Web 2.0 Group Assignment

Well, we are almost finished our group assignment. We used Flickr to develop an online lesson.

Evaluation of my contribution.

Both Amrit and I got a bit of a later start than Kim and Leona, so naturally my role was more of a helper than a leader. I find teams work well when participants accept roles. Tha analogy would be a sports team. Sometimes the best teams are those with many role players as opposed to superstars. If there are too many superstars, no one is willing to do the "dirty work".

In the case of our team, Kim and Leona took the lead and I was satisfied playing a support role, asking what I could do to assist and then following up with those tasks. For example, my role was to try out other people's instructions, assignment steps, and provide feedback for improvement. I was glad to do this.

Next time, If I had gotten actively engaged a bit earlier, I'm sure my contribution could have been more 'meaty' and concrete -- I like producing my own things rather than just giving feedback on others, so i will try to be more of a leader than a follower next time round.

I learned how to use Flickr for setting up group projects, and i will probably try using this in my teaching for a photo-speech assignment for speaking classes next semester.

Jason

Moodle Tool Assignment

This was a fun and interesting assignment. I have wanted to use Moodle for a long time, but have never gotten around to it. I've seen workshop presentations of instructors using the glossary function in the past and felt that would have been an excellent activity for my ESL students.

Of course, having live students in the course and trying to follow the instructions you've given for using the technology could open a whole new host of issues that need troubleshooting, but just making a start like this gives me confidence to actually try this out for next semester with no excuses.

Well, it is just a start but with more time devoted to creating new online activities and re-vamping of f2f activities, I'm sure I can produce course experiences that students will enjoy and feel satisfied the courses offered an opportunity to learn and grow.

Jason

Audio-Visual Assignment Blog Entry

I enjoyed doing this assignment as I like to work with both sound and video in my classes.

I would have liked to have completed some Camtasia clips to go along with the assignment and i should have broken the module down into smaller bits to ensure all learning objectives were met by each student as opposed to just being met by groups of students.

It was interesting to provide feedback on Kim Stegman's submission as it was professionally put together. I was very impressed and the quality of her work is something I aspire to.

That's all for now.

Jason