#UWinDig

In this multimedia reflection on the article Digital Ghosts in the Modern Classroom by Ashley Hinck, I chose to display my thoughts in the form of a sketchnote.  Through sketchnote, I was able to show the two different paths that we can teach and demonstrate to students. There is the shortcut route, which is the road that most students take by using templates, drag and drop methods, standardized steps and a guaranteed working final product. Although this route is not preferred due to limiting the creativity of the student, I placed a yellow light at the beginning of the road opposed to a red light to inform students to proceed with caution. This path is not necessarily the wrong path but it is a path that does not show the students full potential. To get the students to show their full potential without the digital ghost in the classroom we need educators to lead students to take risks and encourage them to be creators from a blank canvas.  By taking the longer path that may provide a challenge to the students will lead them to a one of a kind masterpiece that is not influenced by the digital ghost or an easy to fill in template. When doing my sketch note, Choose the Creative Path, I felt that I began with a blank canvas eliminating the digital ghost and templates from my reflection. Starting off with a blank canvas definitely had its challenges, mainly just the challenge of starting but it allowed me to use my full creative potential.