Module 1

This module has made me think about my role as an instructional designer in the following ways:

I have learned that we should be at least creating some project-based units for our classes, and that we should be using formative and summative assessments for these units. We should all be creating wikis and blogs to which our students may post. One thing that I think we should all include in our lesson plans as well as our unit plans is power standards. One important piece of information is that we should consider content first and then incorporate technology. One thing that I also learned is that there are endless amounts of resources (links) online that we can either use as is or adapt to fit our curriculum.

As an addendum, I would like to add that we all need to make our lessons become more student centered. Students should help create the assessments as well as assess the final product using some form of summative assessment. Assessments should be ongoing as well as varied methods should be used including: rubrics, games, presentations, and portfolios.