I logged on today and found that I had no checked the posts for about 5 days...shit this is not good when time like this has elapsed. I have particularly focussed on staying in contact with all these students. It is hard enough not to be able to speak with these individuals face to face the only way that I can do this is via Blackboard and other mediums (as an example of these other mediums I have attempted to use podcasting and audio tools to allow students to hear my voice, instead of just being an amorphous thing).
There are still a couple of students that have not logged on to any of the groups of assesment 2, is this my fault? have I not been clear enough? I made sure that I put an announcement to give these students an opportunity (last week)to give the students the chance to choose groups for themselves. I know that learning in the online world is much much different from face to face but the low interactivity in general on the site is somewhat concerning. I want the students to see how to develop a portal in such a way as well.
Are they reading this journal? I am not sure...The students have been asked to respond to their thoughts on the engagement with this unit through their reflective journal. Have they had a look at this site that enables/prompts them to think about their teaching? Where are there ideas for feedback, thoughts, emotions for them. What other prompting tool could I use...email them...make a podcast explaining to them to respond...this is a little hard here. I do hope that the students will at some point spend some time reading my thoughts here and are able to translate this to their own professional learning as either a student-teacher or teacher. Clearly there are some issues associated with using such a medium, but the importance of writing in this way is to uncover the pedagogical reasoning/rationale for teaching in the way that I have.
Enough for this evening. My baby girl (Sacha; 2 years is crying) and I need to go and tend to her.
Trent
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