Week 14: final presentation, Video PLN.

I used Michaela's screen o matic account to build my video about my PLN.

Week 14 - Reflections

Week 14 - Reflections

Below are the links and my reflections back to my blog from Week 1 until Week 13

Week 1: http://claudiam1.blogspot.com/2014/09/week-1-introduction.html
 This was the first week of an amazing fourteen weeks journey about teaching an online class. This blog, Introduction was the hardest one to write.

Week 2: http://claudiam1.blogspot.com/2014/09/week-2.html
 The highlight of this week was trying to figure out my teaching style through a questionnaire which indicated that I am not Pedagogy nor Androgyny. The readings and video helped me figure out that I would like to teach a hybrid class.

Week 3: http://claudiam1.blogspot.com/2014/09/week-3-revolution-pedagogy-and-course.html
This week's title lives up to its name, Revolution: Pedagogy and Course Design. It was a hard topic to digest, especially when I had to create a course design and write about it. This topic should be expanded to more than one week.

Week 4: http://claudiam1.blogspot.com/2014/09/week-4-sea-of-holes-online-syllabus.html
 This week I had a pleasure to learn about how to create a more concise and efficient online syllabus. Even though I am not a fanatic about syllabus', I accept that you need to create one for each course. I would like to see more examples of efficient class syllabus' instead of many videos.

Week 5: http://claudiam1.blogspot.com/2014_10_01_archive.html
Creating an online community was an interesting topic for me since I always think about the isolation that can happen when attending an online class. Pilar's video was amazing!

Week 6: http://claudiam1.blogspot.com/2014/10/week-6.html
This week I wrote about the students activities that I would use in an online class to improve interaction and collaboration among students and to establish an online community. I felt that this week had very little distinction from the previous week.

Week 7: http://claudiam1.blogspot.com/2014/10/week-7-its-all-too-much-class-resources.html
Topics involved laws about intellectual property and class resources. Again, too much information to learn in one week. The article about the accessibility issues was engaging and the open educational resources information very helpful. I definitely will incorporate those resources in my class and private practice.

Week 8: http://claudiam1.blogspot.com/2014/10/week-8.html
Another amazing topic about Web 2.0 tools and skills to enrich online classroom. Also, I loved that we had to create our own tool box. I was able to use Prezi again, to generate a presentation about the Seven Great Web 2.0 Tools for Students. I had fun with the hand-on activities.

Week 9: http://claudiam1.blogspot.com/2014/10/week-9.html
 I had a blast creating the FAQ for my students. It was an easy task since I have been working with high school students in one and one setting, for more than ten years. I also enjoyed this task because I have to think about all the questions that my students would have when participating in an online classroom.

Week 10: http://claudiam1.blogspot.com/2014/11/week-10-classroom-management-and.html
 I had a pleasure to learn about CMS/LMS and their role in the classroom management and facilitation. I decided to learn about one specific LMS, Blackboard and how to incorporate pedagogy
when using this LMS to enhance teaching and learning in the course. I would like to see more videos about the use of different CMS/LMS in an online class and their pros and cons.

Week 11: http://claudiam1.blogspot.com/2014/11/week-10-reflections-on-teaching-and.html
This week's theme about reflections on teaching and learning online is very controversial and it can lead to extremes, even though online teaching has established its place in education. I enjoyed the articles and video about MOOCs. I would like to see more articles comparing different learning theories and their pros and cons.

Week 12: http://claudiam1.blogspot.com/2014/11/week-11-acoss-universe-open-education.html
Across the Universe: Open Education was the topic of this week. As a ADHD adult, I felt that the topic was open ended and I did not know what I was supposed to write about. Since online classes are here to stay, I decided to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of online classes .

Week 13: http://claudiam1.blogspot.com/2014/11/week-13.html
PNL was the topic of this week. This was the second time that I was learning about PNL and I was able to feel more comfortable with it. Now I am prepared to create my own PNL for math students. I would like to see more videos and articles about how to create an effective PNL and how to maintain it.