My Second Week Of Teaching A Distance Class

The twenty-five stories that are contained in the book, My First Year As A Teacher, are about real teachers and their experiences during the first year of teaching. Each story is different. Some are about memorable students while other stories are about some of the hardships that are encountered as a novice teacher. The diverse sampling of stories in this book gives insight of what kind of problems one might encounter as a teacher, yet they also describe how rewarding the profession can be. I found it rather difficult to choose only ten stories as my favorite but after much consideration and rereading I decided on the following stories because in many ways I could relate to the students as well as the teachers that are given life in these stories.

While it is tempting to create a custom look and feel for each elearning course, the goal is to make navigation effortless.

They are focusing in utilizing a different set of rules that only technology can offer it to empower teachers and students.

Time Frame: Comprehensive Unit/Lesson scheduled to take 3 weeks including reading of novel and a few different projects

I started designing online courses at Virginia Tech. University in 2005. By 2008, I had designed both graduate and undergraduate social science courses for the university, been asked to advise other faculty on best practices in online course design and been asked to design an online course for administrative professionals. I have also been invited to

|collaboration with each instructor. Although this is was an online platform of learning, it |

One suggestion that I would give to offer that might help improve the quality of the course would be to provide more assignments based upon creative activities such as the discussion boards for units 7 and 8, creating a

In addition to this I collated a document ‘Making your course more accessible’ which highlights what to watch out for when using colour, fonts, images and other files as well as some links to useful tools and resources for further reading. The reason why I separated this document from the minimum standards was to ensure the both documents retained their specific focus without burdening the reader to lengthy text.

Many classes now use online resources such as Schoology and Google Classroom, and other classes have been able to use programs specifically designed for that subject. This is a valid proposal, however, the switch for some classes has meant that everything has become online based. This could be a negative aspect in the sense that student interaction will decrease and the attitude of the school is open to change negatively or positively. However, this allows students to further their experience with computers and make it easier for them to adapt to technological advances that they will experience for the rest of their life. Another proposal for the development of the school is for teachers to switch to project based learning, in which students may opt out of testing and instead complete an equally challenging project that would better showcase their abilities. This is also a good idea in theory, but with the amount of standardized tests required by the state, it is difficult for students to perform well on them without prior experience of

The site’s layout from the introductory page was simple but effective. It started out stating the course would guide the user on how to communicate and collaborate with international peers but I was confused on who the audience actually was because it was defined as “you”, unless it is pointed it out later within the site. There was a simple header picture which incorporated the navigational tabs and a search bar. I wonder if a more eye-catching header bar would have brought the Intro page to life. The first page is a user’s first impression. I really liked the search bar at the top of the page which creates easy accessibility for the user to find desired content that

We could control the content of the course, knowing that it aligns with what our District’s objectives are, and most importantly keep FTE up.” Thus, the beginning of planning the module. At this point I, myself am going to be the one who will be doing them implementation, but if the program takes off, I could end up training others in the Business Education Department on how to instruct the course.

The ease of access, and intuitive design of the layout, makes this website a great tool for a student wanting to succeed. While it may not be the most attractive site, it most

This chapter continues with my story as I begin my first year as a design technology teacher. I recall the early excitement of being a teacher and the scary first term when I thought I had made the biggest mistake ever. My career began in an inner city comprehensive school in the North of England with approximately 1200 pupils on roll, 11- 18 years old. This section, still prior to my first episode in leadership, covers a period of twelve years starting in 1983 and ending in 1996 as I was appointed as assistant head teacher. During the intervening time I held two positions of responsibility first as deputy head of house from 1986 to 1991, and then as head of department from 1991 to 1996.

Designing a course can seem overwhelming. Even more so, designing a course that effectively involves and stimulates students can seem downright impossible. As an award-wining educator (student voted), I’ve constructed this guide to walk you through the process of creating interactive courses for any subject matter and via any instructional method (i.e., face-to-face, online, etc.).

My expectations starting this class in May were extremely low after the struggles with the first composition course I completed. My goal was to do my best and just try to maintain a passing grade. However, this course was different, there was a practicality involved that I crave to do my best work. It was interesting to put together the financial plans of a non-existent company that in realty will never come to pass. The TV show “Shark Tank” makes these presentations seem easy. But it does not show the many hours the owners must put in to make their presentations perfect. The PowerPoint presentation assignment took me several hours and retakes to complete. In addition, the hours of research on long-arm quilting machines to make sure that my