Valuable lesson this week

I discovered once again that wikis do take maintenance on the part of the organizer or creator.  Members are not always versed in creating pages, posting items, and are not always as disciplined as I would like.    Blogs do require attention but as the sole developer and writer, blogs do retain a consistency.

Responses for FDT-108-HRDL1

Following are responses to an assignment in a class I took with Saint Leo University, Developing & Teaching Blended FDT-108-HRDL1.

1.   How long did it take to create the blog? About 2 hours to create the basic template, but I never finish.  It is a work in progress.

 

2.   Was the blog easy to set up? For me yes, but for a novice in technology it requires some learning.

 

3.   What were some of the challenges you encountered and how did you overcome these challenges?  Originally I had to learn to embed videos, add graphics, and grasp the layout and how it would flow for students visiting the blog.

 

4.   What questions do you still have about blogs?  How effective are blogs at helping students to learn objectives?  The blogging assignments need to be more than glamorous discussion threads or online essays and research papers. They need to be directly connected in a way that students can see how they support the learning objectives.  

 

5.   What are two instructional strategies you will use in your blog for your blended course? 1.  Collaborative writing by have students blog in pairs or triads. It would teach collaboration and provide expanded viewpoints.  2.  I have created webquests originating from the blog.  I would like to have students create their own webquests for fellow students to explore. 

Create your own blog

If you do not have a blog online that I can see, watch the video, then create your blog. Keep it simple at first

School of one

A great idea in practice.

School of One from NYC Public Schools on Vimeo.

Technology in education

During the course of my research while creating a new class (EDL590 Advanced technology) I came across an article dealing with technology in the classroom.  It is a look back at what the author thought in 1999 and where we are today.  After reading it I would be interested in anyone's; thoughts
 
http://www.citejournal.org/articles/v4i2seminal2.pdf

Setting up your Google account

If you do not already have an account  set up with Google you can go to the site listed below and sign up.  It is free and all you need is an email address. 

Google account sign up

Edutopia survey

It will help us in the course design to know where most students are in their technology use. Go the link below and click on the link to take the technology survey.  Print and bring your results to class the first day. QUIZ: Tech Savvy Teaching: How Do You Rank?