The Pieces Come Together

"Puzzle" by Ella Phillips Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.0 License 

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Over the last few months, our Educational Technology instructor has been assigning readings and assignments to be completed weekly. These assignments would all come together to form a culminating Digital Storytelling project that we would guide our students through online. At the time of completing these assignments, it was often times difficult to see the bigger picture. Sometimes I had trouble understanding how it would all fit together, but I must say that I am enjoying the reflection. 

The assignments could be challenging, but were always educational. We were instructed to complete varying assignments from creating a wiki page to completing an entire digital storytelling presentation. 

We knew that over time, all of these assignments and readings would come together and make complete sense. Well, we are finally there! Yes, folks today I can say that I have completed all necessary checks, rechecks and submissions. My culminating project that consists of a working and public Wiki page complete with both curriculum and lesson plan pages has been submitted for grading. It is amazing to see how all of the work has been put together.

If you are interested in directing a project such as this, creating a class wiki page for your students to access data is a great idea. Within the wiki page, you can create pages for organization. For example, I have a curriculum page that includes: project expectations, sites for research, an embedded example Prezi, and an embedded rubric. There is also a page that includes the Lesson Plan. 

Now to reflect upon the process. I like to take what I have been completing and think about how I can implement it within my current 4th grade classroom. We complete a few large projects throughout the year and I am curious as to how I could break it apart and complete one piece at a time. Not only have I learned to use a wiki page to direct a project for my students, but I have also learned to direct a project by pieces.