Module 3
I have learned that online teaching and learning is really cutting edge. As a teacher in a reform model high school I thought I was cutting edge. Could it be that online is the way of the future? Will online replace the public school? What I have learned is that online teachinga nd learning is not far off from the things we are trying to do at our high school. We are an inquiry based school. We strive to include all students in an equitable way into the fabric of our school. In my online course I am looking forward to using the discussion as a tool for providing equity of voice for all my students. I have learned to think more about the role questions play in teaching and learning and then how to get students to actually think about the questions in dialouge with their peers. Pelz’s models of discussions gave me great ideas. I would like to incorporate his find and discuss model (35.) The students will locate an image on the web that goes along with the content they have read about. They will pose a question to their peers with the image. Peers will respond to the question and the image ona modular basis. The images can be collected and the student can use the image as part of thier final project a multimedia historical interpreation presentation. This way I will know that the students are working on the final project all along. I have decided that I will require reading for each module and ask the students some comprehension questions after each reading. These questions are higher level thinking questions that they will not be able to skim to answer. So, the student will read, answer comprehension questions, post an image and a question to thier peers, repond to thier peers images and questions, and then I think I would like them to reflect. I am envisioning that I will use Voicethreads to do the image and interaction and the final project. i would also like the students to reflect at the end of each module. I will interact with the students as well in regards to each image. Is that enough interction? probably not.
I just finished listening to the personal feedback from mod 1 and 2 and I feel anxious all over again. I did not finish my course documents well enough. I was looking at others courss and it didn’t seem like others had finalized them either. I will look again and work on them this week. I tried to tag something here, we’ll see. I wasn’t looking at the reflections assignments and I wasn’t self assessing. I need to clean up my blog. I enjoy learning about the pedagogy of online teaching and learning; I feel resistant to apply it completely. I like to dabble in it though. I am realizing that i need to push myself a bit harder. I am on vacation in North Carlolina and have to go to McDonalds to even get the internet. I am trying and i will pull it off. I would appreciate credit for trying what i have and not being judged for my product the same as a tech-savvy student. As the reading mentions people choose online often for convenience purposes-working hard making huge strides and trying to keep up with many different components to one class is not that convenient- but that’s how we learn, huh?
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