Friday, July 15, 2016

EDTECH 542: Week 3 Reflection - Driving Questions

During my research this week I worked on learning what a driving question is and how to properly write one.  I found the Formulating Driving Questions sheet to be very helpful to compare what I wrote to what is considered a “good” question.  I also looked at the Craft theDriving Question, which was a great check for understanding based on what I learned.  When learning a new concept I like to have examples I can relate to and this site allowed me to look at examples of good driving history questions.  By seeing examples of various history based questions I had a better idea of how to start writing the driving question and sub questions.

The visual aide I created was on Padlet.com.  This was my first time using this template and when looking at the options I found this to be most visually appealing.  When I design lessons I like to include photos and images to allow my students to have a visual of what they are learning.  I found Padlet easy to use and I was able to insert images on each post.  One aspect I am still trying to figure out was the privacy settings.  I am working with Tim Stark on our PBL and when I initially set it up I wanted to allow him access to edit.  At this point I believe anyone with the link as access to edit (I could not limit it to just one person) so that is the part I do not particularly like.  I would like to have more control and be able to share it with a select group.  I did like the option to scan a QR code to access my tablet or phone.


This week was a time of revision for me personally.  Hopefully what I bring to the table for Tim and I will prove to a well-written question to allow our students to think about the topic in a more in-depth level.

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