Week Twelve

Well, the end is near. I have learned so much by blogging with ya'll. I think knowing that you would read my blog made it so much more meaningful to me. I can see using blogging in class to complete reflections about lessons that the class has learned. Blogging will also be useful in hearing from the silent student. You know the ones that are reluctant to speak in class but really have much to offer.

One of my teachers is trying a blog this semester as they read The Great Gatsby. I am anxiously awaiting how the students feel about it as well as the lessons that the teacher has learned.

On MSN Messenger, I feel that I have learned as well. I have shared files with Yolanda and a picture with Lisa, chatted with Dr. Powley, Carlos, Lisa, David, Karen and Phyllis. David and I used the whiteboard as well. I hope that I did not forget anyone. Everyone was so patient with me and my screwy wireless. I think that I have gotten it fixed.

I see students using this tool every day. I think that this tool is useful as students can communicate with others. I see communicating with college admission offices, peers, parents, teachers, etc as just some of the uses for MSN.

I wish for all of you a happy holiday season and I hope to be in class with you again or maybe we can meet at a residency. I know that I am attending NECC in Atlanta this summer. Maybe we can meet then. See ya Dianne

Near the end

As this class winds down, I feel sad. I like this blogging and will continue but I wonder if anyone will read it. I know that my classmates are required to read it now. I look forward to reading their comments as well. I have learned so much this term. It is so much fun to blog and work with the other students in MSN. I know now what everyone looks like. I hope to one day meet you at a residency.

I like the simulation, simulation-game, simulation from this week. It is very interesting to me. I think that any teacher can make a game a learning experience depending on what they are trying to learn. For instance, why do you think that Windows came with solitaire? I always say that the Microsoft people were trying to allow the new user to become familiar with the mouse. Solitaire is a non-threatening way to accomplish that.

I have MSNed with David, Marilyn, Phyllis, and Dr. Powley and others. My wireless Internet has been messed us and my connectivity is spotty. One moment, it is good with 54. mbps and then it shoots to low with 1.0 mbps. I am working on it but I must apologize to all the people that I have been speaking with and then been dropped. Sorry. Dianne

Acronyms

There are too many letters to remember. I am not talking about spelling. I am talking about the differnet type of Learning Objects and the way that they are housed. Just when I think that I understand LCS and LMCS then comes LO and CO. I did get LOs more easily than LCS. When things are explained using libraries, and visual pictures that I am used to seeing, things become so much more clear.

I have had so much fun on MSN this week. I have voice chatted with Phyllis and used the whiteboard with David. I have chatted with Karen, David, Dr. Powley and others. I even tried to share a file with Dr. Powley. I feel so close to ya'll because I can see your pictures. When I see you at a residency, I may run up and hug you. This class is such fun. I think I will miss chatting with you.