Student Designers
This week we will focus on Chapter 2: "Student as Tutorial Designer" from Who Owns the Learning , written by Alan November. Jasmine's mother is waiting for her daughter to come out of school. Almost half an hour passes before her mother goes into the school to find out what is taking Jasmine so long. Much to her surprise, Jasmine's mother discovered that her daughter was busy putting final touches on a math tutorial so that it could be shared with classmates to help them better understand the math concept. Though her mother was perplexed about Jasmine's focus on creating the tutorial, this task was just as beneficial for Jasmine as it was for her classmates. Through the video creation process, she also gained significant insight of the math concepts. In her own words, the tutorial "really mattered" while also contributing to the learning process of her fellow classmates and to anyone in the world who would be able to access the video tutoria...