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Susan Kolwitz

Evidence of Understandings - 32 views

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#EDUC251 #Portfolio6

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  • Susan Kolwitz on 29 Jan 11
     
    I started this over the summer while taking the first course for this certificate. Please feel free to follow my postings on blogger as we continue in this course.
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  • Jennifer Dalby on 29 Jan 11
     
    Thank you for sharing this. Our interrogation of "presence" has been interesting this week. I've been looking forward to seeing each of you make decisions about personal online presence.
  • Bruce Wolcott on 29 Jan 11
     
    Susan, In your second article on your blog you describe a PLE or 'personal learning environment' by saying: "The purpose of a PLE is to gather and process information, act on the learning that takes place, then showcase the results of what was learned to include how one arrived at those results." I'm curious to know how you set up a PLE, and maybe 1 or 2 examples if you could direct me there. Is this related to Microsoft's OneNote , or Evernote, which lets you copy, scan, and store web-based information? Also, could you explain how you have found this to be useful for you or your classes? Thanks!
  • Susan Kolwitz on 31 Jan 11
     
    Bruce: The blog is my ePortfolio. You can use different tools to establish your personal learning environment...I began with a blog. There is a nice example of a PLE by a 7th grader who used a different tool to showcase her science project. I think you will find it an excellent example of how web 2.0 tool are being used at the grade school level. Here's the link...it's a youtube video narrated by the student. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEls3tq5wIY Susan
  • Bruce Wolcott on 01 Feb 11
     
    Thanks, Susan For some reason, I thought a personal learning environment was a fish of a different color. I get the concept now, thanks to Wendy, the 7th grader who I found using your YouTube link. The personal learning environment can be a blog, a wiki, or note gathering app, that allows you to quickly organize, filter, and access the online information that makes up your personal knowledge universe. She was using a tool named SYMBALOO, which I'm definitely going to try out - as well as some other useful apps - Evernote for note-talking and Glogster, for building a collage of related information. I really liked Wendy's tutorial on the PLE - it covered a lot of information in a short span of time, while effectively communicating her ideas visually.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 01 Feb 11
     
    Here's a screencast I made about my PLE when I did a guest week in EDUC250 last quarter https://www.screencast.com/users/ccchit/folders/EDUC%20250/media/f974b78d-3c78-4a44-b231-b758bb54cdbd
  • Bruce Wolcott on 03 Feb 11
     
    Thanks, Jennifer This was very helpful. Also your strong endorsement of Twitter as a way to quickly connect with communities of common interest is giving me more motivation to become more engaged with that world. I've been a slow adopter of Twitter - but this week's events in Egypt organized by a younger generation on Facebook and Twitter are a strong testament to the transforming power of these media.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 06 Feb 11
     
    I've made the understandings entry to my blog.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 12 Feb 11
     
    This is my first Camtasia project. I realize that there is room for improvement. As I use it more, I'm sure I will begin to develop better skills. I can see where this is a good application for getting information up in an online course.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 14 Feb 11
     
    So glad you posted this! I'm in the middle of a similar process, and I appreciated seeing how you're comparing products.
  • Bruce Wolcott on 15 Feb 11
     
    Thanks for your comparison of Moodle, Joomla, and Blackboard. I was quite surprised to find out that Moodle leads the pack - since I assumed that Blackboard/Vista would have the majority following. It's been around since the mid-1990's. Great comparison chart, and use of Camtasia!
  • Susan Kolwitz on 15 Feb 11
     
    After looking at Joy's post about Canvas, I need to review this and compare to these three vendors. Will, then, have to update the comparison chart to include Canvas.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 06 Mar 11
     
    Here's the link to my ePortfolio with this module's assignment
  • Bruce Wolcott on 06 Mar 11
     
    Susan, I *really like* this list of reasons why stories work well for teaching that you posted on your blog. I've been teaching class sections on storytelling, and this gives me some well considered principles for how stories can be "put to work" for real world applications in education and information design. 1. A learning event is an unfolding story 2. People craft a story to make sense of what they are learning 3. Stories are at the intersection of people's synthesis of learning 4. Stories are tools for thinking 5. You can move through complex information more efficiently through story devices than through standard forms of discourse One of my favorite destinations for interactive stories is the Second Story website. It's jammed packed with terrific examples of interactive storytelling - on all sorts of interesting topics.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 06 Mar 11
     
    Thanks for your attention on storytelling! It's something that is applicable for so many different learning situations, and works particularly well online.
  • Joy LaJeret on 06 Mar 11
     
    While the most story telling I have done is one blog post and a short story about "I love my new Grandma" which I posted in this site...I want to do more and will hopefully b eable to get to this later. Nothing sticks like a good story!
  • Susan Kolwitz on 07 Mar 11
     
    Bruce: Thanks for the link on more interactive storytelling. I think this will help me to develop using case studies as learning activities for our courses.
  • Mary Ann Simpson on 08 Mar 11
     
    Susan, your activity on identifying sepsis in pediatric patients was clear, concise, and easy to navigate. I liked the fact that we were directed to a wiki page with the "case" facts presented in story form with a very clear picture of the "rash". if I were a trainee in your course, I would be excited by this lesson and the follow-up survey you posted.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 08 Mar 11
     
