My technology resource center analysis is finally shaping up! The information that I am using to base my assessment necessarily had to come from multiple sources: face to face interviews (with people working in multiple roles in the organization), research to find any existing planning documents, and information posted on the organization’s website. Consequently, I’ve been […]
Professional Development Workshop (3/25-3/30)
I’m pretty confident in my plans for executing my workshop. As the date for my face to face workshop approaches, I get nervous because it is intimidating to teach teachers! One thing the process development revealed is that in general we don’t apply stringent standards of assessment to professional development workshops. We tend to evaluate […]
Professional Portfolio Update (3/25 – 3/30)
I am absolutely exhausted! This whole process is wearing me down. At this point, I am constantly updating details on my portfolio, especially the online version of my staff development workshop. Just when you think your instructions are organized and perfectly clear, you ask someone else to look at it, and you realize that they […]
Professional Portfolio Update (3/19 – 3/24)
At this point, I update my portfolio as I complete projects. I change copy or add images that I think will help better communicate my message. At the end of the day, my overall objective is to have communicated that the projects in the master’s program were thought provoking, challenging, but ultimately rewarding experiences. They recommend that you don’t […]
Technology Resource Center Update (3/19 – 3/24)
It’s been challenging to outline daily activities for a technology center monthly report because the technology specialist in the center does not do alot of his work at a central location. He manages an instructional technology lab but alot of the support seems to be provided outside of the lab: trouble shooting in the classroom, in faculty offices, or […]
Staff Development Workshop Update 3/19 – 3/24
Working on an online version of a face to face course can really help with fine tuning the details of both! I find myself getting realizations about the clarity of my explanations and expectations all the time. In other words, I don’t think my planning for the face to face workshop would be as well […]
Technology Resource Center Update (3/5 – 3/19)
The most challenging thing about the practicum experience is how often you have to switch perspectives. When I am working on my workshop it is from a much more focused perspective than when I am trying to evaluate the effectiveness of a technology resource center. Just thinking about the variety of issues technology specialists have to address daily can be somewhat […]
Professional Portfolio Update (3/5 – 3/19)
I’m updating my portfolio as I complete assignments. Because I have so many loose ends to tie up, it gives me some sense of accomplishment everytime I can add another completed assessment to my portfolio! I spend at least 30 mins. to an hour daily uploading documents, adding links, adding images, and fine tuning the […]
Faculty Development Workshop Update (3/5 – 3/19)
At this point, I am working on the resources for my online instruction: creating screencasts and presentations. Recordings are generally a challenge for me because I tend to have issues maintaining consistent voice tone throughout an entire presentation. I am in the process now of “tweaking” my scripts which means I repeat them over and […]
Technology Resource Center Evaluation (2/27-3/4)
Comparing technology resource centers has been very interesting. At a community college setting, I found a variety of technology support staff (training coordinator, instructional technologists, instructional designers, academic systems specialists) each with a very disctinct role. Today I interviewed the Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning at Georgia Perimeter College. She still teaches […]