Entries from December 2008
Hmmmm, the final thing. Hmmmm, has this been a challenging course? Yes! Have I made some discoveries about online courses? Yes! I have discovered that the very most important part of an online course is being consistent!!
I think it is funny, because we all knew this was a 30 hour course but I wonder how many of us really thought it would take THIRTY HOURS?!!!!! Well, it did and it was worth every minute!
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Thank you Jerri for your hard work and encouragement along the way. You did a fantastic job facilitating and sharing your enthusiasm for continued learning. I look forward to other online courses and hope to participate. Here’s to wishing everyone forward motion!!
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December 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Well, as I commented on the discussion page, I saw value in NING in education but unfortunately it became one of the blocked tools in our district. (I understand this due to the fact that although NING has a fine network of educators, they also had a network of porn fans.)
That said, I believe there is a place for social networking in education.
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Our students have been socially networking since the world of Xanga showed up on my radar when my kids were in middle school, they progressed to MySpace and then to Facebook, which I have recently added to my tools. Our challenge as educators is to harness the POWER of networking and educate our students on responsible networking. Think of how many things we have shared with each other during the 22 things we have explored together. Collectively we know so much more than alone. This is one of the cases where I believe the pain is worth the gain! (and believe me as your district opens up to web 2.0, there will be a little pain!)
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