    Thanks for your comments Mary Ann. This is the first time I've used these tools for a case study...I'm hoping the wiki will allow the students to discuss the case and also allow them to pose thoughtful 'what-ifs'.
  • ann stephens on 09 Mar 11
     
    The thought the story telling definition you found to be a good guideline. Cases are great. One activity I might add would be What can you do to stop it? I know the student at this point is learning, but gives them a focus to think about their involvement.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 17 Mar 11
     
    In learning the Camtasia application, I found many good tips...I share them in my portfolio posting this week.
  • Joy LaJeret on 19 Mar 11
     
    I left a comment on your blog. I had to carefully think about what you had stated and found myself differing slightly with what you suggested. I suppose that attests to our differences. Nevertheless I appreciated the blog post Susan.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 22 Mar 11
     
    Here's the link to my blog where my final project is located.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 23 Mar 11
     
    My end of class reflection is located on my blog.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 24 Mar 11
     
    Thought I had posted this...to keep my blog in order, I post dated this to 2/28/11.
ann stephens

You Digital Presence - 9 views

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#EDUC251 presence online

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  • ann stephens on 26 Jan 11
     
    Jennifer's email to us was a catalyst for this post to inquire about your digital prescence experience. I, like Jennifer, have aliases that I use on social networks. It is a challenge, though, to manage multiple presences and even when I do, often have a feeling of unease about the information. For example, in this course a suggestion was for us to update our profile. Although I don't feel secrative that I am taking a course at Bellevue College, the email/signature I use for this course is also the one I use for some other professional endeavors (such a technology consulting). I is not something that is a "need to know" by everyone. I chose, in this situation, not to update my general profile. When we are conscious of what/how we are posting and putting up, is one thing. Often though, I get on a mailing list, that I have no idea how I was included, as I probably forgot to check a "do not include me" box on something I have bought on line. This article was particularly interesting to me, as it talks about a survey that 23% of children get a digital presence even before they are born - having a lasting imprint.
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  • Mary Ann Simpson on 26 Jan 11
     
    Ann, the information contained in this article (digital presence sometimes even before birth) was a bit shocking. The lasting imprint you refer to is definitely a reason to instruct our children/grandchildren/students to carefully consider what they want broadcast to the world before they publish it! Thank you for this reference.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11
     
    Articles like this are designed to be shocking. My children have had a digital footprint before they were born. They also both have their own domain names. But my grandparents and great grandparents also have digital footprints after they've passed on! In my opinion, it won't be long before there is so much content online, that the information about individuals will be of little interest to any of the people we currently worry are concerned about it. More importantly, I hope it brings awareness of what it means to be human. We all make mistakes. Most people aren't 100% good or bad. I would prefer more people to put more stuff online so it becomes irrelevant. The way I see it, only those with privilege and access even have the choice about what to put online. If we put too much value on it, the only people who will benefit are the people with privilege, access, and either the foresight to keep their online presence squeaky clean, or the money to clean it up afterward.
  • Bruce Wolcott on 27 Jan 11
     
    I used to think that my name was off the beaten path enough that there wasn't anyone else with the name Bruce Wolcott - but I was mistaken, and was glad that I laid claim to brucewolcott.com. Over the past few years, I've slowly been working to build an online presence. A few years ago, the my top reference on the Web was at ratemyprofessor.com , which I've found in the past to have favorable reviews, but also some student reviews I felt were retribution for getting poor grades. I wanted to build a presence that I thought was fair, represented my true interests, and a way to quickly let people know about my background. After developing my website and blog, it turns out that Google has put the information I'm most interested in having out there, at the top of the list. I see this as a long term project, and something that I will be building consistently and gradually over time. After Jennifer's comments regarding Facebook, I'm having second thoughts about what kind of presence to be projecting there.
  • ann stephens on 27 Jan 11
     
    I was thinking of the direct experience with the first grandchild in the family. Her facebook is limited to family (I have an alias email for this) and friends, but you never know when something is really forwarded. She recently had a some minor illness - ear ache, slight temperature. This has now been posted on facebook. We often think of medical things as private and yet this was easily shared as a way for us to know what was happening.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11
     
    Ann, the medical thing is a good point. I had a Twitter conversation with Howard Rheingold the other day, about the kinds of things we put online. He felt he didn't put too much personal stuff. I thought it was pretty personal that he had a cancer blog and a separate Twitter account for his butt :) He explained a little about why he did that. Read from the bottom to the top. https://skitch.com/injenuity/rmqq1/twitter-your-favorites
  • ann stephens on 27 Jan 11
     
    Howard's cancer post exemplifies the uneasiness I feel. Having a blog for an illness is a wonderful way to stay connected, get advise, not feel isolated, etc. However, when we do that we are thinking of family, friends, and a community we want to connect to, but we have no control of where this information goes and what the consequences of that might be as happened in this case. We all know now that Howard had cancer. I have personal reaction to this information - what type of cancer, reminds me of personal experiences, current friends, the medical system, etc.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11
     
    One thing to think about is the reality of community to an individual. An outside observer might analyze and decide there is no real community. But if a participant perceives it as community, do they then reap the benefits of community? Could there be health benefits in believing there are people who support you and are there to listen?
  • ann stephens on 27 Jan 11
     
