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
