Exploring Together

We are in the home stretch now!  It is exciting to read about the journey you have all been on throughout this course.  In this post, share your thoughts about what you need to prepare and accomplish before, during, and after your unit to ensure its success.

You are well on your way to completion now, and you should be able to see your finished unit taking shape in your unit plan. Make sure you are in the right module post – remember I am posting advance for a few weeks.

Reflect on how the focus of this module has helped you think about self-directed learners and the role of differentiation.

Hi All, Just a reminder to check the module carefully, as I am posting a few weeks in advance…

Well, you have made it half way through – well done!  This week, reflect on how this module has helped you think about student-centered assessment.

 Record your insights, key learning’s, and questions or concerns in your reflection.  Dont forget to come back and read each others comments – it would be great to see an ongoing conversation happening.

It was fantastic to read everyone’s Unit Plans last week and see how well everyone is doing. This week consider how the work in module 4 added to your perspective on the Essential Question:

How can technology be used most effectively
to support and assess student learning?

Write about any other insights, questions, or concerns you want to address in your reflection.

Hi everyone,

Well done on getting started on the purely online component. This week, reflect on how the focus of this module has helped you think about the impact of the Internet on your students’ learning.   

 Record your insights, key learnings, and questions or concerns in your reflection.

Now we are more than halfway through the F2F training, it is time to reflect on Module 2. 

Reflect on how the focus of this module has helped you think about using standards/syllabus outcomes, CFQs or formative assessment in your curriculum planning.  

Record your insights, key learnings, and questions or concerns in your reflection.

In Module 1, we have been learning about Instructional Design, and Project Based Learning. Some of us may have been more familiar with those approaches than others, but hopefully you have all found something interesting/worthwhile in the material we have looked at. In the comments section reflect on how this module has made you think about your role as an instructional designer, and write about any other observations, questions etc that you may have. How are you finding working in an online environment?

Congratulations!  As I write this, most of you have successfully navigated the online course to complete your orientation module.  Tomorrow the real work starts and it is fantastic to read about all the varied ideas you are intending to explore for your Intel Units.  I am sure that we all have a lot to learn from, and share with each other, so please make sure you read and respond to each others comments, not just my initial posts.

Bring on the F2F training, we are off to a great start!

     Hi everyone, welcome to Intel and the world of Blogging!  We will use this blog to respond to the various modules and the issue that we are discussing during the course.  Your responses will be made as comments on each blog post that I make, and you may choose to make additional posts in response to other participants comments. 

     So, we have 2 steps to undertake today – respond to this blog entry by clicking on Comments below and include in your reply at least one topic you are considering for the unit you will create during this course:

·         Indicate your unit topic, year level, and subject area

·         Explain your topic idea

·         Include other ideas for topics

Check back often to review responses from other participants, and maybe continue the conversation!

Let’s get Blogging!

It has been a while since I have presented an Intel course.  I am now a Senior Trainer with Intel and I am working in a new school as Elearning Coordinator.  Welcome to the new group of participant teachers in Intel’s Essentials Online course! We will use this blog to reflect on the course as we progress through the online modules.

Rather than have participants posting like I did with the last group, I will make posts for each module and have participant staff respond in the comments. The online version of the course is more structured in this respect, so that way we can ensure everyone responds to each module. My last group were completing the old 5 day essentials course, where blogging wasn’t officially a part of the course – it was an extra I thought was important.

Looking forward to reading your thoughts – Good Luck!!