    I agree that there is a benefit to on-line blogs and support groups. The question for me is how do I get that benefit from the people I am targetting it to? So, for instance, I have used online support groups for a medical challenge I went through. It was helpful and beneficial to both them and me. However, that is different from having a digital footprint of the interaction. Maybe an employer or someone who would use the information judgementally, for example. So to Howard's example, did he realize that people that only tangentially are even aware of him, now know something intimate about his life. He probably doesn't care on one level, but it is the "unconsciousness" of this footprint that I think about.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11
     
    I think he cares and just wanted to have control of it himself, rather than let other people decide what's out there about him. The optimist in me hopes what will happen is we'll start to discover we have more in common with people that we ever thought possible. I blogged through the loss of my baby, and that's online forever. Years after the fact, at least 4 men in my online professional network have told me how much they appreciated being able to see that, because they went through the same thing, but didn't feel dads had the right to that kind of grief. It's very rewarding to go a thousand miles away to a conference and get the biggest hugs in the world, simply for being open about a personal experience. I drop off line all the time. I delete accounts. I stop blogging. Every time I do it, people contact me to tell me how much they miss my interaction, and how they've been touched by my sharing. When I feel like I'm not making a difference, people always tell me I don't know that, because it's not something I can see. A lot of times I've written blog posts that go against the wisdom of my colleagues, yet I receive many private messages from people thanking me for saying the things they've been afraid to say. I think it's all a matter of choice, and I want to encourage people to stand up for their right to change their minds. People thought I was nuts deleting my facebook account, but I've never regretted it. I do say, though, that when people tell me I never know who I might be helping, I have to consider whether I have a moral obligation or not, to continue to share. I certainly won't be bullied into it with that argument, but I do believe it's an important consideration.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 27 Jan 11
     
    Good article to bring things into perspective about 'online presence.' I found a similar article that compared statistics relating to age and online presence. 92% of children by age 2 have online presence thanks to parents and grandparents. As Jennifer mentioned in her discussion of facebook -- maybe we don't want the world to see what we did in our high school days...we were 15/16. Can we separate a personal online presence from a business profile...
  • ann stephens on 28 Jan 11
     
    I do separate my profiles by having different email aliases. There is overhead in having multiple ones, however, so not ideal.
Joy LaJeret

Final Portfoilo #10 Blog Post Relecting on Learning - 16 views

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blog post

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  • Bruce Wolcott on 20 Feb 11
     
    Joy, Your posts are quite sobering, regarding your own experiences working towards completing your university education. I strongly agree with the following quote in your post: "In sum, it is time for educators to make college and higher learning relevant to their students. It is not about us, it is about them. We are the facilitators of their learning. We must prepare them for the world they will find themselves in when they leave the protected walls of our colleges and universities" I found the recent events in Cairo to be fascinating, where large numbers of people suddenly rose up against an authoritarian and out-of-touch government. This largely peaceful uprising was fueled by the same Web2.0 technologies that are underpinning this class. It's possible that many traditional schools will soon find themselves in a similar situation to the Egyptian government, where students pass them by in favor of lower cost and more relevant educational experiences - many of them available online. Bill Gates recently came under fire for making the statement that valid online college degrees may soon be available for $2000. He may have said this to exaggerate a point, but the evidence of a growing number of online low cost educational resources can't be ignored. One of them is the Khan Academy - run by an MIT graduate who has created a large free archive of mathematics courses that are used by students all over the world - many who claim they are better than their university courses. Colleges and universities ignore this development at their own peril. It's not clear yet how we'll make this transition to relevancy for students, but the next decade will be very interesting...
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  • Helen Maynard on 20 Feb 11
     
    Hi Joy (and fellow classmates) - we were out-of-town for a week. Internet was available, but for a price $.75 per minute. I had planned on using some of our vacation time to work on this course without the hassle of juggling work commitments. At a price per minute, this idea didn't pan out. To get caught up, I checked out our Diigo communications and visited your blog. I like the way you insert YouTube videos to add dimension to your ideas! The two I looked at addressed the LMS system - Canvas. I was particularly fascinated with the young techy who ended his presentation, asking his audience about how they might define the role for SOCIAL MEDIA in both course structure and as a learning tool. Interesting how our course materials (and we) have also been pondering this same issue! Thanks for finding and sharing a very relevant presentation. I also enjoyed your thoughts as well.
  • Joy LaJeret on 28 Feb 11
     
    Today our senior population is aging at a rapid rate. Is it possible we, as a society, are sending them to an early end of life dead line because of our attitudes and out moded beliefs regarding aging in America? Can we not help keep their minds alive and well by changing some of our society's institutions...of higher education?
  • Mary Ann Simpson on 28 Feb 11
     
    Joy, I just finished reading your blog posts and viewing the videos. I agree with Bruce. . . they are quite sobering. I am angered that there is so much age discrimination out there, excited that Japan has such a unique way of addressing the needs of its aging population, and frustrated that a college degree does not necessarily translate into a job. My own daughter is in that position--she has a teaching degree earned two years ago and no prospects of a job anytime soon. Her income is earned through subbing in the Sultan School District and managing a horse stable. All of this translates into 7 days of work per week, a very minimal income and burnout. She is 37 years old (not quite a senior, but in line with the unemployed GWU grads shown in the video you posted). Your passion definitely comes through in all of the blog postings, Joy. What you say about assessment aligns with my beliefs as well. I have never been a proponent of grades--to me, they are just part of a hoop that must be jumped through in order to achieve a goal. With that in mind, I was overJOYed when authentic assessment came onto the education scene as it offered a way to monitor and guide students in their learning, not just give them a letter or number that was supposed to signify that they had "learned" the course content. In my experience, most students who memorize course content for tests within a given course, will not retain it once the tests have been taken. There is simply too much competition for good grades at all levels of education and not enough desire for a true understanding of ideas and concepts.
  • Joy LaJeret on 01 Mar 11
     
