Did a great “pitch” exercice in class to present ourselves and our Master’s project ideas in 60 seconds + one sentence you want to be remembered by. 2 rounds. Dramatic improvement from after first round of practice and feedback.

In preparation for the class we did the following:

• Interests (learning problems are drawn to)
  • Online-blended learning environments
  • Best practices in teaching
  • Pedagogical strategies
  • Curriculum construction
• What you bring to the table that you really want to continue using (skills, content knowledge, strengths, networks, etc.)
  • Passion for explaining how things work to others
  • Finding new ways of explaining the same concept (Cognitive Pluralism)
  • Teaching programing
  • Mobile and web development
• Where you want to leverage these talents (learners, contexts, content)
  • Higher education setting
  • Highly motivated professors
  • Computer Science
• One phrase to be remembered by:
  • “How to embed pedagogical and curriculum construction strategies into a blended online course publication software.”

Pitch bullet points after feedback from peers:

• I started a mobile app development school and the biggest challenge was to create
• Want to scaffold subject matter experts in their desire to teach others
• Need a PARTNER with experience in teaching online