iRLO Reflection

How much effort did you exert designing and creating the iRLO?

In designing and creating my iRLO, I exerted a sufficient amount of effort. I took time to draw out my ideas on a piece of paper prior to using Scratch. In fact, I drew out three different rooms, so I knew how I wanted to create them. I also wrote down all the sprites I needed. Prior to getting help by my professor, I dedicated much of my weekend in trying to figure out how to work Scratch. I used the examples on Scratch to understand how to make my Sprite move by using the arrow keys. I also watched the tutorials online to help me succeed in certain features when using Scratch. After I could no longer figure out how to do anything, I sought help from my professor. In designing my iRLO, I made everything except for “friend” and I edited “room1”, other than that I created everything on my own. After I designed and created my iRLO, I had my friends test it, so I could make any changes needed. I exerted as much effort as I could in designing and creating my iRLO.

How does designing and sharing an iRLO impact your future teaching?

            How designing my iRLO impacts my future teaching is by knowing what is suitable for my intended grade level. When I was designing it, I tried to make everything that was suitable for a second grade level. After I thought that everything was suitable for a second grader, I allowed my friends to test my iRLO. Having my friends test my iRLO allowed me to see that not everything is suitable for the second grade level. If my friends could not figure it out, I knew that my directions were not clear enough, so I then added more directions to help them understand. When designing my iRLO I realized that being specific and clear as possible when creating an iRLO will benefit the students in a big way. As a future teacher, I will try my hardest to incorporate specific and clear directions so my students can understand them.

            How sharing my iRLO impacts my future teaching is by knowing that sharing your work may be the best policy as a teacher. When you share it with others you are allowed to get constructive feedback that will more than likely make my work, in this case my iRLO, better. Sharing my work also allowed me to gain a better understanding of other’s thinking, which can be used to make my iRLO better.