Final Class

We had our final Ed Tech class tonight. It ended on a high note, now there's scrambling to make sure all the assignments are turned in. I think everyone will do fine.

I asked my students tonight what they would take from how I teach as a model. I am curious about how they are thinking about their teaching repertoire and what sparked them.

Flexibility came up a lot. With only one class, it was easier to be flexible. If I had 3 classes with work to track, flexibility can become cumbersome. I need to develop better management systems for work coming in at different times and to different locations. Blogs, the course wikis, the discussion board, Blackboard assignments. Keeping track of comments that are posted to blogs and wikis. Maybe I'll have the next class keep their own assignment lists for at least some assignments.

With commenting and responding to each other's work, there is the issue of when folks do the initial post. I can see that I have lots of room for improvement.

This is surprisingly fun