The final project link

http://holterassessmentproject.wikispaces.com/

Module 5 Bloom's Taxonomy Assignment

Bloom categories
Learning objective verbs
Activity

Knowledge
(recall, list, define, identify, collect, label) Define Define libel. (Libel is the publication of false and malicious material that
damages a person’s reputation.)

Comprehension
(summarize, describe interpret, predict, discuss) Discuss After viewing the documentary Media Ethics, students will discuss the
ethical dilemmas journalists face.

Application
(apply, demonstrate, illustrate, classify, experiment, discover) Create Students can create their individual guidelines for questionable language,
subject matter and photographs.

Analysis
(analyze, classify, connect, explain, infer) Analyze Students will be given scenarios to analyze. Each scenario is designed
not only to provoke a discussion of ethics and decision-making, but also to help
them begin to explore the issues involved in journalism decisions.

Synthesis
(combine, integrate, plan, create, design, formulate) Research: How do the three basic defenses against
libel suits work with such films that seem to slant the truth? (Truth, privilege, fair
comment and criticism)

Evaluation
(assess, recommend, convince, compare, conclude, summarize) Explore Students will write an informative essay that explores this issue.

Week 6 post

Well, there was a little confusion on my end last week and I missed my blog post. I'm currently taking three online classes - all of them starting on different dates, so that means three different modules each week and I just got confused on which week we were on in this class.

Anyway, the reading for this week. I was particulary interested in the "Cybercoaching: Rubrics, Feedback, and Metacognition, Oh My!" reading by Naomi Jeffery Petersen, Ed.D. I am a teacher and I am a coach. Like many teachers I tend to get defensive if some suggests that I am no longer a teacher and applies another name to what I do. Am I no less a teacher because I don't have a classroom of students physically in front of me? How close of a proximity do I have to be to be considered a teacher? After reading the article I found that it's not meant to be derogatory, it's just the truth. Interestingly enough, I was just thinking this morning that I didn't like the title of "coach" because I always feel like I'm a "sports teacher." I feel that even more after reading the explaination of what a coach is on page 3.

It wasn't until I go to page 8 before I found something that really struck a chord with me. The explaination of a rubric as "A holistic rubric will describe the whole essay at each level of proficiency; an analytic rubric will describe eachcriterion, typically organized in a matrix to show gradual changes in quality (Mertler, 2001)." I believe that this is one of the most important aspects of teaching an online class. I had three classes last semester and three this semester. I would say that the classes that went the smoothest and I learned the most were the ones that had the most clear rubrics. A place that no matter how lost you get, you can always refer back to those as your guide.

I think that the rubics place in online education is paramount and it really has show me how I should use them more in my standard classes.

PreCourse Survey URL

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3KP5DXF

Week 4 thoughts

My belief in education and I have crossed paths again. In "assessment as a way of Life" by Roberta Ferger I came across the wonderful words that I love to see and read. Project−based learning and student presentation of work is an integral part of the Key Learning assessment program. I did my undergrad work at UW-Stout as a Marketing Education teacher and everything that we belive in is project-based learning. We had this drilled into our heads in the mid-90's so I find it a little disturbing that this is such a revelation to the core content classes. Sadly, there are some people that think that a cooperative education course doesn't have value, but like the reading said You can watch a show where Julia Child makes a soufflé,and you can read about soufflé making," she adds, but the real test is "making one yourself."
I love to hear that more people are believeing in cooperative ed and hands-on learning.

The Mid-term assignment

http://newassessmentapproaches.wikispaces.com/

Week 3 Reflection

"May you live in interesting times" - Unknown

Funny that we are discussing all these different methods of assessment and ways to get information to and from students electronically, and we have another method added to the list in the middle of the Module. The iPad made it's debut today and it came with promises to change the way that information is used. They even say that it can save traditional media. Personally, I think it just sounds like a big iPhone (of which I have and am addicted to) without the camera and phone part. Still, it sounds like it has the capability to replace the laptop, or at the very least, present itself as a viable competitor to it. So, in a few years will all students be carrying an iPad that links directly into their courses for a semester? Probably.

Concept Map

Module 1 Assignment - About Me

I guess I wan't alone in having difficulty having a partner, so I will be introducing myself also.
Q: Why have you chosen this course, this university and/or this program?
I chose this course because it was one of the steps to the online certification. In my area it seems to be a growing trend and I feel that online education is a trend that I can really be at the forefront for and it's something that I am fascinated by. I was a Stout undergrad and I didn't have the time resources to be able to get my masters traditionally, so I looked at who offered online education masters and that's how I got back into Stout.
Q:Tell me about your background, experiences, and/or skills.
I'm a 33-year-old first year teacher. I teach computers and PE in a K-8 Catholic school, but I'm a 9-12 experienced, business education certified Lutheran, so go figure ;) I also coach football, baseball, and in two weeks archery.

Q: What do you expect from this course?
Probably to learn a lot. This will be my 4th online course that I've taken and all of them have taught me so much that it feels a bit overwhelming.

Q: What is one thing we might never have guessed about you?
I live in Western Wisconsin and I'm a Chicago Bears season ticket holder.

Q: Who is that special someone, thing or event that you cherish and would never want to give up?
My family. My wife is an Assistant Principal and our son is almost 5. We also have a baby on the way, and I wouldn't trade my life for anything.

Assessment in E-Learning Blog #1 - Week 2 Reflection

I found that as I was reading this chapter that I was trying to find a connection to learning styles from traditional classrooms that were similar to this. The "Edublogs as an assessment tool" reading really sparked it for me when they discussed that blogs were started in the early 1990s as a diary. I seem to recall several times writing in a journal for english classes and things of that nature. The main difference being that those journals were meant to be between student and teacher only. It feels unusual that we are basically doing the same reflections, but now not only is it not private, we are required in some cases to comment on other student's reflections. I agree with the study that there is a high degree of individual accountability mixed with group processing.

I had read earlier that student results would increase if the student took ownership of the assignment. I believe that most post-secondary students would take ownership of an assignment such as this solely because of the knowledge that it will be read and commented on by their peers.

JH