Module+4+Reflection

**__Reflection Prompt__:** Describe a technology experience you had this week.

**Description:** This week I again spent hours upon hours writing student feedback on lab reports only to have students completely ignore the feedback or blindly ask me "where'd I miss my points" or "how can I improve?" If they had read the feedback, which I have encouraged repeatedly throughout the year they would know that they have the opportunity to read my feedback, revise their lab/report and resubmit. They only miss points when a major element of the project/concept is missing. I love when students are 'incorrect' and come to this realization themselves and then take steps to improve it. If they do not do so I use my feedback as a means to prompt them to improve. Yet my hours of feedback seem wasted as they do not seize this opportunity. Then I was listening to Sara Brown Wessling's speech and she stated how her students would ignore her feedback, driving her nuts. She said she used technology, in the form of voice recordings, to give feedback to her students with a much higher success rate.

**Impact:** Sara Brown Wessling's idea made me realize that my feedback may not be personal enough for my students. They long for the contact or individualization. Although I try my best to provide unique instruction there is always room for improvement and this is one possibility! Furthermore students would be less likely to take offense to constructive criticism as they would have more feedback on which to interpret the message (such as inflection, intensity and other verbal cues). Honestly, it would probably also be quicker to record my voice than type feedback over and over - even with a pasted rubric serving as a skeleton for evaluation. Sarah Brown Wessling's speech make me realize there is definitely room to improve with feedback and that I need to make changes in my current system.

**Intent:** As a result I am going to contact my Lead to see if I am allowed pulling in any outside technology to record files for each of the students' feedback. This might mean creating an account with a folder for each student where they can go to retrieve their audio files, or finding software that will allow me to embed a link to a wav or other audio file in their feedback box. I will also explain to my Lead the benefits of trying this technology and willingness to pilot the 'program.'