The first week of our course was very exciting. After
receving an e-mail about the tasks we can expect during this week I went to
Jodi and Celeste's Wiki and then to Webskills Google map and added my placemark
icon. "Normal" people would probably close the map and come back to it tomorrow
or after a couple of days. However, during the very first day of the course I was so excited that I
have went to see the map about 20 times. I was so eager to see
where all the other participants were from and it was so exciting to see the
placemark icons being added in the next few days. Each marker had its own story
and I was trying to imagine people behind them.
I have also posted on Nicenet twice. I am not familiar with
this communication tool. It's not a complicated one I would say. Two dilemmas
that I have right now are: is it a free tool and are we allowed to open
separate threads with new discussions or not? Hmm.. let me see if I can find
out something about the first dilemma.
(7 minutes later)
Yes, it's free. You can read more about it here. I will
certainly have a serious thought about using this with my older students.
Thanks to the discussion on Nicenet, I have learned a bit about
each participant and about our teachers Jodi and Celeste. I am looking forward
to learning more about their classes, school system in general and the
available equipment in their schools.
I have also filled out the survey and read all the resources
given and I think I will use the evaluation sheet as a personal guide for my
future projects with students.
And finally, his Majesty, the blog! I do have some
experience in blogging but each time I start a blog it's about a different
topic and for different audience. That's why it was so challenging when I was
creating this one. I also got stuck for about 2-3 days when I wanted to create
separate pages about Oregon and Serbia. Some say you have to be patient with
technology. I would say you have to be patient and stubborn!
