Thing 23

I have a volunteer that wants to take the 23 Things course from this fall - that is our lovely colleague Mia. As she stated, she wanted to take it this year, but with the involvement in the Grade 2 classroom, she didn't manage to finish the required assignments. When she wanted to come back, it was too late for her to catch up. Otherwise, she was excited about this course, sees the benefit for her own work in the classroom and looks forward to establishing a great group of network friends.

Thing 22

Reflecting:

I thought that this would be a course where I would know most of the things, but I was wrong. In terms of educational benefit, I definitely learned a lot and gained many more tools that I will be able to use in the classroom. The most beneficial things for me were learning how to open and update a blog, what and how to use avatar, how to find and upload podcasts and how to take screenshots. I would definitely recommend that you keep the buddy system in the future. I also liked that we received more instruction in terms of how to complete the assignments towards the end.

I think that reflection/sharing sessions were absent (or maybe it was just me who felt that way). I also agree with Serene that I would have preferred to have had a list of all 23 Things up front, so that I could work on them my own pace (that is just my learning style). A better introduction of the 23 Things before the beginning of the course would also be helpful and possibly, giving people an estimate of how long it takes (an average) to complete an assignment.

In terms of overall impact, I expected that this course would be somehow more tied to Moodlic as that was the school focus for technology for this year. However, I have enjoyed the course and will definitely be more aware as I continue to explore more Web 2.0 opportunities.