This course gave me the opportunity to put together a unit from beginning to end, something enjoyed doing. Too often we end up working day to day and not always thinking about how all of the pieces should fit together. This class gave me the chance to do this. Since my school district will be 1:1 for the first time, I was able to gain ideas to use with my classes through our discussions and assignments.
I am eager to try out some of the ideas that I worked on through these 8 weeks. For instance, I want to work more at having my students participate in online discussion boards. I am still working out the details of how that will look for each of my classes, but I think that I will be able to make it work for all levels.
Another thing I am excited to try is creating more online assessments. This is a topic that I do not feel confident in yet. I hope to build my confidence by continuing to try new things in the area of assessment. I intend to use Mastery Manager, Google Forms, as well as research more items that might work as online assessment tools. The discussions we had regarding online assessment have helped to pave the way for me to find them.
I am planning on taking as many courses in technology as I possibly can over the next several years. I have enjoyed the challenge of learning new material as well as keeping up with what is happening in education in regards to technology. University of St. Francis has offered some terrific courses; I plan to continue much of my educational technology there.
Hi Jill
ReplyDeleteLike you, I used this course to help in the development of an online course for college students which introduces strengths. This is a relatively new area for Purdue so it is been exciting getting in on the ground floor. What I learned most was to develop a roadmap for your course. Prior to this course, I thought of that as the syllabus but after this course I learned it was more than just the syllabus. Plus, I enjoyed the creativity part of the class. That is something I do not find much of in my current position.
I wish you luck in your future e-learning endeavors.
Nancy
Jill,
ReplyDeleteI like your comment about having TIME to put all the pieces together. I agree that it isn't often that we have time to really look at the unit as a whole because we get roped into the tiny details of the assessments and day to day lessons that end up not always being so cohesive. I look forward to hearing how your unit turns out next year! I also agree with having to try out some online assessments. I think the immediate feedback for students is so great but in math, I don't always care that they can get x = 3 but rather want to know how they got there which is hard when using online assessments.
Jill,
ReplyDeleteI also enjoyed making the online unit. It was a very time consuming task for me however with now knowing how to use all these different tools it will definitely go quicker for future units. I really liked learning how to make online assessments as well and will definitely help with my school going one to one with each student getting a google chromebook. Google forms and socrative are really awesome and user friendly resources that will work great for many different types of assessments.
Furthermore, University of St. Francis is a great place in order to continue to keep up to date with these different technologies. I am really happy that I took these classes and cannot wait to take many more to develop my online teaching skills.
Hi Jill,
ReplyDeleteYou are so right about putting everything together--I think that was the most useful part of this course, how everything fit into one big unit that we can really use.
I agree with you that I'd also like to do more with online assessments. I've done a bit with Google Forms, but I think there are more possibilities that are worth checking out.
I'm so glad you'll be 1:1! I have to wait another year for that, and the lack of computers limits what activities I can do, both at school and at home with students. Good luck with your implementation!