Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Week 13: Gaining Confidence?

My friend Mark on top of Cowels Mountain
Wow, we only have four class meetings left! Crazy, but true. Besides the final NETS narratives, we only have the Mind Map and iMovie assignments left. Of course, you still have to finish past work: your Journal 6-10 (PLN & Adaptive Technology), Cybersafety Collaborative Website, Emerging Technology Checklist, and completing your Symbaloo Webmix Portfolio (plus any past revisions). To that end, it's important that you look at your Edmodo notifications and/or progress to see what you need to revise. If you have any questions please check in with me either before or after class.
Today, I have to do a Web Tool Wednesday presentation for the San Diego Country Office of Education. It's from 3:30 - 4:30. I will probably hit traffic on the 15 N, so I may be a few minutes late in arriving. I'm sure you have plenty to work on. It would be a good time to help your peers with any questions they might have about your collaborative website. Yu can also begin to put more of your work on your blog if you haven't already (this is when you refer to your Emerging Technology Checklist). When I arrive, we can discuss the websites and what and how to complete your page. We will also begin the Mind Map assignment, revisit Symbaloo and TaskStream. If there is enough time, I will have you create the new Google Doc that will be the final NETS-t Narratives. Remember, this is the closest thing we will have to a "final exam," and you cannot receive credit for the course if the NETS Narratives are not in order.

This Week's Question: As we are working on a competency/mastery based type of course, where you do not receive credit for your work until you have reached mastery, I wonder what, if anything you have discovered about yourself as a learner? Did you find yourself looking at the assignments differently? Do you like this method or would you rather just submit your assignment, receive a grade, and move on?
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5 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 17, 2013 at 2:03 PM

    I like this method of learning because it allows the learner to full understand and grasp the subject. I feel that teachers often present a topic and then move on from that topic, never revisiting it again. Although it is time consuming, it is better for learners to have educational information consume their time, rather than mind-dumbing activities.

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  2. UnknownApril 17, 2013 at 5:27 PM

    I also like this mastery based course because it allows students to try and try again until they truly understand the concept. In a lot of ways this is more fulfilling because students have many opportunities to succeed and ultimately produce quality work.

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  3. UnknownApril 17, 2013 at 5:34 PM

    I like this method of learning because it feels like I am sort of grasping the whole tech stuff a little more. I'm still out of my comfort zone, but I'm not as terrified anymore. I am not afraid to make mistakes too because I know that I'm going to not just be able to fix it, but learn from it as well.

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  4. UnknownApril 17, 2013 at 6:37 PM

    This method of learning is a great way to ACTUALLY learn something, rather than cram knowledge into your brain only to forget after the end of the semester or at the end of the year.

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  5. Marisol MartinezApril 24, 2013 at 5:41 PM

    I like this method because you comment back on our assignments and give us an opportunity to fix our mistakes therefore we are learning to master each assignment.

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