The Design Team met up with more of this past year’s iTeach participants to talk about what they have been working on this semester and how they have been using the things they learned at iTeach. Terri Babers Terri hasn’t had a chance to try anything new yet with her classes, but will be teaching [...]
Last night six iTeach participants from this past year got together on Elive and shared with us what they had been working on since we had seen them last. I just have to say right up front that there was so much interesting work being done that I almost can’t wait to hear more.
We’ve tried to capture the majority of what was shared below so that others can explore these efforts as well. If I’ve left anything out please feel free to include them in the comments.
Since this summer’s iTeach, I have changed a number of things in my distance courses. I have used the discussion board for the very first time in my practicum class. I am amazed at how interconnected students feel through the process of posting, reading the posts of their classmates, and having that level of weekly [...]
Hello all! I was already using wikis, podcasts, and blogs but iTeach helped me refine and crystallize my thinking about how to use them. I was able to work with a science methods instructor to create her first experience with a wiki this fall. We used wikispaces because it has a user friendly interface and [...]
Terri’s class hasn’t started yet, but she has questions about classroom blogging: Who among us has established a blog as instructional strategy? Can you share examples of student blogging as part of the course work? or have you found such examples online anywhere? Do you and your students believe it was effective? cumbersome? Has it [...]
I am using a wiki in all four of my courses this fall. ALST 300 students post facts about Alaska they deem essential to know if one is to be a sourdough. These facts constitute 60% of the final exam to be given in December. The students in my two Curriculum Development courses are writing [...]
Here is the rundown on what I am doing differently this semester. There are 4 different technological tools that I have implemented due to my experience at i-teach. Students in my philosophy of law class are blogging their reading responses. I am using Google reader to read and respond to the blogs. I have abandoned [...]
[Jaece (aka Julie) in SL - click for larger] New: Set up blog on Blogspace for my Summer Bio 104: Natural History of Alaska class. The blog can be viewed at: Naturalhistoryofpws-ak.blogspot.com Students were given free rein on the format and style but were told to include: date, location, and species lists for each trip [...]
As a result of attending the iTeach session in Juneau this past summer, I have restructured my class to include two new features. Although they took a bit of work to set up, I am thrilled with the results of both. The first change I made was to entire online structure of my class. Up [...]