After reading Act 2 of Ellen Lupton's book Design is Storytelling the two models I chose to use for my empathy work was the Experience Economy and the Emotional Journey. I used the Experience Economy because I wanted to know where I should be aiming to go when teaching technology to teachers. I then used the Emotional Journey because I wanted to try and anticipate some struggles that might come along when teaching. When it comes to the Experience Economy, student engagement is what we want and is the base for wanting to use technology. SOOOO the product that we give them is computers. When we start using computers, students are either learning to use them on their own, or they are doing simple replacement tasks. However, this doesn't get to the engagement that teachers really want. In order to do that, we need them to experience the technology by making different products and using the technology to help shape their problem solving. When I started to use this empathy model, I didn't think that it would turn out this way because my challenge is to teach teachers, not students. But, I did realize that people will be in class because this is the ultimate goal when our students use technology. The Emotional Journey turned out to be more of the process that I thought it would be. I really wanted to think about what some of the low points in the learning would be. That way I could be prepared for them and help teachers get over the dip (because if they keep dipping, they are not going to want to come back to class.) It was during this process that I realized that I am going to need to include a feedback loop and not just from me, but from peers as well. Next step in my emotion/empathy work is to interview 3 of my peers. I am going to choose these peers from my survey I did in my discover process. I am hoping to interview an edtech, someone who wants a lot of tech interacts, and someone who doesn't need/want as much tech interaction. I am hoping that choosing these 3 paths that I will get a better view into how to shape the class and the learning!
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AuthorMy name is Jessica Meservey and I am a 6th grade teacher. There is no level that I would rather be teaching and learning with. I currently teach in rural Maine. I love to integrate technology into my classroom as we are 1:1. Find me on Twitter at @MsMeservey. ArchivesCategories |