Week 10: Keeping Up on the Learning Module

I have submitted and have been approved to build my learning module on the basic operation of a 35 mm camera, I have written my project Plan including the audience analysis, scope, proposed learning objectives  and outcomes and timeline.  Now, I have began working on the instructional and technical strategies, and the design model.  While I have some experience in teaching, I find it intriguing to teach a concept.  Sometimes you forget to describe a basic element and everything goes haywire.  I never had any formal education in teaching, so I guess I learned how to build a learning module the hard way.  These guidelines and theories get me thinking about better teaching strategies.

When it comes to teaching, I often remember a project I had in elementary school.  “Teach an Alien How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich”.  Oh, guess what,  this was an interactive project and it stuck with me all these years, hmmmm.  Anyway, the teacher picked one student to be the alien and he wasn’t allowed to do anything unless the class told him what to do, and the teacher told him to go ahead.  The teacher asked the class to describe to the alien how to make a peanut butter sandwich.  As students raised their hands she would call on them, and they would offer a suggestion, like ‘open the jar” oh but the teacher said, maybe the alien doesn’t know what a jar is? , so the student would describe the jar, and say specifically how to open the jar.  After the first 3 or 4 suggestions we got the idea.  In the end everyone got a peanut butter sandwich.  Good Stuff.

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