Design Challenge Application

“Becoming the Connective Learner”

Because mine was so simple I wrote a piece on the Zodiac Killer. It was amazing to get the chance to do something I cared about. I felt so confident going into the work that I didn’t even care it was based on a book that was required in a previous class. This was the thing I was most positive about even before doing the project myself. This is something that flows so nicely with my core beliefs that I knew as a learner I would cherish it just as much. The piece that was hard was not having someone to peer review it. That is another piece that stood so strongly with me from this. At the same time I could assume how this would go if I did have a peer to review it with, and it’s not pretty. I am a learner who likes to depend on themselves, while I appreciate having someone else to bounce ideas off, I don’t like knowing their feedback could impact the grade I worked hard for. That and having it open to the community because for forever I was not confident enough to have my work published anywhere but my laptop. I think that is why in my final draft I made it optional for the publishing in the book optional. This takes the stress off the students who don’t want to put themselves so far out there.