Marian,

Yes, the stories were about personal accomplishments, and they only shared these with the instructor.  Not surprisingly, students who struggle with the craft of writing also seem to be more coherent when writing  these personal success stories, so the stories became doubly useful. When they faltered with more formal business writing assignments, I could refer to their pride story as an example of their writing success.

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 


>>> <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)



>>> David J.Rosen <djrosen at comcast.net> 9/13/2007 2:57 PM >>>

Crystal,

You wrote:


> I looked at the website that has been launched can see its ?

> usefulness, however, I wondered if anyone has any experience or ?

> success stories in using it for K-12 teachers to self-assess?

>

> Crystal Cuby Richardson

> Georgia State University


The ?Technology Integration Self-assessment (TISA) ?section of ?
adultedonline.org ?is new, just launched at the end of August. It was ?
field-tested with adult education practitioners (teachers and ?
administrators) in several parts of the U.S. ?It was designed for ?
adult education teachers. Nevertheless, it may be useful for K-12 ?
teachers. Many of the competencies upon which the self assessment ??
apply in K-12, I would think, and some of the on-line professional ?
development learning resources, and many of the learning strategies ?
apply to K-12.

If you use it with K-12 teachers, let us (Marian Thacher in ?
particular, mthacher at otan.us) know what you think.

David J. Rosen
djrosen at comcast.net? 



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-----Original Message-----
From: Marian Thacher <mthacher at otan.us>
To: The Technology and Literacy Discussion List <technology at nifl.gov>
Sent: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 3:12 pm
Subject: [Technology 1280] Re: Tech Integration Self-Assessment


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)



>>> David J.Rosen <djrosen at comcast.net> 9/13/2007 2:57 PM >>>

Crystal,

You wrote:


> I looked at the website that has been launched can see its ?

> usefulness, however, I wondered if anyone has any experience or ?

> success stories in using it for K-12 teachers to self-assess?

>

> Crystal Cuby Richardson

> Georgia State University


The ?Technology Integration Self-assessment (TISA) ?section of ?
adultedonline.org ?is new, just launched at the end of August. It was ?
field-tested with adult education practitioners (teachers and ?
administrators) in several parts of the U.S. ?It was designed for ?
adult education teachers. Nevertheless, it may be useful for K-12 ?
teachers. Many of the competencies upon which the self assessment ??
apply in K-12, I would think, and some of the on-line professional ?
development learning resources, and many of the learning strategies ?
apply to K-12.

If you use it with K-12 teachers, let us (Marian Thacher in ?
particular, mthacher at otan.us) know what you think.

David J. Rosen
djrosen at comcast.net? 



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