Group E: Instructional Values

We came up with several strong Instructional values that are worth posting here to show the world: Social” Learning*Collaborate (w/peers, students, family, friends)
*Encourage creativity
*Ensure mutual respect*Create personalized experiences
*Provide a challenging and safe environment for learning
*Use video and audio to convey emotion
*Empower
*Emotional engagement
“Pragmatic and Relevant" Learning
*Hands-on activities connected to real-life experiences
*Differentiate instruction and include practice for real assimilation
*Allow learners to control their own experience by allowing time for exploration and practice
*Limit lectures to exactly what is necessary to ensure we don't exceed the normal adult attention span
*Read and immediately apply knowledge to relevant life experiences*Preparation and organization are imperative

I like them all and hope to continue to reflect on them and apply them when needed. These values are the blueprint for this course.

Unit 3 part 2

It was getting late which explains my part two. The lesson learn in unit 3 are many. I had the opportunity to play around with adobe connect and realized what a powerful tool that is. I mananged to watch a recorded Webinar from april 2008. I was amazed to see how all this technology was incorporated with a single Webinar. For example, The instructors used a live poll to check on experience with Web 2.0. The poll was going on in real time and you could automatically see the results. Anyway, I thought it was very cool. Simple things for simple minds. We've come a long way from a conference call!!

My blog is up and running. I found myself editorializing the Olympic Goal Medal Basketball game. I think I was having too much fun and have since removed it to focus on this class(except for Kobe's picture).

My wife mentioned that I should "journal". This blog may very well be that outlet for writing.

Unit 3 part 1

Utilizing Kolb's Reflective Observation, my group really came together to try and figure this out. Our backgrounds as a group are so different but I noticed how we came together to make sense of what I would consider a new topic for us.
To start with, we are social learners and find value in collaboration, encouragement and personalizing what we learn. In many ways, this is what works for us and how we want to carry on with our learning. I know my best work is created with others and not myself. Looking back, most of my success has come with the help of others. It's such a dynamic value that we thought out and a very important instructional value to remember. The cause and effect is we are influenced and go on to influence others, so do it right!!
Epiphanies this week?? Hmmm. didn't have one. But check back because my mind tends to race and something divine may hit me!