Comments for The Path to my Masters http://janed12.edublogs.org Another excellent Edublogs.org weblog Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:22:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 Comment on The Path ends here for now by Anne http://janed12.edublogs.org/2009/08/12/the-path-ends-here-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Anne Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:22:37 +0000 http://janed12.edublogs.org/?p=29#comment-15 Jane, Congratulations on finishing your degree! What an accomplishment. I enjoyed your input in this course, and wish you all the best!! Regards, Anne Jane, Congratulations on finishing your degree! What an accomplishment. I enjoyed your input in this course, and wish you all the best!! Regards, Anne

]]> Comment on Challenges in the creation of my course by gcc23 http://janed12.edublogs.org/2009/07/11/challenges-in-the-creation-of-my-course/comment-page-1/#comment-14 gcc23 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:50:56 +0000 http://janed12.edublogs.org/?p=15#comment-14 Hi Jane, I love your point that responding just for the sake of responding or trying to constantly make your responses so ellaborate can take away from flow of the discussion and perhaps even make it irrelevent. I suspect your experience in this class has lead you to that conclusion. I've felt the same way at times. Perhaps given the nature of this course it makes sense, but I agree that in other environments, a less stilted discussion format might be appropriate. Good to know I'm not alone in that particular struggle. Hi Jane,
I love your point that responding just for the sake of responding or trying to constantly make your responses so ellaborate can take away from flow of the discussion and perhaps even make it irrelevent. I suspect your experience in this class has lead you to that conclusion. I’ve felt the same way at times. Perhaps given the nature of this course it makes sense, but I agree that in other environments, a less stilted discussion format might be appropriate. Good to know I’m not alone in that particular struggle.

]]> Comment on Challenges in the creation of my course by janed12 http://janed12.edublogs.org/2009/07/11/challenges-in-the-creation-of-my-course/comment-page-1/#comment-13 janed12 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:07:25 +0000 http://janed12.edublogs.org/?p=15#comment-13 Hi Jim. Sorry I missed this earlier. In regard to your comment that about comment discussions being more harsh on-line. I agree to some point that comments can be misread easily on line. There is an art to being able to communicate all the inflections normally done thorough tone and inflection along with body language. But we have to remember the students of today are used to this medium for communication. I reflect on the old style of love letters from the turn of the century. We may think the formal language was dry and stodgy, but I am sure there were innuendos that we may not get now. Jane Hi Jim.
Sorry I missed this earlier. In regard to your comment that about comment discussions being more harsh on-line. I agree to some point that comments can be misread easily on line. There is an art to being able to communicate all the inflections normally done thorough tone and inflection along with body language. But we have to remember the students of today are used to this medium for communication. I reflect on the old style of love letters from the turn of the century. We may think the formal language was dry and stodgy, but I am sure there were innuendos that we may not get now.
Jane

]]> Comment on Challenges in the creation of my course by janed12 http://janed12.edublogs.org/2009/07/11/challenges-in-the-creation-of-my-course/comment-page-1/#comment-12 janed12 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:00:13 +0000 http://janed12.edublogs.org/?p=15#comment-12 Anne, You are so sweet and I really needed to read your comment and it was a great boost. My class is really so personal, it lends insefl to community. But thank you. I quickly browsed thorugh yours and was so jealous. Your is beautiful and so extreme,y well done....and it is done. I think I could spend hours and hours and still find new things to add. thanks you again my friend, Jane Anne,
You are so sweet and I really needed to read your comment and it was a great boost. My class is really so personal, it lends insefl to community. But thank you. I quickly browsed thorugh yours and was so jealous. Your is beautiful and so extreme,y well done….and it is done. I think I could spend hours and hours and still find new things to add.
thanks you again my friend,
Jane

]]> Comment on Challenges in the creation of my course by annechapelle http://janed12.edublogs.org/2009/07/11/challenges-in-the-creation-of-my-course/comment-page-1/#comment-11 annechapelle Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:16:34 +0000 http://janed12.edublogs.org/?p=15#comment-11 Jane, I was roaming around in your moodle class, and I am impressed with your supportive presence that is evident already. I felt 'safe' after reading about you and your heroes, and welcomed by your story about your positive friend. I am no expert, but I think you are a natural when it comes to creating community. I am also struggling to create learning activities that will demonstrate community and bring my students into it. Anne Jane, I was roaming around in your moodle class, and I am impressed with your supportive presence that is evident already. I felt ’safe’ after reading about you and your heroes, and welcomed by your story about your positive friend. I am no expert, but I think you are a natural when it comes to creating community. I am also struggling to create learning activities that will demonstrate community and bring my students into it. Anne

]]> Comment on Challenges in the creation of my course by kobejim http://janed12.edublogs.org/2009/07/11/challenges-in-the-creation-of-my-course/comment-page-1/#comment-10 kobejim Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:30:14 +0000 http://janed12.edublogs.org/?p=15#comment-10 Hi Jane, I think their has to be a certain level of trust among a group of students to have a great discussion; maybe even some disagreement that they feel free to share. I think this is especially difficult in the online environment as digital messages seem to always be taken more harshly than what is actually meant - humans communcate so much by body language and voice inflection that doesn't make it onto the printed page... Jim Hi Jane,