    Thanks you for your comments Mary Ann...the bottom line reads, we may be killing off our aged population by sentencing them to give up and give in to old out-moded concepts!
  • Susan Kolwitz on 04 Mar 11
     
    Joy: I've been following your blog postings for some time now and have been meaning to let you know I always learn and find your postings valuable. Keep the information coming our way.
Joy LaJeret

Portfolio #5 Blog with Instructive Canvas Videos - 8 views

joystechtool.blogspot.com/...anvas-learning-management.html

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  • Joy LaJeret on 14 Feb 11
     
    This is the activity for Module 5. I really like this open learning system. If you go to my blog you will find that they ( Canvas) will work with you whether you buy their system or not. Please watch video #2 on my blog. (Note: I wrote the last two paragraphs on my blog here. Then I cut and pasted it to my blog because it took up too much space on Diigo.)
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  • Bruce Wolcott on 14 Feb 11
     
    Joy, I really enjoyed the Instructure/Canvas review video, where the engineer describes Vista/Blackboard as remaining basically unchanged from the mid-1990's. He also mentioned that this CMS model has been adopted by other developers, and that Instructure is one of the few companies that is beginning to effectively implement new Web 2.0 technologies. Another plus - it's free for teachers!
  • Joy LaJeret on 14 Feb 11
     
    Yes...that is a deal maker!
  • ann stephens on 14 Feb 11
     
    I think the model of offering the product to free for teacher's, with the objective of it becoming the standard in education. This "marketing" approach is similiar to how Facebook and even Google got their foothold. Its interesting to see how ecommerce works.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 14 Feb 11
     
    Free is never really free, but it's a good way to learn about how these systems work. I'm currently investigating it for a project, and should find out actually licensing costs soon. I've got some quotes on other systems and it just blows my mind how much we pay for this stuff.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 15 Feb 11
     
    Thanks for posting those two videos on your blog -- informative. I am in the process of looking at LMS to use at my workplace...thought Moodle looked good. I will now do a thorough review of Canvas. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
Jennifer Dalby

Becoming Acquainted with the Digital World & Text-Based Communication - 3 views

blog.cataphora.com/?p=141

#EDUC251 eLearning eHabits digitalidentity privacy texting SMS

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  • Jennifer Dalby on 11 Jan 11
     
    I just finished reading E-Habits, by Elizabeth Charnock, CEO of the company who puts out this blog. It was fascinating (and scary!).
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  • Colleen Dixon on 11 Jan 11
     
    Thanks for the book reference and the blog - excellent. Last week I had two e-mails from two different high school students that demonstrate points in this blog. One e-mail was one line, two half-sentences, written in 'txt'. The other was two paragraphs, complete sentences, grammatically correct. Both had the same issue but their handling, and my responses, were so very different.
  • Joy LaJeret on 12 Jan 11
     
    I am becoming more and more frustrated with digital text based communication for the reasons the blogger specified. It is increasingly difficult to figure out why my granddaughters use a language I do not understand (text slang) and pictures on Facebook to substitute for a good "old fashioned" conversation. They are all smiles and hugs, leaving me to wonder what is really behind all that texting symbolism. I still prefer body language and the art of conversation and I am wondering where all this is leading.
  • Bruce Wolcott on 13 Jan 11
     
    My experience has been that most students know the difference between online chatspeak / textchat versus writing for formal communication. I may be in a bubble regarding this, but it's an exception, rather than a rule to run into chatspeak like - lol, imho, 4ever, omg, etc. in written assignments.
  • Joy LaJeret on 13 Jan 11
     
    Hmmm Bruce. I think there is a void between chat rooms and classrooms. I think there is something lost and something gained in virtual social spaces. I am from an age where a hug and a kiss is the ultimate sign of intimacy when inter-relating to family members. I want to see a real smile and touch a real body. Virtual reality and cyber space leaves those human face-to-face meetings unavailable. I like body language and reading it. I cannot see, feel, touch and watch other humans in the same way. It frustrates me.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 13 Jan 11
     
    I think there's more of an opportunity for us to recognize that with so many different ways to communicate, the nuances of interpersonal communication are more important than ever. I think the people who will be successful, are the ones who truly learn to connect with their audience and make the digital seem personal. I grew up with a dad who taught English and was an Air Force public affairs officer. My writing style has always been formal, and cold, and I've had to learn to add warmth in digital spaces. I'm still trying to figure it out!
  • Joy LaJeret on 14 Jan 11
     
    My experience with your style is you are very intellectually based in your writing style, while your personal style when dealing with this student was warm and open, encouraging and sharing. Okay, it is one opinion among many, I am certain; but this one is mine. I spent many years with the military as a family member and the mother of soldiers. One has to be careful in the civilian world when it comes to interacting with others, because military directness and crispness can get in the way of showing warmth and interest. Hopefully, I have mastered a more civilian way of speaking over the past several years.
Jennifer Dalby

Stephens - Portfolio 5 Activity - Teacher's Presence and Learning Platforms (#portfolio5) - 11 views

I love the supporting work you've done for this. I especially like that you wrote a script for your audio introduction. That's definitely something I should learn to do!

