Whew-Well week one of my online orientation class has ended! It included a plethora of activities that really redirected me to the emphasis of technology. I was faberglassed to encounter an aspect of the web that I was not familiar with. I really enjoyed the layout of activities and oftentimes felt challenged. The ELC interface was brand new to me. In the past I have taken online classes that used BlackBoard and other familiar interfaces for classes. The ELC was very simple to adapt to, this is why the scavenger hunt was so useful. I developed many ideas of activities I can incoporate into my fifth-grade classroom. Especially when they are learning the basic skills of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint etc.
One concern that I had was organizing my time management. Next week is the last week of school. the previous and upcoming weeks have and will be extremely rough for me. I will need to follow a schedule precisely to meet deadlines. I think the biggest challenge I faced during this time period was last night when we had an electrical power outage which prevented me from logging on and completing this assignment of constructing a blog page. I know I can only complete the things that I am in control of.
Other than that I am very excited about the integration of technology in this class!!!
Well I am signing off until next time...Adrienne
Adrienne, I'm glad you've learned something new about the web and even have new ideas for your own teaching! When the light bulb goes off it's so exciting. The last week of school is always so challenging, it's my last week also!
ReplyDeleteHopefully you will get into a nice time management pattern for the first class starting soon.