Category: Free Inquiry

For my final tutorial I chose to make an introduction/”get to know me” form for students to fill out at the beginning of a semester. I think these types of surveys are super helpful for teachers to gather insight and knowledge into how students are feeling about the course, what they’re wanting to explore, what they find are their strengths & stretches, and general additional information about each individual within the classroom.

Something that concerns me a bit about using google forms is data collection, but I think so long as students aren’t giving away super personal information then it is a viable option! However, I think it may be better to collect paper forms and have them fill it out during class time to be handed in physically. Definitely something to consider when going forward with questionnaires!

I had a super fun time completing the sketchnote tutorial! This style reflects my personal note-taking strategies, so it was validating to see there is actually a name for it, and that sketchnoting seems to be statistically more effective for information retention (based on evidence given in the tutorial).

It was really great to explore the SENĆOŦEN language by creating a visual diagram and using colour coding to connect to the material more deeply. The article on Indigenous Pedagogies was super informative and is a great reminder of creating units and content based within holism.

Sketchnoting is so open and diverse, and allows students to listen, digest and summarize spoken or written materials in a quick and effective way. It’s great to use on physical mediums such as notebooks, sketchbooks or scrap paper, and it also works great to use on tablets within apps such as Notability or Concept. For my notes (as seen above) I used Notability and saved them as images, but they can also be saved as PDF’s and easily shared digitally or printed out.

I chose to do a Canva tutorial to brush up on my skills and learn some new tips about graphic design. I completed the lessons within the tutorial, but struggled with the brochure lesson – I was never able to figure out how to use the specific brochure they requested within having to pay for canva pro. This, I believe, is where canva falls short, but I also understand needing financial compensation to run a program as in-depth as canva. Below are my samples that were taken from the canva commons and edited to reflect more of my personal colour & image choices.

I was able to use canva to create a template for a new self-assessment tool in my seminar field experience class. I’m looking forward to using it, and interested if there are any critiques or further ideas for the tool! I added the ability to not only assess certain projects with intellectual answers, but emotional answers as well (see the sliding scale of good –> bad around each circle). I tried to make the questions as open as possible to fit a variety of projects and I look forward to tyring it out!