#EDUC251 #portfolio5

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Joy LaJeret

Evan Sveum's Instructional Design Blog - 3 views

act.uwstout.edu/...5--instructional_design.html

Sveum Design

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  • Joy LaJeret on 31 Jan 11
     
    This article seems to be a good example of the type of design I hope to accomplish. Evan is a fellow University of Wisconsin graduate and has pursued an interesting career in design. His resume/blog was well worth the time it took me to explore and read it.
  • Bruce Wolcott on 01 Feb 11
     
    Joy, I really appreciate your link to Evan Sveum's blog, especially this week when we're taking a look at how to organize and present an online curriculum. Initially, as I was moving through his opening page review, I was struck by the following item: "Voice Recognition (Dragon NaturallySpeaking). Talk-to- type has been a huge efficiency for me! I very rarely use the keyboard on my computer anymore". I used Dragon software about 8 years ago, and found it to be very unsatisfying to use. However recently, I've been hearing good reports back about it. I'd be curious to know if anyone in the class has been using voice-to-text in their work...
  • ann stephens on 01 Feb 11
     
    The tab in Sveum's blog regarding eLearning technology was useful - a good overview of different types of technologies one needs, with the practical tools highlighted.
ann stephens

Ann Stephens - 3 views

elearner151.blogspot.com

#Portfolio3

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  • ann stephens on 23 Jan 11
     
    Challenges I found when developing this blog included: 1. Organization. Deciding on the organization of the blog is the most challenging, as is often the situation when organizing a new project. One isn't quite sure what "envelopes" (in this case pages) you want. 2. Privacy. The issue of privacy is very much an issue for me, as I am not sure what I want to have public and/or permanent (as even though you delete something, it still remains somewhere.) 3. Spelling/editting. Proper spelling and grammar I feel is a reflection of who I am and needs to be accurate. Spell checking allows you to find misspellings, but not the use of miswords.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11
     
    I love that you're seeing the challenges and posting them openly. 1. Organization - I use post-it notes. Seriously. Put everything you want to put on the blog on a post it note, then try to arrange them in similar groups, then try to label those groups. It will help with the structure. (It's a common practice in Information Architecture. I'm not just wacky.) 2. Privacy. There's really no such thing any more. Anyone who can see your stuff on a screen can copy it and put it someplace for others to see. We're under false illusions of privacy, and I just assume anything I put into a computer is going to be seen. 3. This is a great point, especially if you begin to enjoy blogging. Once you begin gathering an audience, it's easy to want to write for them. Pretty soon, you want to publish as quickly as possible. Sometimes it helps to leave the work in draft, and come back to it, just like with a paper document.
  • ann stephens on 27 Jan 11
     
    1. I will try the post-its. I'm thinking it is an especially good way to keep thoughts/ideas, which I can return to and then see if they really "stick" and I want to explore/use them. 2. Privacy. The interesting thing is that there is so much information out there, the volume almost acts as a gate. I agree with you about not real privacy.
Bruce Wolcott

Wolcott - Evidence of Understanding post - 16 views

web2chronicle.wordpress.com

#Portfolio6

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  • Bruce Wolcott on 04 Feb 11
     
    This is my portfolio post for week 5
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  • ann stephens on 04 Feb 11
     
    Your question - How do you represent ideas with images? - is a very powerful one. We are bambarded with images all day. I often think of these images as trying to sell me something - such as a commerical to buy something - or sometimes a quick reference to information - such as a symbol for a restroom. I realize now that technology has allowed for the production of images to be so accessible that they are now a part of our normal dialog. It is easy to make a video or take a picture. On Facebook, we see this all the time; people adding content to their story with images.
  • Helen Maynard on 04 Feb 11
     
    Just looked at your portfolio which is a learning course in itself! You've done a great job of summarizing what we've been working on. Our portfolios are a perfect place to store this. You've inspired me to take a few steps back before I move forward with Module #4. Thanks, Bruce.
  • Bruce Wolcott on 05 Feb 11
     
    Ann and Helen, Thanks much for your feedback on the website. It's much appreciated!
  • Joy LaJeret on 05 Feb 11
     
    Bruce...I have a question. I wrote a story blog this week. Can you tell me if your course would help me create a video presentation of this blog? http://joystechtool.blogspot.com/ I don't have your email, except maybe the one you have at BC. I would have to take it as a senior. Which means space available. Can this be done?
  • Bruce Wolcott on 06 Feb 11
     
    Joy, Just to let you know... the visual storytelling class won't be offered again until Fall 2011. It sounds like your story would make an interesting educational online comic or presentation - explaining the idea of backwards design. One approach, is that you could use a virtual world environment like Second Life or BlueMars to engage virtual characters/actors, and set your camera positions to tell your visual narrative. You could synchronize narration and other audio, and then post it to the Web via YouTube, Google Presentations, or some other presentation application like SlideRocket. Just a thought...
  • Joy LaJeret on 06 Feb 11
     
