CEDO 550 Week 3

It's interesting how this course teaches how to facilitate online learning, but at the same time I'm learning a great deal of other things as well. My topic this week that I chose to do my presentation on was children with disabilities. The readings that I did were interesting. I wanted to do this topic because I thought it would be interesting to see how to facilitate these students. I thought it would be difficult to do, but it's actually just as, or more facilitating to the students. Virtual schools are flexible and give students time to complete their work. I know that my nephew types all of his homework. He has autism and his handwriting and concentration is weak. He loves being on a computer and when asked to do work on the computer he does well. I'm not sure if it's just preference because he likes technology, or if it gives him confidence that his teacher will be able to read it and as a result gets better grades. Either way, I have seen how working online is successful, and I wonder if he would do even better in a virtual school. There would be less bullying as well, but that is a whole other topic.

CEDO550 Week 2

This week has been a little trying to say the least! On Saturday night I thought I would get a start on our group work. Well........I guess I should have just waited because I wasted a great deal of time being confused. It would have been better to be confused with my group members than alone. HA HA I wish we had some solid directions on the group project. I'm very interested to see what everyone comes up with. I just hope that ours was correct. I know one thing..........I learned how important communication, expectations, and clear objectives are. I will definitely work to be clear and not put my students through this mess. Well.....the instructors wanted us to struggle with this assignment a little..........we did ................can we have our A now :) Other than that, I'm looking to some time off and relaxing on spring break!!

CED0 550 Week 1

Well.........here we are starting another new class. It was interesting using brainhoney. It took me a little while to get used to, but I'm glad to learn a new tool. I was surprised that throughout all of our courses so far, I had never heard of synchronous and asynchronous online tools. I never thought to categorize them before. It definately makes a lot of sense though. I was excited in class to learn some of the tools on Elluminate. I was always afraid to touch anything and screw up the class. It was fun and it made me a little more confident trying new things and clicking on different icons. I have enjoyed the courses thus far and I hope that this class is another success for me. I'm looking forward to it.

CEDO540 Week 5

One week to go and I survived. The sites that we worked with for the assignments this week were interesting. I'm familiar with the DPI sites, but I enjoyed the other ones as well. I also just got back from a convention about similar topics, so I was interested in the sites even more. I attended a convention on teaching economics in the classroom. I was GREAT and I learned a lot. It was funny because we did a great deal of stats. Normally, I would have groaned about it, but lately I'm really enjoying it. I never had that feeling about economics and stats before. I guess I'm more confident because I understand it so much better now. If anyone ever gets a chance to attend a convention given by Economics of Wisconsin I would jump at it. It was well worth your time even though it usually falls on a Friday and Saturday. Some of the incentives are $200, they pay for your sub, and we received $130 in classroom books. I was really excited and learned soooooo much. I don't know what to say about government and corruption, but hey we already know that. haha
It was great and I highly recommend it.

CEDO540 Week 4

The video we watched this week was really interesting. It made a lot of sense and seemed like companies could really benefit, if used correctly. I'm also excited to create our own future job with our groups. I love it when we get a "fun" assignment. This class has gone very well for me and I didn't expect it to happen that way. I like the way Jim has made learning statistics fun. He took a class that people dread and made it worth our while. I said in the beginning of class that I would have a rough time, but that is not the case. I have learned a lot and I'm enjoying it!
I'm also interested to see the results of our survey about Scott Walker. So, we are almost done and we have a couple more things to accomplish. The road down statistics wasn't bad at all!

CEDO540 Week 3

I can't believe I'm about to say this..........but I'm enjoying this class. I'm catching on to the material and I'm enjoying what we do. I take a lot of notes and my hand gets sore, but that is how I learn. I really feel like I'm tackling my enemy!! I really don't like math, or anything that goes with it, so this is a big accomplishment to me!! When I do get lost my group picks me up. I love the way we all learn from each other. Things that I may have missed in class.......they caught on and then showed me how to do it. This has been a good learning experience for me. I'm feeling like I can accomplish anything. You guys have no clue how many tears/crying math has caused for me over all my years growing up!! hahahaha

CEDO540 Week 2

Well.....The first weeks homework wasn't as bad as I thought. I "think" I am getting the hang of it again. I've been out of touch with math for a loooooooooong time! I didn't miss it either! I'm up for a challenge, so here we go.
This class is going to be challenging, but I feel really comfortable with it. Everyone in my group/our class is such a big help. I love how close we all have grown and we haven't even met in person. We have an great group going through this! Jim has been great as well. It lowers my anxiety when I know I have help. So, four more weeks to go and we move on to the next one. I hope to feel more confident about my statistics skills when this over. haha