I was very nervous about taking this course when I read what the assignments were going to be. I struggled with knowing that I was going to write an article with the hopes of getting it published, and I needed to create a media pitch. 

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For the first assignment, I was instructed to create an outline for a article/journal that I intend to publish based on my innovation plan. My innovation plan is is to integrate a blended learning station rotation into my classroom, with the hopes to eventually integrate my plan campus-wide.

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My innovation plan is a very broad subject, and I wanted  to be more specific for my publication. I also wanted to write about something I do and wanted to share with the world. I decided to write an article on how to start a blended learning book club in an elementary literacy classroom.

To help me with planning my journal I needed to create an outline. I used the outline to aid me in organizing my thoughts and to stay on track. It gives a brief snapshot of the ideas I have for my publication.

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After completing the outline, the next step toward becoming published was to design a rough draft. The big question now was where I wanted to attempt to publish my article. I was throwing around a few different journals and websites. I chose to submit my article to Edutopia. Using the guidelines for publication set forth my Edutopia, I created my rough draft that I shared with my peer group for feedback/feedforward. By sharing my rough draft with my peer group, I was able to get some helpful ideas on how to improve my article. 

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The next step in the process was to design a media pitch that gives a glimpse of what my article is about. I wanted to spark my audiences interest to read my article about blended learning book clubs. For my media pitch I created a video and uploaded it to my eportfolio. Here is my media pitch.

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After creating my media pitch and writing the rough draft of my journal, I had to take all of the feedback and feed forward and revise my rough draft to create a final draft that I plan to submit for publication. The end game of this course is to become a published author, and the article I created is my chance to do this. To read the final draft of my article, click this button here.

 

 

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This course took me out of my comfort zone and challenged me beyond what I thought it would. I would never have attempted to even think about becoming a published author if it was not for this course. Planning and creating this article for publication has given me the drive and desire to become that academic author. I plan to publish this and many many more articles!

I hope that when other educators read my published article, they will get excited about starting blended learning book clubs in their very own classrooms. I hope the steps I provide to them help them to realize it can work for them, too.  

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