    Thanks Bruce. Fall would be perfect! That is if I could get in the class. I suspect it is very popular on campus. I would like to use second life; but have not tried. Is it free. My understanding is it is very expensive. While I would like a video of the story to put with the blog, it can be done at a later date. What I do not know how to do is synchronize the narration and other audio. My husband uses camcording to capture band performances. Could you maybe email me on this issue? jal8008cel@comcast.net. Unless I am taking advantage of your knowledge here. Please?
  • Mary Ann Simpson on 07 Feb 11
     
    Thank you, Bruce, for sharing the objectives of your Course. It sounds so intriguing that I would love to be a part of it! Perhaps that will become a reality for me as time passes.
  • Bruce Wolcott on 08 Feb 11
     
    Joy, I could probably begin to answer your question here, and then if you have more questions we can connect via my other email address: bcweb20class@gmail.com. Probably the best online multimedia delivery application that I know of is SLIDEROCKET. I've been using it in my courses for about a year. You can upload Powerpoint slides, incorporate video directly from YouTube (or uploaded video), images, graphics, text, and integrate these all with a sound track. Everything is built online, and the interface works well. The catch is this - after the 30 day trial period, it costs $12 per month. I taught a very challenging online course this summer, and I didn't mind paying that fee because of the excellent results I got. SlideRocket saved the day by pulling me out of a jam. It also now integrates well with Google applications. Another (this one is free) cloud-based multimedia authoring application is EMPRESSR . Here's a quote from the website: Empressr is the first free online storytelling tool that allows you to create, manage and share rich media presentations online. Earlier in the quarter, Jennifer recommended another audio editing tool called AUDACITY , which is really terrific! It's simple to use and produces good results. I actually prefer Audacity for audio editing over some other commercial products that have a lot more bells and whistles. I hope that helps!
  • Bruce Wolcott on 20 Feb 11
     
    Here's my post for mapping an evidence for understanding to specific learning objectives.
  • Mary Ann Simpson on 21 Feb 11
     
    Bruce, I especially liked the "evidence" requiring students to create their own business card. Each item you posted was very concrete and would definitely indicate understanding on the part of students.
  • Joy LaJeret on 21 Feb 11
     
    I second that business card lesson. It will prepare them for job hunting in the future. I think creating ePortfolios are another good practice.
  • ann stephens on 22 Feb 11
     
    http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_17396167?nclick_check=1 - This is an OpEd piece by David Brooks of the New York Times, which came out this week. "It could be that the nature of technlogical changes is (causing) a shift in values". This is not an opinion about education, but goes to the point about preparing students for the future/present even that assumes technology. Maybe our values are and how we assess things has to evolve, as well.
  • Joy LaJeret on 22 Feb 11
     
    I truly thought that blog was thought provoking! I absolutely agree about changing values. But, I think that change must come from this generation and what they want for themselves, for their community and for their country. Hopefully they can think that broadly about themselves and the world. I believe they can and do!
Jennifer Dalby

The Edublog Awards - 1 views

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#EDUC251 elearning onlinelearning blogging blog

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  • Jennifer Dalby on 27 Feb 11
     
    I'm not a big fan of the awards, but this is a good place to start looking at education blogs by category.  Check out the nominees, as well as the winners for the categories that interest you.  Voting can become a popularity contest, so  I wouldn't suggest the winners are necessarily the best.
Colleen Dixon

Colleen's Online Blog - 2 views

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  • Colleen Dixon on 30 Jan 11
     
    This is a continuation of a blog started last summer with the first course.
  • Colleen Dixon on 30 Jan 11
     
    Oops - should have said Online Class Blog. Can't locate a tool to change it...
Jennifer Dalby

EduGeek Journal » Blog Archive » If We Ditch The LMS, How Then Could We Chang... - 3 views

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#EDUC251 elearning

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  • Jennifer Dalby on 06 Mar 11
     
    An interesting blog post about a change in how we manage online courses and research at an institution.
  • Joy LaJeret on 06 Mar 11
     
    I like the way he reasoned that you have to change the assessment of these classes and this in turn changes the classes and the time frame as well.
  • ann stephens on 08 Mar 11
     
    I must admit that I don't really have a good definition of what LMS means to the author. He refers to learning environments and gives the "follow the teacher" example, so I'll assume he means personalized elearning, but I would have preferred that he provided a definition. Anyway, I agree to have to change the assessment, as well as the expectations for the teacher. It would be a challenge for the teacher to keep up with many students, but probably also provide him or her some additional insights to his/her work.
Bruce Wolcott

10 Top Online Masters in Education Technology for Teachers | Get Educated eLearning and... - 0 views

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masters edtech elearning graduate degree

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  • Bruce Wolcott on 02 Dec 11
     
    Top ten EdTech masters programs
ann stephens

Howard Reingold: Crap Detection 101 - 3 views

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  • ann stephens on 17 Jan 11
     
    The emphasis of this article, is that we can get in information overload, which impacts the verasity of the data we get. He discusses deliberate biases in websites and the need for us to use filters in the information we receive. To me, it is not just the information we receive, but how we ask the question. Using a different search engine or how a question is phrased can often provide a different answer. When I am trying to research something, I often will not only read the first couple of references, but randomly go to a later page and some of the references there.
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  • Joy LaJeret on 17 Jan 11
     
