OLLIE Iowa

Demonstrating growth isn't too tough, but picking the right emerging tech is.

With the thousands of tools out there, we can't try them all.

Even when we find a technolgy we like the time involved to develop for just class is huge.

I think this whole section is critical! A friend of mine has taken a couple of online classes from a jr. college in another state. While the courses had instructors, they were mostly all automated. The instructor told the students there is nothing she/he can do to effect the grade (all automated online tests) or even help them understand what they did wrong. Just because something can be put online doesn't mean it is good quality learning. A course MUST be designed differently for online.

One of my favorite sayings is that "None of us is as smart as all of us." When it comes to professional development, there is so much that the partcipants can learn from each other! Creating a professional learning community online takes effort. I think this will be one of my greatest challenges.

Staying on top of this one will be a major effort - very connected to "7. Engages in professional growth". This will be something that is always ongoing, never finished.

I agree, constant changing and revision. Online learning is a very fluid medium as well and ever updating

I think moodle does a better job of allowing multiple assessment techniques. We are kind of stuck with what we get from the PLATO program

This used to be just the "sped" part of my job, but now we are all expected (rightfully) to differentiate.

In my experience on-line learning actually makes this part of the job much easier. You can build in visuals, audio, and other instructional strategies and the students can spend as much time on them as they need to

Fair use and intellectual property rights have become so narrowly defined that practically everyone violates them in the education world.

This is especially tricky when it comes to music--finding resources and designing resources that are appropriate and useful to enhance learning in music, especially at an appropriate level.

Aren't there some things that don't work well with technology? And isn't that O.K.?

This is crucial for technology to remain a useful tool.  It is why so many teachers do not allow Wikipedia.

Online learning works well with videos and pictures to illustrate the content. Uploading word documents that have been used in face to face content does not work well. The content needs to be transformed to a "lesson" format with font changes and graphics.

Multiple methods of communication with the instructor are important in an online course. My outgoing e-mail was blocked for several weeks but Judy found other ways via Moodle to contact me.

I think expectations need to be posted more often than as an overview /orientation.

Expectaions need to be posted more often than just at the beginning.

Net working with other teachers helps for personal development as well as professional. Others can really help problem solve.