Thursday, August 12, 2010
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Module 5
Briefly describe a situation in which you have encouraged people to use a new technology and have been met with resistance or disappointing results. What attitudes did these people exhibit? What behaviors did they demonstrate?
Using Keller’s ARCS model, describe how you could change the motivation of these people, or learners, to encourage success.
Many years ago I was ecstatic to find out that my district was going to provide a way for teachers to have class web pages. Being that I have always found technology interesting I volunteered to go to the trainings offered to learn HTML code and the program that we would be using. This of course meant that I would be the webmaster for my school. How hard could it be?
So I went to the trainings and felt very out of my element for I had never taken a class on HTML and thought to myself that I was a bit in over my head. None-the-less I pressed on and began to develop my page as a prototype. I came back to school with a new excitement on ways we can reach our students and parents and showcase the successes of our classroom.
I was asked to present to the staff on the web page, how to use it, and the "rules" needed to follow for the safety of our students. Upon presenting to the staff I was received with less than smiling faces as I proceeded to go over what could and what could not be on this pages, the protocol for getting a page posted, and the districts views on outside web pages to be used.
Needless to say teachers were not knocking down my door to get their pages up and running. The overall attitude was, "Is it required?" Since it was only suggested many teachers forgot the information meeting even happened and continued throughout the school year. At that point I went to those teachers that had a tendency towards technology and asked them if they wanted their page up and offered my assistance to make it as easy as possible. With the resistance and irritation subsided for a few teachers that year, I worked on those pages.
Looking back at that school year and using the Keller's ARCS Model, I may have been able to get a few more teachers on board. Listed below is a table of ideas that could have helped.
Attention
*showing varying web pages that were good and poor examples
*having teachers work in small groups to list characteristics
*changing groups and reevaluating the list to see if there were others to add and/or change
Relevance
*explaining the need for teachers to move forward with technology
*providing a commonality to education that web sites help solidify
Confidence
*asking teachers to work in pairs of varying levels to create what they would want on their web page
*providing a basic template for teachers to work form, eliminating the complexity
*providing mini-workshops for teachers to receive one: one help
Satisfaction
*providing a contest to see the best web page
*having a presentation to students to showcase their teacher’s work
*showcasing a different teacher’s web page at staff meetings
*providing information to parents through the newsletters of the school and classrooms
Using Keller’s ARCS model, describe how you could change the motivation of these people, or learners, to encourage success.
Many years ago I was ecstatic to find out that my district was going to provide a way for teachers to have class web pages. Being that I have always found technology interesting I volunteered to go to the trainings offered to learn HTML code and the program that we would be using. This of course meant that I would be the webmaster for my school. How hard could it be?
So I went to the trainings and felt very out of my element for I had never taken a class on HTML and thought to myself that I was a bit in over my head. None-the-less I pressed on and began to develop my page as a prototype. I came back to school with a new excitement on ways we can reach our students and parents and showcase the successes of our classroom.
I was asked to present to the staff on the web page, how to use it, and the "rules" needed to follow for the safety of our students. Upon presenting to the staff I was received with less than smiling faces as I proceeded to go over what could and what could not be on this pages, the protocol for getting a page posted, and the districts views on outside web pages to be used.
Needless to say teachers were not knocking down my door to get their pages up and running. The overall attitude was, "Is it required?" Since it was only suggested many teachers forgot the information meeting even happened and continued throughout the school year. At that point I went to those teachers that had a tendency towards technology and asked them if they wanted their page up and offered my assistance to make it as easy as possible. With the resistance and irritation subsided for a few teachers that year, I worked on those pages.
Looking back at that school year and using the Keller's ARCS Model, I may have been able to get a few more teachers on board. Listed below is a table of ideas that could have helped.
Attention
*showing varying web pages that were good and poor examples
*having teachers work in small groups to list characteristics
*changing groups and reevaluating the list to see if there were others to add and/or change
Relevance
*explaining the need for teachers to move forward with technology
*providing a commonality to education that web sites help solidify
Confidence
*asking teachers to work in pairs of varying levels to create what they would want on their web page
*providing a basic template for teachers to work form, eliminating the complexity
*providing mini-workshops for teachers to receive one: one help
Satisfaction
*providing a contest to see the best web page
*having a presentation to students to showcase their teacher’s work
*showcasing a different teacher’s web page at staff meetings
*providing information to parents through the newsletters of the school and classrooms
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