    I tend to agree with this. Without a crap detector, what you write in research or a blog may lose it's importance because of your primary and secondary resource validity.
  • Bruce Wolcott on 18 Jan 11
     
    Ann, This great article by Howard Rheingold (with lots of useful bs detector tips) hits close to home for me. One of the biggest challenges for me and other instructors I've talked to, is how to filter and sort out fact from fiction on the Web. There's a ongoing debate regarding Wikipedia, for example. Students have a tendency to use it like a one stop information shopping mall. This bad for a couple reasons. It promotes academic laziness, and always raises the question of credibility/validity. Consequently, I don't let students use Wikipedia as a cited source for their written work. Rheingold makes the point that printed materials sitting on library shelves has been vetted by professionals, and can be considered valid sources of information. In my experience, only a portion of my students actually rely on printed materials from the library - just about everything seems to come from the Web. I know Bellevue College librarians have been working on a variety of solutions to this business of "crap detection". The BC library offers a wide variety of online journals, newspapers, magazines, as well as services such as Books 24/7 - which actually provides a large library of up-to-date and digitized textbooks, novels, and how-to publications. It also has a service called "Ask A Librarian", where you can ask an information question of a live librarian night or day.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 18 Jan 11
     
    Bruce, I'm always surprised when people think the library resources are too difficult to navigate and therefore don't put in the effort. I can't count how many times I've shown people Books 24x7. It really should be promoted more to faculty and staff. I find it's one of the best ways for me to quickly dive into a new technology.
  • ann stephens on 18 Jan 11
     
    Library science has definitely evolved from the time of index cards and Dewey decimel system, as the only real tools we had to find information and books required physical interaction with the printed page. It is great to have access to more data, but makes filtering more challenging. I personally, still like reading words from the printed page, but find that I do much of my reading/getting information via the web or in some type of visual form. I think the ebook products are just the start. I do look forward (and I know it is beginning) when text books for our students will be primarily electronic and they don't have carry around such heavy bookbags. Also, as a new BC student, thanks for letting me about Books 24/7 and Bruce, your comment, about how the librarians are starting to use electonic means for "crap detection" in electronic media is good.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 18 Jan 11
     
    Just saw this posted by the Cybrarian who supports our MEDIT students. http://library2.norwich.edu/library/findingonlinebooks
Jennifer Dalby

Blogging Prompts for Teachers - 4 views

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#EDUC251 eLearning EDUC251 onlinelearning teaching blogging collaboration

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  • Jennifer Dalby on 17 Jan 11
     
    Alec Couros started this collaborative document today, and in no time people were filling it with prompts. Feel free to add yours, or borrow from it for inspiration.
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  • ann stephens on 17 Jan 11
     
    I thought the questions were thought provoking and resonated with me. For example, the one on whether you should facebook with your students. I teach junior level high school students on-line and although, facebook participation does not come up, I often receive personal questions. Part of this dialog keeps the students interested in staying connected, but both in terms of privacy and needing to stay focused on the lesson, it is something I am conscious of. I find, though, that this type of document that has lots of questions, can be overwhelming. I don't really have the time to think through the issues.
  • Mary Ann Simpson on 17 Jan 11
     
    I read this doc with great enthusiasm--so many excellent questions were posted--I want to refer to this one often so I can better wrap my head around the issues we face with on-line learning in the 21st century.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 17 Jan 11
     
    Here's a bit more about how they put it together. I'm sure there will be hundreds of collaborators, like he's had on other documents. http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/1956 He just posted the link on Twitter and people jumped in.
  • Joy LaJeret on 17 Jan 11
     
    Another interesting read.
  • ann stephens on 18 Jan 11
     
    His comment about why he wanted this collaboration - to have a focus for his students - put the exercise in context for me in a way that made it more meaningful. I also agree with him that it was great to have everyone collaborate so quickly and thoroughly.
Joy LaJeret

Class Wiki (#Portfolio 3) - 6 views

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wiki spaces

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  • Jennifer Dalby on 21 Jan 11
     
    Nice! I'm teaching a wiki workshop at Skagit Valley College today. May I share this?
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  • Joy LaJeret on 21 Jan 11
     
    Yes, Jennifer.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 21 Jan 11
     
    Thanks! Just got your message. I'll add it to my page at http://injenuity.wikispaces.com/WIIFM
  • Joy LaJeret on 21 Jan 11
     
    Thanks for all the great links in that http:// !! I will use some of that information, and it is another great resource for material and how to work with Wiki Spaces.
  • Bruce Wolcott on 22 Jan 11
     
    Jennifer, Please do share your wiki workshop experiences...
  • ann stephens on 23 Jan 11
     
    The two videos shared here reinforced my understanding and views - i.e., the babyboomers (people born between 1946-1964, according to the PBS video) are planning to enjoy life to the fullest and are often seeing retirement from their primary career as an opportunity fo other careers and opportunities. As babyboomers do retire, I think it could be a different experience for those born closer to 1946 than those born later. Resources will probably be more limited and the earlier retires will probably have more serious, age-related health issues.
  • Joy LaJeret on 24 Jan 11
     
