I love this class! Anytime I can work hands-on, I am always more enthused and learn better. I have found so many things useful so far. The Photoshop assignment was excellent, and though I have worked with the program before, I never thought to use it in the way that we did in class. I also like how everything we do applies in our own classrooms and I am able to test it out. My students enjoyed the photos of themselves in front of the symbols of government. It made the subsequent lessons more interesting for them. I also liked learning about the Universal Design for Learning. It makes sense to teach that way and I have been more cognitive of UDL when planning lessons. I was also familiar with Photostory 3, but again never thought of using it with my students in that way. I have not yet shown them my Digital Story, which is nearly done, but I am excited to do so and will report back here on their response to it.
My biggest challenge thus far is the design of my web page. It seems overwhelming to me and admittedly, I have not put as much time into it as I should have. I believe I am afraid of it; the idea of designing it myself without the aid of googlesites or some other simple program. I just need to sit down one day and face the beast! I have been meaning to get to my local library to check out the suggested book on our schedule for web design, but have just been too busy to do so. I will make a point to get there this weekend and work on my site.
My biggest hope for the remainder of the year is that I can produce a clean-looking, informative web site! I also hope to use all the technology I use in class with my students.
I don’t really have any suggestions for Dr. Langran, but would like to compliment her on creating a class environment where people feel comfortable to ask questions, and where things are clearly explained.
