Last Blog!

It's hard to believe this course is almost completed. But I like the way this worked--even tho the course was quite involved, it was paced really nicely--and look what we all learned in just 8 weeks! Almost makes me want to take another ASAP and get a few more Certifications completed!?......Mary

Week 6

The end is near! Today I started looking at the articles for Unit #7--prior to doing that, I was still frustrated at times navigating this course and attempting to consolidate the information into useful outcomes. After reading abit for #7, I could suddenly see how the whole thing is supposed to come together. Hope it WILL (!) as I move to complete everything this coming week!

#5

I feel things are coming together--felt the same last week but now I can see, I hope, the larger picture.

In the course that I teach, we are not allowed to write competencies, etc.--the State oversees all of that. We are, however, able to approach the teaching of the competencies in pretty much our own ways, as long as we meet the stated objectives.

What I'm already able to take away from this course are many new ideas for the above--something like "sub-objectives"?!--that can expand how the material is presented to the learner.

Coming together

The course and its' objectives are came together for me more clearly with this weeks' work. I've always been a 'big picture' person, so I've always found it challenging as a student to focus on details. But the reading, etc. are certainly falling into place, and I have more ideas for my teaching as a result that go beyond the course goals.

Week 3: I think I'm finally getting the gist of this PBL :)! As one class member said, she understood her statistics questions and could get to the correct conclusion---but couldn't explain HOW. I know what BPL is and I know how I want to use it in my classes--but I struggle at the language of it all. Really interesting course!

Posting for Unit 2--2/14/2010

Basically, I've found this 2nd week more involved/challenging than the 1st! It took me abit, and I'm still not sure I have the competency concepts down, to organize my ideas. Was also aware what I chose will be the main thrust of the rest of the course, so I want(ed) to be certain to do it correctly. I know what I want to accomplish--learning to do it by PBI will be interesting!

Unit #1 comments

First--I loved the 'Somewhere...' video! Also the Robust vs. not segment--now that's my kind of learning--interactive, and as Tom Richie said, 'fun is OK!!'

Next: as Andrea already knows (!) I'm finding navigating BB abit frustrating. It's almost like 2 courses: how to study online and Course #50. But I'm determined to conquer both :)!

Enjoyed reading fellow students discussion and assignments as so many varied--yet very similar as well--responses and comments. My main focus is to reach ALL my students as I get such big variety of them. Look forward to learning more!

Mary Lippert