    Hi Ann...I think the articles I have presented show that the early boomers are the healthiest and will live longer than any generation in the future. The later boomers will have increasing shorter life spans and willnot be as healthy. There are a variety of reasons for this.
  • Joy LaJeret on 24 Jan 11
     
    http://www.babyboomer-magazine.com/news/127/ARTICLE/1215/2009-07-24.html This video and article might shed some light on the comments I made to your comments Ann. There are many more.
  • ann stephens on 25 Jan 11
     
    I agree about the boomers being the healthiest. I did not walk away with a strong differentiation between those born in the late 1940s and those in the 1960s, but it resonates with my common sense.
  • Joy LaJeret on 25 Jan 11
     
    On my wiki space...I have a hour long video that goes into all of this aging of the boomers and stats, etc.
  • Colleen Dixon on 26 Jan 11
     
    Thanks, Joy. As one of those baby boomer folks I am hoping there is a next step after retirement to perhaps new ways to use the skills and information we have acquired over time.
  • Joy LaJeret on 27 Jan 11
     
    There will be! My post on my blog listed above has an article about how to do this. You might want to click on it and read the blog.
  • Mary Ann Simpson on 27 Jan 11
     
    Great job, Joy! I enJOYed the videos and loved the layout of your wiki. Your eSkills really are apparent!
Joy LaJeret

Joys Assignment Post ( Blog ) for Module 4 - 5 views

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A Visit to Backward Design Blog

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  • Joy LaJeret on 05 Feb 11
     
    Thanks again for the comments, Jen and Mary Ann. Never satisfied with my mistakes, I keep going back and trying to clear them up.
ann stephens

Stephens-Course Framework Activity 4.4 - 3 views

http://elearner151.blogspot.com/ - is the link to my blog post describing my process for my course - Everything you wanted to know about Colon Cancer. http://elearner151.blogspot.com/p/course-fram...

#Portfolio4 #EDUC251

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Susan Kolwitz

Turn It In - 4 views

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#EDUC251 plagiarism cheating online

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  • Susan Kolwitz on 14 Feb 11
     
    I found this site while researching this week's topics. I explored the site and watched the demo video, however, I could not find out how much this application costs. I do see how this could be a great tool to use for research papers, essays, all written assignments.
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  • ann stephens on 15 Feb 11
     
    In reading some additional blogs on this, it seems to be a reasonable tool in highlighting plagarism. Apparently, though, (based on the blogs I read), it matches correctly cited citations, so the raw score it provides needs to be examined better.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 15 Feb 11
     
    Ann...I agree. Any tool needs further investigation...there are so many of these available. However, when I was teaching none of the campuses offered any of these applications as tools for the faculty.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 16 Feb 11
     
    This tool is extremely expensive. It also requires students to contribute their work to a repository, where it will be compared to other work. My understanding is that BC is piloting this now.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 16 Feb 11
     
    It would great to hear how BC's pilot goes. Can you email me how 'extremely expensive' it is?
  • Jennifer Dalby on 16 Feb 11
     
    I saw a quote to a university that was over 50K.
  • Colleen Dixon on 16 Feb 11
     
    We have several secondary schools using it and they like it very much. It is a subscription cost per school but as thePO doesn't come through my office I am not sure how much it is. It probably varies by size of school.
Mary Ann Simpson

#portfolio7-WELCOME TO THE GALAPAGOS! - 11 views

teachingandlearningpassion.blogspot.com

#EDUC251 onlinelearning portfolio

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  • Jennifer Dalby on 07 Feb 11
     
    I can't wait to see what you come up with for this. Actually, I wish we had time for all of us to create a full course. There are such interesting topics coming up!
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  • Joy LaJeret on 07 Feb 11
     
    I am interested in taking a independent study to write a whole course. I hope Jen or someone like her takes on the challenge!
  • Bruce Wolcott on 14 Feb 11
     
    Mary Ann, On your blog, you say: "Often, students don't live in proximity to the best teachers for their subject matter interests as in the case of language study--a school may offer only German and Spanish whereas the student might wish to become proficient in Swahili." I think that is possibly one of the great major benefits that will emerge from Web-based classes - that us in-the-trenches teachers may be able to bring some of the best knowledge experts in the world into our classes. One example of that happened just this past Thursday, when Jennifer had Howard Rheingold - the long term media commentator luminary stop by for a visit. I couldn't believe my eyeballs when I saw his name show up in Elluminate! I was even able to have short video conversation with him.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 14 Feb 11
     
    I loved seeing the photos. Thanks for sharing!
  • Joy LaJeret on 22 Feb 11
     
    I found it very interesting and loved the pics, too. What a wonderful world we have. How sad we are destroying something so wonderful!
  • Mary Ann Simpson on 08 Mar 11
     
    This lesson activity is the opener for my Course Framework, designed for middle school students. There is a link to a short video I made with Animoto that is posted as a "tour" for the research teams. Please note that if this was a real course, I would make a long video complete with narration and music containing most of the 500 pictures I took during my own trip to the Galapagos in 2004. Comments for improvement are very welcome.
  • Joy LaJeret on 08 Mar 11
     
    I liked that blog. I would take that class...if I was that age or any for that matter.
  • ann stephens on 08 Mar 11
     
    I liked the term "research team" - says it all about collaboration!
  • Bruce Wolcott on 10 Mar 11
     
    Mary Ann, You really have a lot of great visual material to pull from to create your science safari of the Galapagos. Have you thought about incorporating any satellite and other ground level images of these islands from Google Earth?
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