I totally enjoyed this course. It was very interactive and the tools learnt are very applicable to education. I enjoyed the digital story telling activity the most. It captivated me and I was just thinking of the several things that I can do with it in the classroom. The software is easy to use and best of all it is free.
I am amazed at the concept of Cloud Computing and the implications it can have for our schools in Trinidad. I am seeing lap top carts in the school with access to broad band Internet services. I am visualizing our students using the productivity tools from Google Docs and creating concept maps. I can almost see them blogging and sharing their ideas using Wikis and most of all I am hearing their laughter and chatter when they collaborate their ideas with their peers. I want this to be the reality of our students. I want them to use the tools and apply it to situations in innovative ways.
I appreciated the way that the course was structured. Every thing was well organized and easy to access. We were allowed adequate time to practice and discuss what was learnt. The E-learning site is filled with valuable information that can be used in many situations both in our private and professional lives. The availability of reading resources was great I did not have to wait for a book from the library or be on a waiting list to get access to a journal or article. This course was very user friendly.
Thank you Aisha for sharing your knowledge and patience with us. I will share all that you have taught me.
Hi Zan,
ReplyDeleteI share the same sentiments with you about the last two class sessions we had in learning about digital story telling. These sessions really reminded me of my students in becoming fully engaged in the activity when a topic is interesting and motivating and not to mention easy. I too, I'm excited to integrate this electronic tool into my lesson plan for the next academic year. Thanks for your motivation and take care.
Hi Zandra,
ReplyDeleteI agree with some of your sentiments about EDRL6004 .I found the technology shared to be of tremendous value to teaching and learning and reading specialists in particular .In fact, although for me the course was very difficult, I realize that our Masters degree in Reading would have been incomplete without it .I appreciated the scaffolding provided by the lecturer and tutors, all our reading were made available and the course was theoretically well structured. In reality however, I found that it did not cater for struggling, technologically challenged learners such as myself. I needed additional reinforcement classes to concretize some of the ideas that were shared. Thanks to the support of friends and peer tutoring I was able to survive. A better needs assessment of the incoming class has to be conducted next time this course is offered, in so doing students can benefit even more from the course.