Responses to Video Presentations

I responded to my classmates' video presentations:


Cora Blades
Cathy Marziali
Tawana Stiff
Kaija Spencer
Rachel Sally
Laura Lee

Video Presentation for a Professional Distance Education Conference

Module 5 Comments to Classmates

Comments to classmates:


Cora Blades


Christopher Cannon

Moving Toward Dynamic Technologies

 STATIC                                             DYNAMIC  
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Before taking the Principles of Distance Education class, I would say that I was about a 4 on the STATIC-DYNAMIC CONTINUUM.  I have been working with educational technology for a long time, and I would have said that I thought this was good.  After having taken this class, I am about an 8.5.  I am still stuck to STATIC a little bit, but I am seeing the importance of providing and using DYNAMIC tools for the students to learn. I have also found that I must be knowledgeable and skilled at using any technology tool that I bring into my curriculum, and the students must also be adept at learning online and at a distance.

Module 4: Comments to Classmates

Comments to classmates:


Cora Blades


Cathy Marziali

Module 4: Engaging Learners with New Strategies and Tools

Engaging Learners with New Strategies and Tools

How can a teacher bring the technological tools learners are using outside the classroom into the educational process, and which tools and strategies are best for this purpose?  A piece of technology that most students bring into the classroom is their cell phone.  Currently, this piece of technology is generally required to be turned off, hidden away, and forcefully ignored.  Does this have to be the case?   

Some strategies that teachers can use to implement cell phone technology in the classroom could be:

Provide an authentic collaboration lesson where the students divide into groups to solve a real world problem such as the clearing of a forest to build a mall.  Students can use their cell phones to go to the site and create geographical markers of where all the trees are overlaid with where the proposed mall would be located.  They could call the local town hall and their city representatives to find out more information and speak with those who are at the forefront of this issue.  The students can text their findings to each other, create video blogs made with the use of their smart phones.  The final project can be a videoconference with a local councilperson or researcher to present their findings and collaboratively reflect with each other to brainstorm more ideas.

References:

Anderson, T. (Ed.). (2008). The theory and practice of online learning (2nd ed.). Edmonton, AB: Athabasca University Press Durrington, V. A., Berryhill, A., & Swafford, J. (2006). Strategies for enhancing student interactivity in an online environment. College Teaching, 54(1), 190−193. Siemens, G. (2008, January). Learning and knowing in networks: Changing roles for educators and designers. ITForum.

Module 3: Feedback to the Learning Community

Feedback given to Cora Blades:


Blog
http://corablades.blogspot.com/2011/10/assessing-collaborative-efforts.html?showComment=1318718768210#c5021260817995982345


Story Board
http://corablades.blogspot.com/2011/10/video-presentation-storyboard.html?showComment=1318719011684#c4266534860060346645


Feedback given to Christopher Cannon:


Blog
http://christophercannon.blogspot.com/2011/10/assessing-collaborative-efforts.html?showComment=1318719237121#c197730744029822776


Story Board
http://christophercannon.blogspot.com/2011/10/storyboard-for-video-presentation.html?showComment=1318719462508#c251620750562938399