Now that you have seen what other people did in creating their units, is there anything that you might do differently if you were to redesign your own?
After reviewing everyones units, there are many idea and tools I want to try and tweak.
Overall, the curriculum units presented a multitude of new ideas and have been very effective and thought-provoking, and I’m most impressed with the different web 2.0 tools that many groups included in their lesson. If we were given more time, I would have explored many more new web 2.0 software such as Museum Box, Voicethread or Canvas to enrich the presentation and teaching and learning experience. Many of them, such as Museum Box, was incredibly innovative and suited for our unit!
My partner Adrienne and I chose Powerpoint since the course was going to be put in practice and Powerpoint was very accessible and straight-forward. Powerpoint isn’t as interactive and visually appealing as the other 2.0 tools, but it outlined our weekly objective, assignment and discussion topics clearly and was easy to follow/navigate. The video-conference on Skype also encouraged the students to participate and share their thoughts and promoted understanding of the content. Other than these slight differences, I think our unit comprehensively covered the topic and used Skype/Powerpoint to promote fun and engaging discussion and student interest. More than anything, designing the unit with Adrienne was a rewarding and fun experience.
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