I believe I've turned the corner this week. As I've begun (and almost finished) Module 4 the work I've done is coming together in a way that makes sense to me and hopefully will make sense to my students as well. I'm the power point queen so making a power point for this module was not a difficult task but adding Jing to it will be a challenge...a challenge I'm actually looking forward to. I'm seeing the advantages of less words and more visuals on my power points and am anxious to try to put a sound track to my power point. I can see so many benefits for this use of technology both in my traditional classes as well as in my blended class.
Since my syllabus was almost complete before I began this online course, adding the modules to it and rescoring several assignments went well. I've decided not to include my rubrics for various assignments in my syllabus but instead, will put them on Moodle as resources.
Having completed my first two Moodle quizzes, I finally have the hang of doing that and am anxious to get the rest completed and on Moodle as well. Since next week is spring break to be followed shortly by advising, I'm trying to get a bit ahead of the game now. Then I can REALLLY enjoy spring break in Barbados with Rick.
I'm so glad you see the advantage of fewer words on PowerPoints. It doesn't make sense for students to read the screen while an instructor is talking about it. Students either listen or read, but they can't really do both. If they see a visual that helps them make a connection to what the instructor is saying, then the ideas will stick. I think that if students need a lot of text, give them a handout.
ReplyDeleteWhat Jing also does is limit the presentation to 5 minutes. That's not necessarily a bad thing. It forces us to make digestible chunks that students can view again and again.
Agreed. Students do not want to be read to off the Power Point.
ReplyDeleteLast fall in one of my classes, I had an instructor literally read his Power Point word by word to us. He even slid his hand across the screen to help us with tracking like we were first graders! I was a little bit insulted (and upset that I was paying for this), so I love the idea of focusing on less text on the slides.
WOW. Just checked out your moodle page, website, and syllabus. You have done so much work. Kudos!
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