Well, it is time for another eLearning class to start. I am anxious for this one as it will be interesting to see to see how different assessment might be in the online environment. We started the class by posting to a WIKI of which I was the second one to post on netiquette. This is something near and dear to my heart as we have been working with our fifth graders on this very thing. Amazing how little they know about the topic and how much they have to learn. However, I ran into a problem in the middle of the first week when I could not get a second comment to post. After sending messages to Jim about it, I finally discovered I was putting my information into the wrong field. Mentioned and noted to self – do not do work like this when you have a migraine!
Another task was a survey we took to help Jim tailor the program and help assign us to groups. I am impressed he took the time to ask us about what we wanted. Not many teachers/professors really want to know your opinion. For the discussion boards, we had to complete two tasks - write about alternative assessment techniques and give our favorite movie(s). The favorite movie(s) will be a separate post. For the alternative assessment, we were asked to think about the WIKI, survey and the icebreaker (which was about the movies) and how we could or could not use them as assessment tools. I thought the survey and the WIKI would probably be the most useful for these purposes since it is easily tailored to many different areas depending on how it is constructed but then again so could a WIKI now that I think about it. My favorite was the WIKI. I started working with them about a year ago for another class. At first, they were extremely challenging, but the more I have used them the more I want to find ways to utilize them in my classroom as well. Until next time!
Another task was a survey we took to help Jim tailor the program and help assign us to groups. I am impressed he took the time to ask us about what we wanted. Not many teachers/professors really want to know your opinion. For the discussion boards, we had to complete two tasks - write about alternative assessment techniques and give our favorite movie(s). The favorite movie(s) will be a separate post. For the alternative assessment, we were asked to think about the WIKI, survey and the icebreaker (which was about the movies) and how we could or could not use them as assessment tools. I thought the survey and the WIKI would probably be the most useful for these purposes since it is easily tailored to many different areas depending on how it is constructed but then again so could a WIKI now that I think about it. My favorite was the WIKI. I started working with them about a year ago for another class. At first, they were extremely challenging, but the more I have used them the more I want to find ways to utilize them in my classroom as well. Until next time!
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