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!