The hypothetical classroom activity is one in which students document on the computer what they smell, taste, see, feel, and hear at each of five "sense stations," respectively, and then participate in a group discussion where they explain how these sensory experiences taught them something new. The information they documented at the sense stations would be compiled into a "sense mystery."
This classroom activity meets the outcome for the assignment, which was to plan strategies to manage student learning in a technology-enhanced environment, creating an enthralling learning experience for the students involving technology. The activity integrates sensory experiences with the use of technology, an approach that makes the technology more exciting for students because it is being used to document things that they have experienced firsthand. In addition, the writing of a mystery is compelling, exciting, and creative, so it would be an engaging and engrossing exercise. When students are working on something that they enjoy, putting their technology expertise to work or learning more about how to use the computer is more fun. An additional attribute of writing a mystery is that the ending is not known until the project is completed, so students remain enthralled to the very end.
For this outcome, I would like to pursue additional work beyond the master's degree as part of my ongoing professional development goals. This would be work in creative writing and creative uses of technology in the classroom. I would like to increase my facility for designing enthralling projects for my classes using technology so that I can offer my students a rich variety of interesting projects that all accomplish the goals of providing an engaging experience while using technology.
Rationale Statement for Addressing the Digital Divide
The approach for addressing the digital divide is to optimize the use of tec...