I think my portfolio is just about presentable! There are so many details to consider and everytime I view a page or get feedback from someone who views a page, additional changes result. This week, someone was viewing some of the content using an iPad and I realized that all of my flash based presentations […]
Category: Practicum
Staff Development Workshop Update (3/30 – 4/6)
Developing both a face-to-face and online version of the same workshop has been a great experience. I would recommend it to any instructor. Just when you think you have organized your course content in a way that is crystal clear, a workshop participant asks a question that alerts you the fact that it is not! […]
Technology Resource Center Update (3/30 – 4/6)
Putting my technology resource center analysis together has been much like completing a puzzle. I started off in 1 room, the instructional design lab, interviewing 1 man, the instructional technology specialist. Ultimately the impact was so far reaching that I found myself in faculty & staff offices, as well as classrooms trying to get a snapshot view of […]
Technology Resource Center Update (3/25-3/30)
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 […]
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 […]