Wednesday, February 8, 2012

End of Part One Blog

      Class two leading to certification to teach online starting with and overview to online teaching. During this time we were reminded of what we learned last semester and what to look forward in this class. We added something to our introduction that the class didn’t know from last semester. I was pleased that my thoughts of facilitating were validated and enhanced. The reading materials helped me to process facilitating online and begin to prepare for my teams urn at being the facilitators.
     Looking further into blogging was a plus. I found blogs related to my current work that were very interesting and even had some helpful hints that I could use. Reading other blogs assisted me with my decisions of how to incorporate blogging in my classes. I do have some ideas but I am not sure if I would use blogging directly or just have the students to blog.
     Changing roles from classroom teaching to online can be a challenge. I thought my greatest challenge was going to be relationship building with my students. I learned from last semester that building online relationships is not hard at all. Adding a picture to introduction blogs puts a face to the name, and hearing voices in the live classroom compliments the written introduction.
Time to prepare to facilitate I will let you all know how it turns out. Peace