Standard 6: Choose and Use Media Effectively

DAY 1

Let the games begin! In addition to the Standard 6 Moodle material, we will supplement the course with a blog (our personal comments shared through this website). The purpose of our blog is to share additional timely information about instructional technology. We hope to introduce some new tools and spark some ideas.

Wikis and blogs are among the most useful tools we have used in online courses. A blog is similar to a journal or commentary with one person (in our case – two writers) posting information for a targeted group. You can read and comment on our blog entries, but you cannot change them. Many students on study abroad programs have blogs about their travel and learning experiences. A wiki is a collaborative webpage. A group of students can use it to develop a lab report or plan a presentation. Unlike a blog, participants in a wiki all have the ability to write and edit the information.

We hope you will follow our blog entries over the 10 days of this course.