Week 2

I thought our second class went pretty well.  Time flies by when your learning and trying new things instead of listening to a lecture for three hours.  The Google survey creator was neat and easy to use and I will probably take advantage of that free service in the future.  I have never taken a summer class before but it is not so bad.  It is a bit strange having homework during the nice weather but I know knocking a few extra credit hours out of the way now will be worth it in the long run.  I am very thankful to currently have such a supportive group.  Everybody has taken the time to work on our annotated bibliography, survey, and presentation which has been great.

Week 1

I'll admit I was a little concerned about the class format at first but after some explanation and discussion, the active learning strategy that Mike and Tiffany plan to use sounds interesting and effective.  The digital stalking activity was a great ice breaker and real eye opener on how much you can find about a stranger online.  I plan on deleting my facebook once I begin looking for a teaching job because i think it will only make the job searching process easier.
So far, my only concern in the class is receiving a good grade that appears to be based mostly on participation.  It seemed that several students were trying to post any little detail during the formation of the annotated bibliography rubric in order to be recognized that they had contributed and should be credited with participation.  I am going to assume that project completion and group participation will be a larger factor when determining our grade by the end of the course so it should not be a problem.  I felt very relieved when Tiffany mentioned at the end of class that she had no problem handing out an "A" to every student if we all put forth an effort to learn and contribute during work with out group and partners.  I plan on staying enrolled in the course and look forward to becoming more tech-savy so that I can incorporate technology in my own classroom someday.