Worth 66% of your grade (6% for each of the 11 required blog posts)

Your blog and other social media will play an important role in the learning for this course and will act as a communication tool between you and your instructor, as well as other course participants, and the open learning community.

Critical Reflection:

Purpose

  • Develop digital literacy and reflective practice through multimedia documentation.
  • Support ISTE “Learner” and “Collaborator” competencies by leveraging technology to share resources and improve practice.

Task

  • Author daily blog posts throughout the course term.
  • Summarize the specific technologies, pedagogies, or topics addressed in each session.
  • Conduct a critical reflection analyzing benefits, drawbacks, age appropriateness, privacy, security, equity, and accessibility.
  • Integrate the thoughts of peers or solicit feedback from prospective readers within the post.
  • Execute a multimedia strategy by combining text with at least one other format, such as a screencast, podcast, video, sketchnote, or infographic.
  • Apply social writing strategies, including hyperlinks to consulted resources and other blog posts.

Criteria for Success

  • Each of the assigned posts is valued at 6% of the final grade, totaling 66%.
  • Success is defined by meeting all five criteria of the single-point rubric:
    1. Concise Summary: Clear overview of the technological or pedagogical topic.
    2. Critical Reflection: Demonstration of deep analysis across multiple lenses (e.g., privacy, equity).
    3. Social Integration: Evidence of engaging with the wider learning community or seeking feedback.
    4. Multimedia Enrichment: Use of non-text media to increase engagement and clarity.
    5. Social Writing: Effective use of hyperlinks and trackbacks to contextualize the work.

Allowed Uses of Generative AI:

You ARE ALLOWED to use Generative AI tools for:

  • Idea Generation
  • Blog post structuring

    (see the course Generative AI policy for more details)