I did the "What we did in class wiki"
Items to talk about:
· Progress on delicious:
o Went to our delicious page
o We are supposed to add about 5 resources a week… 40 total
§ Needs at least 3 tags otherwise it won’t be counted
· Can go back and edit
§ If you don’t have expected number then you don’t meet expectations
§ Add resources when you are doing other work for this class
· Mid semester course evaluation
o The evaluation was created in Google docs and there is a special kind of Google docs called Google forms
§ Take all responses and puts in a spread sheet for you
§ You could use Google form to create pre-tests
· If students know certain material well you can alter instruction
· Data driven decision making
o Based on the course objectives and requirements we put down that the work load was High. He wants us to do that because he knows we can do it.
§ How many hours are you spending on average per week
· You should be spending 9 hours a week on this course ( 3 times as many hours as you have credits)
o Most of us want to stay with email for
Student led discussion Chapter 7 (Ashley and Dawn): the presentation can be retrieved under the book chapter schedule on D2L under “Ashley, Dawn”
· What may be lost and what may be gained
· Split into groups and discussed losses and gains
Pluses and minus for presentations:
-Set expectations before sharing the tool or the students breaking off into the group
+ google docs and impromptu when response didn’t work
+ thumbs up
+scenarios help us think about real life experiences
-Keep audience in control
-Difficult to hear people in general : maybe have people stand when they are presenting or facilitator restates
+used Humor
+commenting on comments
Discuss Delicious Network
· How to get a link to another person’s delicious page Via network
· Click on another person’s tab “add to my network”
D2L
· Go to D2L homepage to look at Professor Boyer’s online Calendar: He shows up about 9am
· Click on online rooms… class says “what?”
o Elluminate ( another tool similar to this is Adobe Connect)
§ click on yellow tab and download files
§ click allow, then run, finally I agree and ok to running on dsl/cable connection
§ collaborative chat room, white board, you can raise hands
§ It is a synchronies tool… could use for presentation. Good for when people are not face to face to conference.
§ It can be recorded, and played back later (i.e: if someone is unable to attend class)
§ Up to 6 cameras
§ Speaking is very controlled. You have to hold the button down if you want to talk.
§ Expensive to host
The steps for getting ready to do podcast (Due in 2 Weeks)
· Highlighted Garage Band on Monday
o Different steps required
o Contemporary podcast
§ Needs to be related to technology and pk-12 learners
§ And has to be something recent
o Need to find a way of representing this in a script
§ Overview of issue
§ Specific resource that I found
§ Hear some of our commentary, what we think about the issue
· Both Mac and windows work but he encourages us to use Mac ( He has Microphones)
o 2 to 3 time limit for 1 person or 4 to 6 minutes for 2 people
o Up to 15 seconds lead in music and up to 15 seconds lead out music
o 1 sound effect
o Link to blog and share with the world
o Need to put in royalty free sound effects
· Issue about copy right…. If it is less than 30 seconds you can use it
Homework for next week…
· Start working on script
· Reminders of up and coming projects that are due in the next few weeks
This class helped to go over a lot of the assignments we are supposed to work on. I love this class, even when it has a lot of homework, because I feel like I am genuinely learning something that I can directly apply to teaching in school. This class is incredibly helpful!
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