PlusDelta

Plus Delta for the Spring 2010 Semester

__+ Plus (things to keep / continue to do)__ time to work in class -- work sessions it felt safe every week to come in "not knowing" giving feedback immediately opportunity for revision expectations were so clear; you could go back easily everything being online (gotta love a wiki--access it anywhere) you know point value ahead of time; knowing the points as you go along being at ease that if you can't come to class it's not the end of the world Skyping in when it was impossible loved having two instructors--great during work sessions; different perspectives group discussion in last class resources shared during presentations were very helpful things were "chunked"; we spent enough time on each stage so we really understood it turning it in in pieces and not all in one piece at the end took the pressure off but made me work harder great for procrastinators to have deadlines along the way

__Delta (things we could do differently that would enhance the course; suggestions)__ essential belief statement should be presented in a Type II way so we could see our own growth TPACK book was redundant Writing blog entries for every chapter was redundant; team presentations were enough; teams choose chapters to read and present them to each other and not everyone read every single chapter would like to be grouped with content during work session or maybe groups change could use group discussion to cover TPACK

NOTES to ourself:
 * refine the unit rubric on TK20
 * assessment timeline has some points on unit rubric and on Blackboard, but it's not consistent--is that on purpose? need to clarify
 * double check the collaboration points on the syllabus--it looks like there are some for "doing it" and some for "writing about it" but the only way we know they did it was when they write about it
 * clean up TK20 unit rubric so the grammar is parallel (all start with verbs, etc.)
 * is there a new TPACK book? Do we like it? does it really go into all subject areas?
 * at beginning of semester, really go over WHY the TPACK book appears to be redundant (it explains TPACK every time) and the advantages of that (get different author's perspective; when you want to share with a teacher, you can just copy the one chapter and they get all the information they need without your having to explain TPACK or photocopy an introduction)