00a0 After getting nowhere for several hours, I decided to open my blog and just start typing.\u00a0 My typical process for the inquiry blogs was to do some research, formulate an idea of what I wanted to write, type it up, then add the media aspects last.\u00a0 I just took the same approach with the final vision project so that it at least looked like I was making progress.\u00a0 After a while, the content started to pile up and I thought it began looking too cluttered and disorganized.\u00a0 I decided to move my work over to a website.\u00a0 When you look at the website, each page is formatted very similarly to a blog post.\u00a0 However, I chose this format for a few reasons:<\/p>\n

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  1. It organized my ideas better and was easier to navigate.\u00a0 I felt this would create a better user experience for the browser.<\/li>\n
  2. It is more aesthetically appealing and I found it allowed for more creativity in terms of design.<\/li>\n
  3. I wanted to try something new.\u00a0 The video didn’t work out and I already had all of this content typed up, so moving it over to a website was a logical choice.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In the end, I felt that the website accomplished my goal of better organizing my key elements.\u00a0 \u00a0 Did it turn out to be the best website ever?\u00a0 No.\u00a0 Do my pages function a whole lot like individual blog posts?\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 I’ll be the first to admit that I am not the best web designer.\u00a0 Hopefully I can do a better job of learning web design techniques and make my future websites more functional.\u00a0 But I am proud of the fact that I tried something new and was somewhat successful with it.\u00a0 It at least looks and functions like a website.\u00a0 It also looks better than my blog in my opinion.<\/p>\n

    I had the benefit of receiving some good constructive criticism for my project and it helped me to realize a few things.\u00a0 It helped me realize some of the flaws in my work.\u00a0 I clearly misunderstood a few portions of the rubric.\u00a0 More important than me actually misunderstanding is the reason why I misunderstood in the first place.\u00a0 I never asked any questions.\u00a0 I believed I had a good idea of what I was supposed to accomplish and I never asked to see if my interpretation of the project was correct.\u00a0 This is something I lecture my students all the time on.<\/p>\n

    Mr. Lee just finishes teaching and explaining a project.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Mr. Lee:\u00a0 Okay, does anyone have any questions.<\/p>\n

    Students:\u00a0\u00a0Silence<\/em><\/p>\n

    Mr. Lee:\u00a0 Nobody has any questions?\u00a0 You all know exactly what you have to do?<\/p>\n

    Students:\u00a0\u00a0Nod yes.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Mr. Lee:\u00a0 Well, I know that every time we do a project at least a few don’t follow everything that I asked for.\u00a0 So, please feel free to come to me if you are unsure about anything.<\/p>\n

    Students:\u00a0 Can you please stop talking now so we can get to work.\u00a0 We know what we are doing.<\/p>\n

    Mr. Lee marks projects.\u00a0 Several students misunderstood what they were supposed to do.<\/em><\/p>\n

    I am now guilty of not doing exactly what I ask my students to do all the time.\u00a0 At least I am aware of it now and can do something about it.\u00a0 I believe that the reflective process is good not just in education but in all aspects of life.\u00a0 It’s a positive way of questioning how you do things and whether there is a better way.\u00a0 It also helps to remind us about what we already know.\u00a0 I knew that I should be asking more questions, but I had just stopped doing it.\u00a0 Perhaps it was the nature of the online course and not having face to face interaction.\u00a0 I’m not sure.\u00a0 But now I am aware and that is a good thing so that I can adjust for the future.<\/p>\n

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