Week 3: In Which Nothing Happens

I don't want to be a bore on my blog, but literally, nothing has happened. #FrownyFace


Description 

I ordered a book to help me with my planning -Lessons From Virtual Classrooms by Pallof and Pratt.  It arrived on Thursday, so I haven't had a chance to dig around in it yet. But I read another book by them last year where they talk about building community in an online course. There is so much to think about in terms of how to make participants feel they are part of a group and not flailing out all alone in the Interwebs. I learned a lot from that book, so I know this one will be just as informative. 

With the start of a new semester of teens, my time was taken up with learning names and beginning our routines. Plus my yearbook class is under a hot deadline for the next two weeks. I'm stressed out that I didn't get as much finished on this project as I planned. 

Feelings 

Even though I'm stressed I don't feel like I'm behind. I've made a checklist of Things To Do, so that has been helpful. 

Action Plan 

My work with an online Mythology class this semester is helpful, too, as I'm planning what to do for teachers. I think it would be helpful if I made a double-entry journal-type document when I'm planning for that class where one side has the plans and the other has my thought process for how I'm incorporating various pieces of technology. 

As a matter of fact (now that I'm writing and thinking!), today I assigned my F2F students a Get To Know Me slideshow (Google Slides with introductory tidbits about themselves). There were a few minutes where I struggled with how to give them the assignment and how they would turn it in. So, if I bring the process journal idea to those classes as well, I'll bet I'd have some insight into how I made the decisions. That could translate into activities for my modules.