Your To-Do list for deadline #2:- listen to the weekly podcast (you now have options, it is posted at Gabcast or on MCC's iTunes U --if one of you decide to subscribe to it using iTunes, please tell me so I can ask you about the process at the end of the course! Michelle, I know I need to make transcripts. I'll work on those this weekend.)
- new technologies: wikis and document sharing, watch the following videos:
- course build: Share a document with entire class (using Google Docs) with course outcomes (both the MCCCD official competencies as well as your own specific outcomes). Comment on at least a couple classmates' documents (use "insert" tab and comment so that your comment is labeled). At this point I would just make comments about how/why you think these outcomes will/not work in an online environment. Watch this video to see how I shared my Outcomes document with you all!
- find course content: Creative Commons (CC) is a mechanism for authors to more freely share their material. Many authors who publish work in the internet share their materials under one of the CC licenses. Many people upload pictures at Flickr with CC licenses. You can do an advanced search at Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/) that allows you to only see results with CC licenses. Go find some pictures that are useful for your course!
- blog entry: Ultimately, the internet is a tool to facilitate communications, and we already know this; however, it does help to take a moment to distinguish between Internet vs. World Wide Web vs. Browsers (you can also watch You Tube: v=WMaOFbzWxh0). This week take some time to think about your experiences communicating via the internet. What are shared characteristics between your good experiences? Your bad experiences? What are the different strengths and weaknesses of communicating via the internet? Find a creative commons covered picture from Flickr that helps demonstrate your reflections about communicating via the internet and post that picture in your blog posting along with the reflection.
- iGoogle: add Google Docs gadget to help keep track of who has shared what with you!
- wiki entry: Read and comment on one of the already existing articles about communications and online learning at the course wiki. Then add a new article on the communication page in the wiki. You need to make it an annotated bibliography; so put the bibliographic citation first and then add a paragraph with a brief summary of the work.
Image from NaOH at Flickr.
2 comments:
Well I just snuck in to start dinner... yea this is mutitasking at it's best. I'm still trying to get a handle on this course. Just when I got to my comfort level, Shelley went and posted something else, so it looks different! And there's another criterium been thrown into the mix. My Grandson (just turned 4) is spending the night while Mom and Dad go to a wedding. Wait.. it's get worse! Turns out he's constipated! So Mom and Dad call me frequently -- "Did he go yet?" No, but I'm feeding him all the right stuff.
Chaos? It lives with me. And as a librarian I crave order and organization, but learn to manage both.
As far as the couse goes, I'm way behind. But having lots of fun with the google aggregator, and altogether doing very well on my dialup connection.
Constipation & Communication...what a pair! LOL! I'm thrilled to hear dial-up is working well. We'll definitely talk about the comparison of using Google Apps & WebCT at the end of the course (or maybe even soon...I have to talk to people across the district about Google Apps).
Shelley
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