Tuesday, October 2, 2007

A couple of thoughts

1. All I know is that this course EDCI 590 is titled "Service-Learning Design." I have thought about possible topics for my inquiry of EDCI 590:

-Engagement vs Service
-Design Model of Computer-Mediated Service-learning Instruction for School Settings

(My problem is "Design" is a big concept. I don't know where to start. I read Smith & Ragan, but I was only confused about what to do. But "Design Model" might sound more "tangible" to me.)

2. I have noticed two big differences between ArtSmart Project that I was involved and ArtSmart Project that is happening now in this course.

Last year: We created a simulation of digitized Art-Smart project. This was designed for 4th grade teachers (not for students). There was no "generative" feature to it.
This year: This year. We are creating something also for students as well as 4th grade teachers.
Also, it is open to teacher creativeness; teacher can choose their ArtSmart images on their own.
ArtSmart is more "generative" (Smith & Ragan).

Shigetake

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