15/5s
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Task
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0% complete, 50% complete, 100%
complete
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Role/Decisions
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To do…..
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Team Website and Screencast
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25% complete
-Create tabs
-Overview
-Bios
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9 + hours to complete
(I
kept playing with the font and site design --wasted valuable time.)
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Update throughout the semester.
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Team Meeting Via Google +
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100%
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45 minutes (Kim & Heidi)
Discussed upcoming task , the team website, roles and responsibilities
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Meet next Wednesday via Google +
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Readings Chapters 1-3
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100%
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3 hours
Asked questions in Google +
Respond to Reading
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Ask questions which apply reading
to the project
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Respond to email questions update
group /To do list
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100%
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1 hr +
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Continue communication throughout
semester. Discuss roles and responsibilities. Upcoming assignments and task
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Complete Learning Team Survey
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100%
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15 minutes
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Creation of Reflection Journal
and 15/5s
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100%
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Reflection (Blooms)
3 + hours
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Reflect on this weeks assignments.
Continue throughout the semester
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This week we first determined our group roles and then met as a group via Google Communities. The purpose of our meeting was to discuss this week’s tasks and assignments. Kim and I also met via Google Hangout to discuss up coming assignments and to create a “To Do” list.
After our meeting it was clear there was a laundry list of “To dos”
and yet I am still wrapping my head around the course itself. This week our group focus was on:
- Bios for Team Website ;
- Providing our link for the 8095 Journal/Reflection website.
- Project Manager (Rick) Post the team's 15/5s on Team Think Tank's site.
- Finish team website and screencast (Heidi)
We also met to discuss the group members’
strengths and weaknesses. Based on the
areas we felt we may be able to contribute the most the group we refined our
roles:
Team
Think Tank
- Project Manager: Rick
- Lead Instructional Designer: Kim
- Lead eLearning Developer: Heidi
- Lead Evaluator: Rick
- Lead Team Site Manager: Heidi
This week I created the group website to document our progress on
the project. The website was designed for ease of access for the client,
providing them clear links to their project description and overview (Making
Thinking Visible with Technology). It was also determined this week that our group
will be working closely with Dr. Mims in creating with the Making Thinking Visible
with Technology Website. The website is
in its infancy at this point, but the goal is develop it as an online
professional development resource and database of lesson plans. This website will
serve as a valuable resource for the many educators around the world involved in
implementing Visible Thinking in their classrooms and schools. We also included tabs (to the pertinent
links) on the website for ease of access and group member reference. Rick will also be positing our 15/5s.
This week we had to create a
team website and screencast of its overview. I also had to create my reflection
journal to document my growth throughout the semester. Reading from the text
was also required. Managing E-Learning,
Chapter 2 and questions had to be posted in the Google Community. I also had
the opportunity to ask question to the “old timers” ( or former students who
completed this course). It was interesting and helpful to gain their insight
and recommendations. Assignments were completed to the best of my ability.
Having a comprehensive website for our group progress
was extremely important. At this point, it is quite basic, but as the semester
progresses the site will develop into a comprehensive resource full of
information. We have not had the opportunity to meet with Dr. Mims yet, but I
am looking forward to discussing his goals and expectations for the website.
I am still unclear on many of the terms used, but I am confident that after
more reading I will have a greater understanding of the material. In
fact, I’ve found that applying what I’ve read to our project has allowed me to
fully grasp the concept.
Last Spring I was part of the team that created the University of
Memphis IDT Site for incoming students. It was a great opportunity to
work with fellow students in the program.
It also made me quickly recognize the importance of communication and collaboration
in a project like this. I hope that our team increases its communication throughout
this project. It is difficult to move forward with a task when we are
consistently waiting for a response. I believe that overall
communication is key to success in relationships in your workplace, school, and
throughout your lifetime. Ultimately, communication is what is going to make or break
our project.
Creating and communicating the
expectations will be a vital part of our project. As a group we need to
determine a set time via Google Hangouts to discuss our progress and discuss
our goals, concerns or any confusion. I do not like to leave things until the
last minute and prefer to avoid the stress and anxiety associated with waiting
too long to complete tasks. Certainly, I
recognize group members each have their own unique work habits, but we all must
be cognizant of the deadlines and communicate our commitment to the project to
other group members.
I am still gathering my thoughts on what initiating the project is
and the project in its entirety. I
purchased a subscription last semester to telastream which cost $100.00 (!!). However,
when I went to publish the screen cast it was marked with a watermark and it
forced me to buy another upgrade, which was extremely aggravating. It took me
two hours of trying to remove the watermark demo and I gave in and purchased
the upgrade. I am curious if there are any free programs offered. This program does
offers a lot of options but for the purpose of presenting our website I feel
that I could use a more simplistic user-friendly program. As I stated before,
we need to meet as a team and respond on a consistent basis. I am still unclear and overwhelmed with the
project, but I guess at this point that is to be expected.
As a team I think we should create a checklist so that we stay on
task. Our Google Communities is a great
form of communication for the team. I think I will try to create weekly
discussion categories so it is more organized. Taking three courses this
semester and Stats II being one of them it is important that I manage my time
effectively. If I don’t understand something I often spend a lot of time trying
to figure it out when I should simply just ask since time is of the essence. I
really like having a checklist on the syllabus!!!!!!!!
