Class Review

In this class, ECOMP 6008, I felt going in that I had a pretty good background of a lot of what we were doing. However, I know that you can always learn new stuff, and I was excited to see where this class would take me. I gained a greater understanding of search engines and advanced features, wikis, and blogging. All of which will become part of my classes this year. My biggest problem will be finding time to fit in new stuff. I only have students for 12 weeks, and only 41 minute periods. I also have to stuff in keyboarding! Ewwww.
I still feel I have some more learning to do about Wikis and so that is on my list of things to do in the next week or so. I want students to be able to add to one wiki, but I want to be able to determine who adds what. I'm not real clear on whether each student creates their own wiki or their own account within the wiki I create? Anyone want to take a jab at clearing that up for me?
I love the del.icio.us account. It's so handy. I think my students are really going to enjoy this one. I'm pretty sure I'll offer an inservice training for staff on it sometime this fall. I can't imagine anyone not wanting to have access to all their links from anywhere. And, I'll probably be inservicing our teachers on wikis as well.
Ahh, heck, while I was talking about wikis, I realized that I had not made a link on my website to the wiki my group worked on together about student and parent internet safety. That is definitely going on and will be referred to the very first day of class.
I really enjoyed my final project. It gave me a chance to do something that I have been meaning to do for some time. In fact, this class gave me time to look and do a lot of stuff on my "I'll get to it" list. It definitely deepened my level of knowledge.
And last, but not least, I enjoyed blogging, chatting, and working with professionals on all these projects. Your insights were always interesting, and several of you gave me "Ah Ha" moments. Good luck to all of you in your new year.