First:
These terms with breaks are always so weird because it messes up our groove right there at the beginning. I do hope you guys had a great break and are ready to knock out this last part of the year!! We're going to bring it home to the summer and going to have a wonderful time doing it!
You'll notice that I graded your first discussion and there is a whole bunch of feedback. Don't worry, I won't be putting that much in for every assignment. (not only is an awful amount for you to read, it takes me forever to grade) Some of it is just information that I wanted to tell you to clarify my expectations for the discussions and other is information about how you can improve this and future discussions.
Remember that your discussions and every other assignment is open for revisions. You will always (until the end of the course) have the opportunity for revisions. *except late penalties
Just to reiterate: The discussions are the most important part of this class. You can learn some from the course just by yourself, but when you guys learn from the material, the videos, your experiences, your ideas, and your questions then you will learn so much more!! The only thing is that this kind of learning requires you to ask questions (of each other), challenge each others' assumptions, and invest in these conversations. Just have a good time talking about what you're learning and this field of education that you're so passionate about!!
ok.. so the next thing is whats happening this week:
- Participate in this week's discussion. Remember that your original post is due Wednesday. If you've already submitted yours but noticed something that you can change based on my feedback then please feel free to edit your posts.
- Submit your blog, write your reflection, check out each others' work, and give meaningful/helpful/constructive(maybe critical but make sure it is constructive) feedback.
- Don't Panic :)
Don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions about anything!! Thanks to all of you who are using the open forums!! I'm glad that you're able to get some great information to and from each other. Everyone else make sure you are subscribed to the open forum if you aren't already!
Have a great week!!
mt
