WOW Project Reflection

I was pretty frustrated with the way my WOW project presentation turned out. I was very concerned about making sure that my project involved interaction but did not create opportunities for technological difficulties for my classmates. So, I decided to use Mind42.com to create a collaborative graphic organizer with my classmates of the different technologies we learned over the course of the semester and how they fit in with the 6 C's of motivation. I thought this would teach the content of the 6 C's as well as actually put them into practice.

So, to avoid any technological problems, I spent quite a bit of time creating individual log-ins for every member of the class to use on Mind42.com so that everyone would just have to log in and be ready to go for the project. Unfortunately, this website, which is designed for the purpose of collaborating, apparently crashed when we tried to collaborate. This is my biggest issue with technology--it so often creates more problems than the solutions it provides. Not always, of course, but it is so incredibly frustrating in a situation such as this, where time did not allow me to turn to an alternative.

Other than that, I enjoyed planning and researching for my project. It was an interesting challenge to try to make an online presentation both enjoyable and interactive for everybody. This was certainly a different type of presentation than any I have ever had to do before.