Week 3: Implement & Reflect

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Vision & Design

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Build & Test

Implement & Reflect

Welcome to the Final Week!

In Week 2, you built a working tool, tested it yourself, and made initial refinements. You may have even tried it with a few students. That's real progress.

This week, you'll finalize your tool based on real-world use, create an implementation strategy, and reflect deeply on what you've learned about AI, your teaching, and your students' needs.

📋 Quick Recap: What You Completed in Week 2

✓ Built your tool using one of three pathways
✓ Tested it yourself and identified what works
✓ Made initial refinements based on feedback
✓ (Optional) Tried it with students to gather real data

This Week's Goal

By the end of Week 3, you'll have: (1) A classroom-tested tool (or plan for testing), (2) Implementation strategy for ongoing use, (3) Understanding of pedagogical impact, (4) Deep reflection on your learning journey

Student Testing (If You Did It)

If you tried your tool with students between Week 2 and Week 3, document what you learned. If you didn't get a chance to test with students, that's okay - skip to the next section.

💡 What Student Testing Reveals

Real student use tells you things self-testing can't:

Do students understand what to do without your explanation?
Where do they get stuck or confused?
What do they do that you didn't expect?
Does the tool actually support their learning?
What questions do they ask?

Student Testing Notes (Optional)

If you tested with students: How many tried it? What did they say? What surprised you? What worked? What didn't?

Final Refinements

Based on everything you've learned - self-testing, colleague feedback, and student use (if applicable) - make your final refinements to the tool.

Key Questions to Guide Your Refinements:

Clarity: Is it immediately clear what students should do?
Tone: Does it feel supportive and encouraging, not directive?
Process: Does it guide students through the steps you intended?
Agency: Does it support student thinking rather than telling them what to think?
Accessibility: Can all your students use it successfully?
Value: Does it actually help students learn what you hoped?

Final Refinements Made

What final changes did you make? Why? How is the tool better now?

Updated Link to Your Final Tool

If your link changed after refinements, paste the updated link here. Otherwise, leave blank.

Implementation Planning

Now that your tool is refined, plan how you'll use it with your students on an ongoing basis.

📖 Implementation Guide (Click to Expand)

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Planning Your Implementation

1. When will students use this tool?

As part of a specific unit or project?
Throughout the year at different phases?
When students are stuck and need support?
As homework or in-class activity?

2. How will you introduce it to students?

Frame it as a learning support, not a compliance task
Model using it yourself (think-aloud demonstration)
Let them explore it first before explaining everything
Explain the "why" - how this supports their learning

3. What support will students need initially?

Technical help (accessing the tool, saving work)
Conceptual help (understanding how to use it meaningfully)
Encouragement to engage deeply, not just complete it
Permission to struggle and iterate

4. How will you gather student feedback?

Quick informal check-ins ("How's this working for you?")
Observation during use (where do they struggle?)
Simple exit ticket ("One thing that helped, one thing that didn't")
Student work samples (did the tool support better thinking?)

5. How will you integrate this into ongoing practice?

Make it easily accessible (bookmark, LMS link, QR code)
Reference it regularly as a resource students can use
Connect it to other learning experiences
Update it based on what you learn about student needs

6. How will you observe pedagogical impact?

Are students asking better questions?
Are they more willing to struggle productively?
Do they demonstrate deeper thinking?
Are they taking more agency in their learning?
What shifts in your role as teacher?

Your Implementation Plan

How will you use this tool with students? When? How will you introduce it? What will you watch for?

Final Tool Documentation

Document your completed tool so you have a clear record of what you created and how to use it.

Tool Name

What It Does

Brief description of the tool's purpose and how it works

Who It's For

Heuta-Heuristic Principles in Action

How does this tool support student agency and self-determined learning?

Link to Final Tool

Reflection: What Did You Learn?

This is where the real learning lives. Reflect on your journey through the AI Builder Lab.

What did you learn about AI?

How did your understanding of AI tools evolve? What surprised you? What do you understand now that you didn't before?

What did you learn about your teaching?

What did this process reveal about your pedagogical priorities? Your students' needs? Your own practice?

What's next?

How will you continue using AI tools? What other problems could you solve with this approach? What questions remain?

🤔 Optional: Deeper Reflection (Click to Expand)

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🎉 You're Ready to Complete the AI Builder Lab! 🎉

You've moved from idea to working tool. You've tested, refined, and planned implementation. You've reflected on your learning. This is real growth.

Click "Save My Work" below to save your Week 3 reflections, then click "Complete AI Builder Lab" to mark your journey complete and generate your completion certificate.

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