I think their has to be a certain level of trust among a group of students to have a great discussion; maybe even some disagreement that they feel free to share. I think this is especially difficult in the online environment as digital messages seem to always be taken more harshly than what is actually meant – humans communcate so much by body language and voice inflection that doesn’t make it onto the printed page…

Jim

]]> Comment on Reflections on course work loads by janed12 http://janed12.edublogs.org/2009/07/02/reflections-on-course-work-loads/comment-page-1/#comment-9 janed12 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:15:20 +0000 http://janed12.edublogs.org/?p=12#comment-9 Thanks Anne, Part of being in a on-line community is finding out you are not alone on the journey. In past classes, I have gone off the course to communicate from frear of reprisal. I think it is great that we can share our opinions in this class. Besides, it boasts my effort to know I am not alone. thanks, Jane Thanks Anne,
Part of being in a on-line community is finding out you are not alone on the journey. In past classes, I have gone off the course to communicate from frear of reprisal. I think it is great that we can share our opinions in this class. Besides, it boasts my effort to know I am not alone. thanks, Jane

]]> Comment on Reflections on course work loads by Anne de la Chapelle http://janed12.edublogs.org/2009/07/02/reflections-on-course-work-loads/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Anne de la Chapelle Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:13:08 +0000 http://janed12.edublogs.org/?p=12#comment-8 Jane (4), Your reflection spoke for me too. I want to give my all to this course, but I too find myself becoming immersed in my learning to the point of getting off track of the actual assessed activity. While this may be seen as time well spent, I barely have time to complete the multitude of assignments required for each module. Here it is Sunday, and although I have been faithfully working on this class on a daily basis, including ALL of last weekend, I still have a blog posting to do, and I have to post my activities and should post more to the discussion forums. I did the readings at the beginning, so now I need to go over them again before I can move on. So, I am in the same deep pool that it sounds like you are in. As you mentioned in your other post for this module, this does demonstrate the need to have the course complete prior to it starting, because the creation is as important as the delivery, actually more so. Great posts. Anne (2) Jane (4), Your reflection spoke for me too. I want to give my all to this course, but I too find myself becoming immersed in my learning to the point of getting off track of the actual assessed activity. While this may be seen as time well spent, I barely have time to complete the multitude of assignments required for each module. Here it is Sunday, and although I have been faithfully working on this class on a daily basis, including ALL of last weekend, I still have a blog posting to do, and I have to post my activities and should post more to the discussion forums. I did the readings at the beginning, so now I need to go over them again before I can move on.

So, I am in the same deep pool that it sounds like you are in. As you mentioned in your other post for this module, this does demonstrate the need to have the course complete prior to it starting, because the creation is as important as the delivery, actually more so. Great posts. Anne (2)

]]> Comment on Knowing the Audience by alexandrapickett http://janed12.edublogs.org/2009/06/07/knowing-the-audience/comment-page-1/#comment-6 alexandrapickett Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:28:32 +0000 http://janed12.edublogs.org/?p=10#comment-6 Jane: would love to hear your thoughts on the student demographic info presented in the blogging assignment. I have some audio/screencast comments/suggestions for you on your improving your blog: http://screencast.com/t/HyqhYwnhud I am glad to see you are hanging in there. I love your reflections voice. I think you are an amazing person. I think your course is going to be amazing as a result- it is a great idea and we need you to be an online educator. I want you to dig a little deeper. I want you to think and investigate, and apply, and refute, and question, and defend, and support your thinking. Don't just assume what is presented in the course is true, right, good ... (ok... a lot of it is, but : ) ....look out into the web and come to your own conclusions and then come back here and show us where you went, what you learned and why you believe what you do! you are doing a great job so far! thank you for making your thinking visible to me/us in your reflections. me : ) Jane:

would love to hear your thoughts on the student demographic info presented in the blogging assignment.

I have some audio/screencast comments/suggestions for you on your improving your blog: http://screencast.com/t/HyqhYwnhud

I am glad to see you are hanging in there. I love your reflections voice. I think you are an amazing person. I think your course is going to be amazing as a result- it is a great idea and we need you to be an online educator.

I want you to dig a little deeper. I want you to think and investigate, and apply, and refute, and question, and defend, and support your thinking. Don’t just assume what is presented in the course is true, right, good … (ok… a lot of it is, but : ) ….look out into the web and come to your own conclusions and then come back here and show us where you went, what you learned and why you believe what you do!

you are doing a great job so far! thank you for making your thinking visible to me/us in your reflections.

me : )

]]> Comment on Knowing the Audience by alexandrapickett http://janed12.edublogs.org/2009/06/07/knowing-the-audience/comment-page-1/#comment-5 alexandrapickett Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:18:44 +0000 http://janed12.edublogs.org/?p=10#comment-5 i would love to get some real discussion going on this issue of "immigrant vs. native" !! what do you think about this? what do others think about this? do you really buy it? i would love to get some real discussion going on this issue of “immigrant vs. native” !!

what do you think about this? what do others think about this? do you really buy it?

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