Monthly Archives: April 2011

Valuing the Gift of Time from Students

I had to chuckle at the comment in our text, Learning in Real Time: “Instructors…remember at every moment of every (emphasis mine) live session that there is a group of people assembled in real time  who have set aside the same … Continue reading

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Summary and Reflections Module 5 EDTECH 523

In Module five of EDTECH 523, I focused on learning more about synchronous lessons.  I read about planning, developing, implementing and evaluating synchronous lessons through the following resources: Hrastinski. (2008). A study of asynchronous and synchronous e-learning methods discovered that each … Continue reading

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Not Teaching with Technology

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Communication Plan for Online Teaching

Routine Tasks Opening tasks: Provide a welcome e-mail to students and provide contact information. Disseminate and collect a technology skills survey. Identify the technology instruction needs for the students. Post screen-casts to help students navigate the beginning of the class. … Continue reading

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A Rubric for Discussion Board Comments

Category 3 points Exceeds Expectations 2 points Meets Expectations 1 point Below Expectations Content of posts Response reflects student knowledge of the content and evidence of having completed the assigned tasks or reading as well as deeper reflection. Response reflects … Continue reading

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