Here are some questions I ask myself as I go through this process:
Will the learning activities provide learners with opportunities to tap into their own personal interests and passions?
Will the learning activities offer the learners the chance to put them “selves” into their work?
Will the learning activities provide learners with opportunities to express themselves using their own authentic voices?
Will the learners find the learning activities engaging? interesting? relevant? useful?
What “cool” technologies can be used to help meet both the instructional and the learners’ goals?
Will the learning activities provide learners with opportunities to have fun and to play?
Will learners be able to do at least some of the work independently?
Will the learning activities give all of the learners opportunities to shine?
Will the learners get the chance to share their work with other learners, with a more global audience?
Aaron Davis on 01 Oct 14"It was not long ago that producing multimedia digital content required expensive equipment and deep levels of technical expertise. We are at the point now where anyone can create and publish very compelling content with nothing more complex than a web browser. The point is not that these are professional level production tools, but that the barrier of entry to content creation can be drastically low. And you should find a new mode of creativity when the tool have some limits as to what they can do-- and find that the core of the story is much more important than a widget."
