Week 7

Today while Tiffany was outlining the final week of class I started to realize that the semester is over.  What happened to the time? I hope everybody enjoyed my input and company throughout the semester. Overall, I  enjoyed the dichotomy of opinions and personalities that helped generate some original ideas. Engaging in this course helped me see that I am becoming more tolerant of criticism and feedback. There were times when I stopped myself because somebody was providing feedback and I wasn't taking it personally. The layout of the class and being paired with different partners helped alleviate some of the pressure and tension when feedback (criticism) was given. A sense of humility helped check my ego during this course.  I love differences and originality but in the past I have judged or written things off without realizing it. With our final exam looming, I am looking forward to articulating the person I am and what I have learned in this class. Furthermore, I am excited to hear all the other presentations and what everybody will say to surprise me. Peace out until next week people!

Weebly

I failed to mention in my last blog how happy I am with Weebly.  I believe its the most useful tool we have learned how to use thus far.  It can be incorporated into the curriculum at all levels of education enhancing the interactive and integrative facets of lessons.When I finished my site I wanted to it show off to everyone because it looked so great.  The program is user friendly and easy to navigate.  If more programs like Weebly continue to take hold then education will only become more hands on and versatile for students.

Week 6

It appears that we will experience what the students will endure throughout the 16 week semester in two weeks. I think its good for us to take part in the learning modules we created so we can further refine them and figure out which ones will be most effective. I am looking forward to doing the personal playlist activity because i am a huge music fan and I feel the music you listen to helps define you as a person.  I thought everybody did a great job this week hammering out the passport learning template and converting it from hours to points, which will make a big difference.

Most of all I am excited about the skills I am taking with me from this class. I have learned how to use wiki, typewithme, prezi, weebly, rubistar, and how to put together my own survey.  When I am finished with a course I don't evaluate it based on what grade I received but how much information I retained three years later.  I have been fortunate enough to have been paired with two great partners this semester which made all the difference regarding workload and making use of our time. Its a shame the course has to end because I am meeting interesting people and learning new things constantly.

Activity Progress

I really like our activities so far.  The weebly website is very handy but it takes some time to get used to its quirks. My partner Katie has been very helpful and hard working. I think both activities are coming along nicely. I think i will start on the rubric tomorrow.

5th Week of Class

I had fun in class yesterday. I especially enjoyed learning how to use Weebly because it can be used for any subject or context in a classroom.  I think its a great tool for collaborative research. Maintaining one web page so every student can add to it in some form depending on the subject, ie - In math class students could post easy ways they figured out how to solve problems or in Social Studies they could post pictures or videos that go with the information they are studying. Overall, a tool like this will help students avoid confusion and increase understanding of areas they might have trouble in.

Our learning activities have a lot of potential. I think that most of the student activities are focusing on some kind of digital information, knowledge, or expertise. Moreover, this is great because without knowing what information there is online about you and not having the tools necessary to edit your digital self, will prohibit the student from a experiencing a successful job interview. I am looking forward to the final product and even more, how much these final products effect the final interview outcome. I feel our group and all the others will contribute their fair share considering all the hard work that has been done so far this semester.

Week 5

I can't believe how fast time passes.  I must be learning something if i just realized this is already week five of class. I am happy with the work my partner and I put forth for this weeks assignment.  I am curious to see how creative everybody is regarding their learning activities.  I hope everybody doesn't have the same idea.

Activities Progress

I am excited about the ideas Katie and I came up with. I think they are practical and straight to the point. I am curious to see what the other students concoct for Wednesdays class. We are more than halfway finished with the class!

Today

I wish i had some time to think about what learning activities i want to implement. Life happens sometimes i guess.  I will begin work tomorrow after work, wow that doesn't sound good!

Again

I forgot to mention that I hope everybody doesn't overlap each other with their learning modules. It would probably be best if everybody proposed multiple activities just in case.

Week 4

Well everybody we made it half way through this experiment. I know i have learned a lot already. I feel like its the first day of school again because we have new partners.  I am sure it will be fun getting to know our new partners and their nuances, lol. I am excited about getting to propose activities for the students to use in order to prepare for their job interview.Good luck to everybody over the next week!

Presentations for next week

I am really looking forward to learning more about everyones topic next week. The peer review helped our group a lot with the direction of our topic. I intend on using the feedback as a part of our group presentation next week. Good luck to everyone!

Techedu

The blogger apparently didn't like our class because it was an experiment! lol