Reflection or Revision Assignment

For this final assignment, due at the end of the semester (during finals week), you have 2 options.
 
1. Revise/Cleanup 3 Wiki Pages
  • Revise / clean up 3 other wiki articles in the Ed Tech Knowledge Base
  • Correcting typos and grammar errors is part of it, but try to do some meaningful edits too.
  • For example, does the article need an introduction or a better structure?
  • Does the article use terms that aren't well known and aren't defined?  You might define them or link the words to definitions.
  • And of course you can add new content to an article (such as more research, or some examples or applications).
To show me what you did in your profile tracker, please either comment on the 3 articles you revised, or post a blog post linking to the 3 articles you changed.
 
I prefer you do this option, because originally I thought there would be 40-50 students in our class and we would have enough people to work together on wiki articles.  And later I thought perhaps next year's class could improve and add upon the Ed Tech Knowledge Base.  But now it appears that it might be best if we try to create a cleaned up edited version of the Ed Tech Knowledge Base suitable for public presentation now while we have the opportunity.
 
Editing others' writing is also a good experience to learn how to improve your own writing and watch for common issues that pop up.
 
 
2. or, Reflection Paper
  • Or, you can do the original final assignment, which is to write a 1-3 page reflection paper or blog post, reflecting on what you learned from this semester, and how it may apply to your future goals or current career.
  • I recommend a blog post, as your blog is becoming a sort of journal now tracking your progress in our masters program, and at the end you can point to your blog in your portfolio.
  • Length-wise, just shoot for at least 2-3 substantial paragraphs
 
This final assignment counts for 10% of your grade, see the Grading page.
 
 
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