Week 17 – POTCERT

It seems appropriate that I would get behind on the “Classroom management” topic…  ie Time Management… something that got away from me this week 🙂

Major take aways for me from the reading and videos this week:

  • Pedagogy first!  Not tech 🙂  the theme of our class!!
  • I am NOT tech support…  that is what the help desk is for
  • When answering individual e-mails, post answers to a public area so that all can benefit from the answer and also so you are not answering the same question over and over
  • Make it CLEAR how to reach the prof & the hours you are available.  If you do not make it clear, students interpret this as you being available 24/7.  Make sure to tell students how long it will take for you to respond to the message (ie. Mon-Fri/ 24 hours)
  • Test on syllabus: cuts down on questions
  • PRE-CLASS: Have a static webpage that students can go to gather all the info they need prior to the commencement of class (ie. outside of Bb so that crashers can access)
  • Due dates: same time/same day of the week: plan to be around a couple hours before something is due (tech problems, etc.)
  • Hide pages in Bb and reveal as necessary, no need to overwhelm & confuse
  • Rubrics cut down on grading questions
  • Build community and allow students to interact and make comments/corrections on each other’s work
  • Assessments: test generator, copy & paste comments: think RE-USE
  • Group projects!  Better for you, better for students
  • Don’t spend time on things that aren’t teaching!

This week has been invaluable…  I want Louisa’s syllabus!  I need to e-mail her.

On to this week’s content…  ¡Hasta pronto!

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