Comments on: Week in Review

By: Latisha Howard

Latisha Howard — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:02:07 +0000

This stuff is new to me, but I have really enjoyed getting started. The tour for tapped in was really informative.

By: Elizabeth Freeman

Elizabeth Freeman — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:11:20 +0000

I used IM’s a lot last year in a class and I don’t know how I would have survived without it. The class was online and required several group projects. Through instant messaging we were able to meet several times a week to get our projects together. I wish I would’ve known about Tapped In then because it would have been perfect for us to use.

By: carla

carla — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:46:39 +0000

I am like Amy, it is all coming together but I am still trying to get things lined out…like responding to everyones post. Some people write so much. :). I still have to do the tour on tapped in… I missed it Saturday and todays. Look like it will be Tuesday for me. Though it has been heckic I see some light on the other side of the monitor.

By: Amy Howard

Amy Howard — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:15:58 +0000

I have to say it is starting to come together for me. I use the IM with other classmates and find it far more better than just leaving comments on blackboard and waiting for a response. I did the tour for tapped in today and can see the many resources and proffessionals available for me to use in the community. The blog is another form of communication and is great. The google reader is something I am still getting use to. There are a fews blog addresses it will not take, but I got almost everybody in there. I have commented on some of my classmates pages, not all but I am getting more familar and things are getting quicker. I see the foundation forming.

By: Jacqulyn Eldridge Parsons

Jacqulyn Eldridge Parsons — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:57:54 +0000

I agree. It is hard to say that a classroom is learner centered when you are actually dictating what the learner is or has to do. If it were actually learner centered, don’t you think that it would be more based around what the learner needs or wants. Our classrooms are set up to teach to the test and each teacher has to get a certain amount of content in before that test. We can not slow down or change things up to suit the learner. We have to do as we are told. At least us new teachers do. So how can we say we are learner centered when actually if anything we are “test centered”.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:22:21 +0000

All of this is new to me. I have had online classes before but none requiring IM, blogs, and tapped in. Before this class I had never used any of these. As a matter of fact, I have never needed any of these. Until now. It will probably take me a while to completely get used to using these new technologies, but I know I can do it.