I feel as though I have been working on my Google Site forever, yet seem to be struggling getting anywhere. I have all these ideas about where I want to take this project, but need to get my ideas organized on my site. Maybe that is what our article last week meant about the time it takes to teach an online class. However, I am glad that I am practicing with Google Sites now, so that I am better prepared for online learning in the future.
I am trying to take some ideas from our class site, as well as from other class sites that I have been browsing. With my Gifted and Talented students, it is hard to think about it as a course. I have decided to take something I have already been working on, Math Challenges, and put it into a format suitable for online learning. I am including weekly Google Docs that can be saved into the student's individual folders and shared with me. I am also having students do an assessment check with a small group of classmates to check their answers and to discuss them mathematically with others. This is just the beginning, but I am hoping to slowly continue putting all of the pieces together. Hopefully I will eventually be able to post a success story about my Google Site!
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DeleteBethany,
ReplyDeleteI experienced a similar feeling of having many ideas but struggled to focus on a few and then organize them into a meaningful unit.
Have you found some direction since your last blog posting?
July 24, 2013 at 7:08 PM
Bethany,
ReplyDeleteThanks for responding to my Classroom Dynamics Google Site.
In answer to your question: No, I have not taught a course in classroom dynamics. However, it is one of my favorite issues to discuss and think about. Each year I believe more and more that the dynamics are as important as the content and - yes - even the pedagogy; although, one might consider the dynamics to be a component of the pedagogy.
Bethany. I hope you continue to have success with the Google site. I had many difficulties trying to set one up with my Math Methods course and so switched to a Wikispace which worked well. There certainly is a lot to consider for the learning module. Having the students complete documents and share them with you is a great idea (since we've been doing that in this course) and will only help the students as they progress. Slow but sure will succeed.
ReplyDeleteThis is the first time I have created an online lesson as well. For this assignment I have gotten about as far as the first module. I also chose a Math lesson. Then I decided I would adapt a flipped classroom style to online and provide the information as homework and then use the synchronous tools to do what I would normally do with students in the classroom. However, I am not sure how well it will actually work out!
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to seeing your completed project. There are so many exciting things one can do with Gifted and Talented students. I'm glad you chose something that you will be able to implement at some point in your future.
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