3.5 Basic Troubleshooting
Candidates troubleshoot basic software and hardware problems common in digital learning environments. (PSC 3.5/ISTE 3e)
Artifacts: Internet Lesson Plan
Reflection:
This Internet lesson plan, which I created for ITEC 7430, illustrates my ability to troubleshoot. In this lesson, the students were asked to use a variety of digital tools including Google Drive, Wikispaces, and Screencast-omatic to create and present a lesson on Roman culture. The students acted as the creators while I facilitated. In anticipation of troubleshooting issues, I created tutorials for each digital tool in order to help my students troubleshoot. I also made myself available in case they needed my assistance in troubleshooting; however, I wanted to provide the students a chance to try troubleshooting for themselves before I jumped in.
This experience provided me with valuable knowledge and skills. By using the tools myself, I gained personal experience troubleshooting with these digital tools. I gained insight into how to use the tools more effectively. Also, I discovered the most common errors the students experienced, and I gained the ability to help them through these struggles. I can use this knowledge to improve my tutorials in the future when I implement the lesson again in class. If I were to complete this lesson again, in preparation for the lesson, I would create a file on the district’s learning management system with all my troubleshooting tutorials. In fact, I have begun to undertake this project. In my class, students use a variety of digital tools, and I always provide tutorials for troubleshooting purposes. However, I am having repeatedly to link the same videos for each class. Additionally, students are using these tools in other classes, but coming to me for troubleshooting assistance. Therefore, I am creating one file on the LMS with my troubleshooting tutorials, so that students can access any troubleshooting tutorial at any time for any class. I think this file will be a great resource for my students. I plan to share this file with other teachers in my school so that they can post it on their LMS pages as well.
The effects of this lesson can be observed in my professional activities and disposition. My KSU classes and my experience creating and implementing this internet lesson have provided me with the necessary knowledge and skills for troubleshooting. When planning lessons, I learned from this lesson to think through troubleshooting in advance. I learned how to create effective tutorials. One can observe the troubleshooting tutorials that I make in preparation for my lessons. In class, one can observe my students using and troubleshooting various tools with and without my assistance. One can observe me helping colleagues troubleshoot various tools. Overall, I believe that my lessons show that I have considered and prepared for troubleshooting in order to make the most effective use of classroom instructional time.
This Internet lesson plan, which I created for ITEC 7430, illustrates my ability to troubleshoot. In this lesson, the students were asked to use a variety of digital tools including Google Drive, Wikispaces, and Screencast-omatic to create and present a lesson on Roman culture. The students acted as the creators while I facilitated. In anticipation of troubleshooting issues, I created tutorials for each digital tool in order to help my students troubleshoot. I also made myself available in case they needed my assistance in troubleshooting; however, I wanted to provide the students a chance to try troubleshooting for themselves before I jumped in.
This experience provided me with valuable knowledge and skills. By using the tools myself, I gained personal experience troubleshooting with these digital tools. I gained insight into how to use the tools more effectively. Also, I discovered the most common errors the students experienced, and I gained the ability to help them through these struggles. I can use this knowledge to improve my tutorials in the future when I implement the lesson again in class. If I were to complete this lesson again, in preparation for the lesson, I would create a file on the district’s learning management system with all my troubleshooting tutorials. In fact, I have begun to undertake this project. In my class, students use a variety of digital tools, and I always provide tutorials for troubleshooting purposes. However, I am having repeatedly to link the same videos for each class. Additionally, students are using these tools in other classes, but coming to me for troubleshooting assistance. Therefore, I am creating one file on the LMS with my troubleshooting tutorials, so that students can access any troubleshooting tutorial at any time for any class. I think this file will be a great resource for my students. I plan to share this file with other teachers in my school so that they can post it on their LMS pages as well.
The effects of this lesson can be observed in my professional activities and disposition. My KSU classes and my experience creating and implementing this internet lesson have provided me with the necessary knowledge and skills for troubleshooting. When planning lessons, I learned from this lesson to think through troubleshooting in advance. I learned how to create effective tutorials. One can observe the troubleshooting tutorials that I make in preparation for my lessons. In class, one can observe my students using and troubleshooting various tools with and without my assistance. One can observe me helping colleagues troubleshoot various tools. Overall, I believe that my lessons show that I have considered and prepared for troubleshooting in order to make the most effective use of classroom instructional time.