Week Two of my Culminating Experience

Whew (as I wipe my forehead and exhale)! I have to admit that this week has been really interesting for me. I had a miniature melt down when I attempted to rewrite the proposal for my final project. I thought about changing it all together (not a good idea at this point) and creating an entirely new and more exciting plan that would wow my coworkers, classmates, instructor and myself. I am very glad that one of my cohort members talked or emailed some reason into my meltdown moments and helped me see that the current project was fine (thanks Brian). With some feedback and suggestions from others, I do see a light at the end of the tunnel.

After meeting with instructor I felt much better about the purpose and focus for my project. I understand now that the most important and wowing factor of the project is that it is relevant to what I do and is usable for me. With that in mind, the excitement originally felt before I became overwhelmed returned with more ideas of how to creatively meet my project objectives. After reviewing one of my classmate's portfolio. I was reminded of all of the tools we had been exposed to and learned to use through out this program and I began to have more ideas about how I could create training materials.

This week as it has come to an end, when I reflect on it, has been a really good one and one yielding much insight and assurance for me. At this point, I have to say that this program has put me back in touch with my creative side again. That is something that I have missed in other educational arenas. Thank you CU's MEIT department- creativity is so important as an educator it fuels our passion.