http://lofrances.edublogs.org Another excellent Edublogs.org weblog Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:56:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en During the class I felt like I was just barely keeping my head above water (I was taking 2 UWStout courses - 2 graduate semester classes in 8 weeks - what was I thinking?)  But now it's almost over, and I will miss my class colleagues and our daily conversations.  I ... http://lofrances.edublogs.org/2009/08/05/wrapping-up/ I have already received valuable feedback and have modified my presentation, making the table and picture smaller to make them more easily viewable by a variety of viewers.  Then, reading others' presentations, I got other ideas.  For instance, Hoop talked about his students as adult learners with jobs and families; I ... http://lofrances.edublogs.org/2009/08/01/feedback-helps/ Using Online Resources to Improve Instruction I've posted the draft of my final project here.  This has taken so much work, partly because I wanted to get down all my thinking about this class (Using online resources to improve instruction), which I have wanted to teach for a long time.  But ... http://lofrances.edublogs.org/2009/07/28/final-project-draft/ I have been working all week on the design of my class - using online resources to improve teaching and learning.  I got the objectives polished and the outline of the class done.  Then I worked on my assessment tools, which will be 1)threaded discussion (using a Ning, since it's ... http://lofrances.edublogs.org/2009/07/23/working-on-final-project-week-1/ Creating my survey was very interesting.  I'm designing a class that I have always wanted to teach, Using Online Resources to Improve Teaching and Learning.  When I first started drafting the survey, it was full of factual stuff:  check off which of these tools you are comfortable using.   But as I ... http://lofrances.edublogs.org/2009/07/20/survey-for-my-future-online-class/ Learning the basics of Moodle? Here are tutorials, sample courses, documentation, experiences from real users of Moodle, and a community of Moodle users. Use the Moodle 101 search engine to find out what you want to know. Enjoy! Grab this swicki from eurekster.com For more information about this Swicki click here: http://moodle-101-swicki.eurekster.com http://lofrances.edublogs.org/2009/07/19/moodle-101-personal-search-engine-swicki/ Learning the basics of Moodle? Here are tutorials, sample courses, documentation, experiences from real users of Moodle, and a community of Moodle users. Use the Moodle 101 search engine to find out what you want to know. Enjoy! http://lofrances.edublogs.org/2009/07/19/moodle-101-personal-search-engine/ Now that we finished and posted our project, I realize that I feel a closer bond with my group members.  We got something accomplished, learned from each other in the process, and had fun.  I was telling my daughter about the experience, and she said now she wants to take ... http://lofrances.edublogs.org/2009/07/15/more-thoughts-on-working-in-a-group/ I've decided to use this project to get myself started in planning an online class for my district's teachers, Using Online Resouces to Improve Teaching and Learning in Your Classroom.   I've thought about using a survey at the beginning to find out about student's level of knowledge and skill, and to ... http://lofrances.edublogs.org/2009/07/13/final-project-first-thoughts/ I enjoyed reading Casey's case study about her plan to teach about journalism to high school students.  I was frustrated by the fragmented form of her plan, the reliance on the same few activities, both for learning and for assessment.  Here's some great material buried in "same old same old."  How ... http://lofrances.edublogs.org/2009/07/13/case-study-casey/