Exit Slip 10/28

To start off today's class we covered the progress the class' Delicious accounts and how many links were on the accounts.  Our section had the most production out of the four sections.  Of course it is because we are like ahead of the other sections calandar-wise.  Another thing we went over was the way we responded to the class mid-semester survey.  Everyone felt that the work amount is too high.  I feel that it was high, but because the reading is all front loaded to give us time to work on projects towards the end.  As for the group discussion at the begining the organization was a little odd.  The group went over chapter 7 and separated us in two groups on each side of a line about pros and cons of how could we operate with or without technology in our classroom.  But then we got evened out in proper groups.  Found it kinda funny how a part of the conversation came down to competition in the classroom, especially when Dr. Boyer used competition earlier with the modeling of the Delicious account.  We covered Elluminate an online webinar tool that can be used to make contact with people.  Watching class play with the Elluminate was pretty interesting because it shown that we could operate on it properly.

Exit Slip 10/21

Today we covered chapter 6 from Rethinking Education.  One of the major steps I really liked that this group did was the group used suckers to separate groups.  The group I was in was the strawberry group.  I really liked how the group has done was identify where each group had to go and were boken up evenly.

Exit Slip 10/14

Well, today we started off the day with the presentation of Dr. Boyer's new ipad.  I thought that was really cool coming from the technology in education instructor because if he doesn't stay current with the new instruments, how would we know about them.  The group that presented chapter 5 from the Rethinking textbook I felt right away did have some very vague reaction and responses to our answers and also did not allow other groups to comment on the information we all have submitted.  I liked their innovative way to separate groups by choosing the color cards therefore keeping the groups uniform in size.  One catch with separating the groups as they did caused some confusion of where to go because areas of the classroom were not designated by color so the groups had to wander and settle to do the process.

Exit Slip 10/7

The initial thing I learned today was that Dr. Boyer wants to make sure that our work is completed and is generous on exactly when it is handed in.  I feel lucky to some extent that I can still finish my work and also catch up now that my football coaching season is winding down to the last month depending on playoffs and opening up free time to really dig out of my hole.  This is still no excuse for my lagging behind but it saves me from frantically worrying about my current status in the class.
The group's presentation started out seeming like it was rehashing the information in the book.  I feel that way because before class started I read most of the chapter again so it was rather fresh in my head. The group really needed to speak up because it was difficult to hear over the computer fans and keyboard keys clicking as students were critiquing the presentation on their blog sites.  Another change that could help is that the group could have divided up groups better because my group was the largest group we had.  Instead of giving the first group multiple parts, they could have split up my group to finish the other topic.