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[Technology 1289] Re: Building rapportDavid J. Rosen djrosen at comcast.netMon Sep 17 14:04:05 EDT 2007
Hello Meredith, On Sep 17, 2007, at 12:39 PM you wrote: > I miss being able to see the actual act of writing; the starts and > the rewrites. I wish there was a way for students to hit a > "record" button on their word processors, and for these files to be > shared, so you could see their writing process. > > Meredith > > Meredith Hutchings > Curriculum Consultant > NS Department of Education > hutchidm at gov.ns.ca > For more information about NSSAL: www.goNSSAL.ca There is a way if students have access to the Web. Each student could go to her or his own (free) wiki page, for example to the Writing Together Wiki pages at: http://writingtogether.pbwiki.com/ Each time a student saves a page it is saved forever as a separate version. To see these versions the student -- or anyone -- can select the "history" link at the bottom of the page. Here's an example: http://writingtogether.pbwiki.com/Sample%20Student%20Writing%20Page or, for short, http://tinyurl.com/2hbw5r David J. Rosen djrosen at comcast.net > >>>> <jennfwms at aol.com> 9/16/2007 6:56 PM >>> > Hi All: > > My name is Jennifer Williams and I recently started my first on- > line course.?The instructor asked that we each create a website > that described different things about ourselves and included? a > picture. A link was created from our class page to the websites. It > was a really great way to?actually connect a face with a name. > > Hope that is helpful. > > > Jennifer Williams > GA State University > > > Hi Meredith, > > I'm glad you had a chance to look at the self-assessments. I like > your idea of having students write pride stories. I'm guessing you > mean by that they write about an accomplishment or something in > their life they are proud of. Do they share those with the other > students in the class, or only with the instructor? > > I wonder what strategies other distance teachers have for building > rapport without face to face contact. > > For those who are wondering, there are two self-assessments on the > AdultEd Online site, www.adultedonline.org. One is about teaching > at a distance, and the other is about using technology in the > classroom. Meredith refers to the distance teaching self-assessment. > > Marian > The Technology and Literacy Discussion List <technology at nifl.gov> > on Friday, September 14, 2007 at 5:58 AM -0800 wrote: > Hi Marian, > > Thanks for making the change to the login. > > I like the tool and especially the emphasis and straight forward > messaging about the importance of establishing a relationship in > distance ed courses. ? > > For the last few years, I have been teaching an online portfolio/ > business communication course with military students. ?I found the > fastest way to build the kind of rapport that you build in the > classroom is through asking students to write pride stories. ? > Students send me their brainstorm list as well as their completed > story. ?Seems to be a great way to quick start a respectful > relationship. > > Meredith ? > > > Meredith Hutchings > Curriculum Consultant > NS Department of Education > Skills and Learning Branch > Adult Education Division > 4th Floor, 2021 Brunswick St. > P.O. Box 578 > Halifax, NS B3J 2S9 > (902) 424-1881 phone > (902) 424-1171 fax > hutchidm at gov.ns.ca > For more information about NSSAL: www.goNSSAL.ca( http:// > www.gonssal.ca/?) > 1-877-go-NSSAL (1-877-466- 7725) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/technology/attachments/20070917/08a8e61f/attachment.html
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