Sunday, March 06, 2005
Reflections on Sixth Meeting
Friday’s session was very informative. It was helpful to hear everyone else’s summaries of what they have been doing in their target classes and it helped to use the language that we’ll be expected to use during our final presentation. Deborah Vess’ presentation on the scholarship of teaching & learning was also very helpful. Her presentation did a lot to clarify some questions that I had.
I tried to demonstrate MS Portrait for the group but was hindered by the poor WiFi connection in the room. I was disappointed that it didn’t have the full effect that I had hoped for. I will have to decide what aspects of the PPC I want to demonstrate next week during our final session and will try to avoid any potential pitfalls.
As a result of my experience in this workshop, I’m going to try to further my education with regard to CATs and the assessment process. I plan to read some of the resources that Autumn and others have suggested. I’d like to create an information packet for my department to share with them what I’ve learned. I’m considering a presentation as well. I’ve also made an initial inquiry into possibly incorporating an electronic student response system into some of my classes. As such, I would like to pilot out some of the CATs with the system and again, share my experiences with my peers.
With the workshop drawing to an end, I’m wondering how to best keep the flame alive. I hope that we can remain in communication with each other; maybe we can establish an FDW 2005 list serv or at least continue to use our blogs. I imagine that I will continue to have issues to reflect on as I plan and incorporate these techniques in my other classes. Right now, my initial goal is to finish the research paper rubric for my target class and will then develop rubrics for group activities and presentations for one of my Fall 2005 courses.
Between now and next Friday, I need to work on being “precise and concise” with the information that I want to share. We’ve been exposed to so many different things and I could spend the whole time just talking about the PPC. However, I will have to remind myself that it is the assessment process itself that I’ve learned the most about through this experience and it will be the application of that knowledge that will have the greatest impact on my students and my teaching, not the technology. ¶ 7:41 PM
I tried to demonstrate MS Portrait for the group but was hindered by the poor WiFi connection in the room. I was disappointed that it didn’t have the full effect that I had hoped for. I will have to decide what aspects of the PPC I want to demonstrate next week during our final session and will try to avoid any potential pitfalls.
As a result of my experience in this workshop, I’m going to try to further my education with regard to CATs and the assessment process. I plan to read some of the resources that Autumn and others have suggested. I’d like to create an information packet for my department to share with them what I’ve learned. I’m considering a presentation as well. I’ve also made an initial inquiry into possibly incorporating an electronic student response system into some of my classes. As such, I would like to pilot out some of the CATs with the system and again, share my experiences with my peers.
With the workshop drawing to an end, I’m wondering how to best keep the flame alive. I hope that we can remain in communication with each other; maybe we can establish an FDW 2005 list serv or at least continue to use our blogs. I imagine that I will continue to have issues to reflect on as I plan and incorporate these techniques in my other classes. Right now, my initial goal is to finish the research paper rubric for my target class and will then develop rubrics for group activities and presentations for one of my Fall 2005 courses.
Between now and next Friday, I need to work on being “precise and concise” with the information that I want to share. We’ve been exposed to so many different things and I could spend the whole time just talking about the PPC. However, I will have to remind myself that it is the assessment process itself that I’ve learned the most about through this experience and it will be the application of that knowledge that will have the greatest impact on my students and my teaching, not the technology. ¶ 7:41 PM
