Cycling through my innovation project
My innovation plan has been worked, reworked, and revisited, since learning can never really end. In the beginning, I wasn’t entirely sure what kind of project I was working on. I knew that I was creating a project to roll out blended learning to my organization. I felt that this project was a huge way to realize my ability to make actual change in my classroom, school, and beyond. When I am working on a project that is so personal to me, it is so easy to feel connected to it. Some things can slow things down I feel like my innovation project has evolved in great ways, but the theme has always been really simple which is to roll out blended learning in primary grade levels. I personally am one-to-one chromebooks with my first graders. I have presented several times on influencing primary grade level teachers (k-2) to use digital learning in their classroom. The feedback is always very positive and encouraging. However, I do worry about my colleagues’ anxieties about an innovative concept that some administrators might not be ready for. I just want to give them the confidence that they can use digital learning alongside their mandated curriculum to better their students’ learning experiences. At this point, I imagine that my innovation project is all about wrapping up. I will use the newest information that I learned from my ICT class and digital citizenship class. As I’ve been working through this master’s program, I’ve learned a lot through experiential learning on what would work well in my innovation project. I wanted to make sure I had all the parts to make the plan more attractive to all parties involved: teachers, students, leadership, and maybe even community. I believe I still have some work to do in order to really sell this plan to everyone. I also think that the world may need some changing, at least South Louisiana, so that people see technology as positive and powerful. I hope to keep working on more innovation projects that align with introducing blended learning to my primary teaching buds. Slow and steady wins the race! Photos are from https://unsplash.com/ |
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