ED 638: Teaching with the Internet
Dr. Matilda Naputi Rivera
Class Reflection Assignment#1
To begin with, let me summed up what I have been thru from the first day that I received the information tried to digest and understand it.
When I looked and reviewed the syllabus that you e-mailed me, I was so confused and my mind was totally blank. I really couldn’t do anything about it. To make matter worse, I for the first time, encountered terms like College Live Text, Moodle, and Blog in which I don’t have any idea what they are. This reminds of an activity that I used any time I teach a story or a new concept to my students. To make them understand what they’re going to read about, I tried to develop an understanding of the story by activating their prior knowledge and developing background information. It is through this course that I realized how important is to apply both skills.
Putting my self into the students’ shoes, I pictured how hard it might be for a student if that student doesn’t have any prior knowledge about the material being presented. It is through this experience that I affirm to always activate the students’ prior knowledge and develop their background knowledge any time I presented a lesson.
Going back to my reflection on this course, I am confident that I will catch on despite the fact that I am struggling to understanding what I should do in order to access these sites to doing my assignments.
As of now, I am able to get to the Moodleroom to send my assignment, enter the discussion forum to post a comment, and be able to give you my reflection of this course in your blog.
I am very grateful to you for widening my horizon that what I learned is an asset and will benefit myself as well as my students.
Thank you very much.
Rick
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Rick,
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome! I'm glad that you were able to post your entries in the Moodleroom and our ED638 class blog. I understand that much of this is new to you, and therefore, I've made it a point to work closely with you and make considerations, so that you will receive the necessary scaffold and be able to use the various technology tools expected of this class and outlined in the respective educational technology standards.
As we are in the technology age, it's important to be abreast of technology resources/tools to effectively enhance classroom instruction and enable students to be effective users of technology.
I have no doubt that with much determination and diligence, you will be able to complete all the required assignments in our Moodleroom, blog, and more. Good luck, and continue to keep me posted.
Best regards,
Dr. Rivera