ETC645

We have a great PD event, What iPad Can Do for You and Your Students , on the horizon. I could use your help in spreading the word as we very much want to sell it out. We held this workshop in Tucson about a month ago. One participant said she learned more in one day with Tony than an entire year working on her iPad by herself.    What iPad Can Do for You and Your Students  will be held on Saturday, November 2nd in Flagstaff, AZ at the High Country Conference Center from 9:00PM to 3:30PM. Tony Vincent and his iPad will be sharing some of the latest and greatest in apps. Participants will have hands-on and minds-on time with some of the hottest apps for teachers and students. Whether you have one iPad, a small set, or one for each and every student, you will leave with loads of ideas you can immediately put to use in your classroom!   To learn more and register, please click here:   http://www.azk12.org/event/27660/d...

Dear ETC645 Students,   The final grades have been posted in the grade book on BBLearn and reported to the university.  Please check your grade ASAP.  If you have questions about your grade, please contact me by Friday, October 25, 2013.  I will assume that you agree with your grade if I don't hear from you.   I highly recommend that you print a copy of your grade book and save a copy for your own records.  From now on, please forward your correspondence to my NAU e-mail account at Chih.Tu@Nau.Edu . I suggest that you save a copy of our course materials for your own records as well. You can download a copy of course materials at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B02hmofyxKPkVXpCNTZWcXh3LTA/edit?usp=sharing     If you have not completed the Course Evaluation, please visit this URL to complete the evaluation.  http://www.nau.edu/course_evals   During the semester we have joined various Web 2.0 groups, please fr...

See BBLearn grade book & NAU system ASAP.

Thanks for your participation in Lesson 7 discussion and shared your learning experiences, thoughts, and reflections on distributed learning.  Your thoughts and reflections are very valuable. Online discussions are important learning experiences in ETC645 because we value interactive and collaborative learning is distributed learning system.  The purposes of online discussions are (just name a few): Enhance three types of interaction: learner-learner; learner-instructor; & leaner-content. Engage learners in critical thinking Respond to open ended discussion question requires higher order thinking because we need to justify our arguments. Moderating discussions require higher and better understanding in content. Increase online social presence. Enhance building of online learning community. I hope you had good learning experiences in our seven lesson discussions.  It was challenging but frequently, students would agree they learn the most from their cl...

See BBLearn grade book & e-mail for the details. Questions? Contact me within 2 days.

See BBLearn e-mail & grade book for details. Questions? Contact me within 2 days.

Questions? Contact me within 2 days!

Tomorrow MERLOT.org is hosting a webinar on how to use their free services and open, peer-reviewed resources for teaching. The webinar repeats on Nov. 20 and Dec. 13. (MERLOT stands for Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching. See their overview video at http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=IYj1INA6zv0&feature=you tu.be ) http://info.merlot.org/Documents/News%20and%20Info/MERLOT_Free_Webinars.pdf

(Same message sent to BBLearn & NAU E-mail accounts) The ETC645 7-week session has ended.   Hopefully all of your class responsibilities have been completed and you will be free to enjoy the summer.   The grades for the class are being finalized and will be posted within a week.  You will receive a notification by e-mail & Tweet when the grade is posted.  It is important for you to check your grade book on BBLearn, BBLearn E-mail, and NAU E-mail as frequently as possible to review your grade before it is finalized.  Often, I may have some questions on your required course activities and need your prompt responses so we can finalize our grades.   This has been a great experience working with you.  It was a very challenging and intensive course due to the 7-week format and other factors.  I think all of you have done a great job.  Particularly, we set a few new records for lesson discussions.  You should be proud...

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I would like to remind us that Lesson 7 ( 10/14-10/15) has started and it lasts two days only.  All course activities should be completed by 10/15/2013, Tuesday. After 24 hours flight, I am back to Arizona from my Singapore trip. Do not hesitate to contact me if you need any assistance.   Due: Group 6's Lesson 6 discussion grade sheet Due: Lesson 7 discussions: Respond to all KEY questions; Respond to discussion question and/or respond to others' postings. Total four postings at least. Due: Assignment 6: ETC Program Portfolio: ETC645 Reflections

See BBLearn for details. Questions? Contact me within 2 days.

(Same message sent to BBLearn E-mail) Greetings from Singapore!  I am wrapping up my work in Singapore and Malaysia.  Below are the common feedback for Assignment 3 to help us to improve ideas, designs, and development.  After reviewing all our Assignment 3, I identities a few key points to help us to improve the designs for our group final PD.  I hope you find them useful.  Feel free to contact me if you need any support for your assignment.   ·       I like many of your design ideas are very creative.  Some of you challenge yourself with very innovative and creative ideas.  ·       Our activities must be completely online since our final project is a complete online PD. ·       Justify your design by providing the logical rationales for selected online technologies and online instructional strategies.  Some of us just listed the technolo...