Jean Waddy

This course is providing us with several options for I2S and S2S communication.  My classes are synchronous and we use webcam, mics, and email consistently.  I typically do not use text or calling, but am considering it to help improve I2S communication.  I would like to try using polling, especially when I want get students thinking quicker.

The idea of blogging is a concept I never considered.  I use discussions in most of my online classes.  The rules are very similar to netiquette rules I teach my students. I believe it is important to teach our students these types of rules and demonstrate how they should walk them out. I learned there are different ways to assess blogs compared to discussions.  Quality of content is more important than quantity of content.

Micro-blogging could be a good alternative to the traditional discussions used in my accounting classes.  It might motivate those who typically choose not to post, to try it. Conciseness in communication is a useful skill we all could improve on.

I have learned that many media platforms students are already using, can be adapted to classroom assignments.  This would be great for many different types of programs, especially marketing and advertisement.  It would be a long stretch for me to see how I could use it in my accounting classes, but could be very useful in my business communications class.

I don't use social media in my classes, so this course helped me to realize I could use it and hopefully improve engagement with my online students.  There is much to learn.  I am not a big social media user, more of an observer, so to increase the use of it in my classes, I need to increase my use of it in more areas than just personal relationship.

I learned that it is important and necessary to have my online classes organized in a way that makes it easy for students to find content.

I use different technologies currently, but this challenges me to find different tools and to broaden my teaching behaviors.  I typically am a demonstrator, but want to move into more delegator.

This is great info, I believe our faculty are motivated intrinsicly.  I find satisfaction seeing my students succeed.

 I motivate my students by quickly grading work and providing feedback.

In Part three, Learnativity stands out.  I want to create more fun in my classroom and need to figure out how I can do that.  Also, I want to create real world simulations, so I can help my students walk through normal life on the job in the career they are training for.