Exploring Together

Final Post folks – the end is near

Start by sharing your response to the prompt below, congratulate your participants for completing the course, and thank them for all their hard work. Then ask them to:

Share your thoughts with the whole class by responding to the prompt below:

• Of everything you learned, what do you think will have the biggest impact on student learning?

 Read all of your colleagues’ responses and start a conversation with any that interest you.

Hey folks – the finish line is in sight!  Well done on making it this far!

Showcasing products created with technology tools often demands different methods of facilitation than showcasing products created with more traditional tools. Share ideas for showcasing projects in your own classroom:

1. Which of the showcasing ideas could you most easily incorporate into your own classroom?
2. What would you need to do to prepare your students for an effective showcase?
3. How could you support students in providing constructive feedback to their peers?
4. What strategies could you use to ensure students use the feedback from their peers as well as their self-assessments to improve their work?

Browse your colleagues’ responses and note any ideas you can use with your own students.

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!