A reflective essay on the article Digital Ghosts in the Modern Classroom by Ashley Hinck
How can students adapt to learning and platforms that do not allow the student to have full control of the media that they are creating? Can classrooms become a part of the new digital landscape and allow students to break from traditional shortcut/template creation tools?
While many teachers may try to encourage students to be more creative and try new approaches, there may be an ingrained assumption that there is only one way of arriving at a solution and that any mistakes are a sign that they are not on the right path.
In the end there may not be a perfect solution to finding a balance between creating media efficiently and effectively using template/shortcut applications and but we as teachers can guide and encourage creativity by reflecting on our own mistakes and sharing how we progressed to a final media solution. Also, by comparing theses static and template-driven tools to more creative avenues to create their own work.