Glogster

Recently I created a Glog on Geogia O'Keefe as I wanted to learn how to create a Glog. I was competing with my daughter who could create a better Glog on Georgia O'Keefe.



As I started on the design, some of the thinking that went through followed:

1. Who are the audience who will view the Glog?
2. What would they be interested to know about Georgia O'Keefe
3. Who is Georgia O'Keefe?
4. What was she famous for as a painter?
5. What was her life story?
6. What was her painting style?
7. What are some of her most famous paintings?
8. What are some of the resources (e.g. paintings, digital images or videos)I have on Georgia O'Keefe?
9. How can I best represent the information
10. How can I get my audience to interact with the Glog presentation

Many questions and thoughts ran through my mind as I designed the Glog. Design is a complex process which deals with the people who will be part of the audience, understanding the subject matter, and determining how to best present the information in a rich and interactive way.

New Learning Institute

I stumbled upon this site called the New Learning Institute.According to the website, it is dedicated to create new learning experiences for student in and out of classrooms. There are quite a number of new media and mobile learning experiences in the website. There was one on Glogster and another one on creating mobile apps on the Android. The website can be for here.

Growth Mindset

I was reading Carol Dweck's book on Mindset. Carol describe the importance of having an "Growth" mindset as important to everyone. Having a "fixed" mindset causes a person to limit themselves as they aim to achieve to satisfy their own esteem. Fixed mindset are people who compares themselves with others and often blame themselves in failure. Growth mindset are characterised by the following:

1. Not afraid to fail
2. Appreciate feedback from others to improve themselves
3. Like to take up challenges
4. Have a positive perspective in difficult times
5. Put effort in what they do
6. Are not limited by their shortcomings but willing to work hard to overcome it
7. See themselves as undergoing development
8. Open to new ideas
9. Consider and see other points of view
10. Willing to learn

Having an Growth Mindset is important to design. It helps designers to empathize with the users, open to ideas, see from different perspectives, experiment new ways,  and cultivate creativity.

Design Thinking in Education

I am interested in applying Design Thinking in education as teachers and students can learn from the ideas in design thinking. The blog explores design thinking from the perspective of a newbie (me) in applying design thinking for learning and teaching.