Incredibly well done, the use of an avatar for a “principles of design” course is very fitting… I was so taken by your intro blog that I have had to watch it three times to focus more on what was being said than the surroundings… Your statement about being captivated rather than captive is so unbelievably true. When students are there merely because they have to be there everyone ends up paying for it. They can become disruptions and the focus of the classroom, rather than the material and the lesson. Students leaning at different paces is always challenging in any classroom. Meeting the needs of those already complete while meeting the needs of those who need additional time and instruction is something that can be addressed through the use of technology and it is here where I hope to seize on the lessons learned from you, my more experienced classmates, as well as the professor and the material.
Hi Terry, You used XtraNormal!!! Go YOU! I love this. Great work. It's nice to hear you have goats. Goat and sheep cheeses are my absolute favorites. Do you make cheese?
It sounds like you really have a handle on teaching. It's great to meet you. Cheers! Dr Courduff
Hi Terry, You used XtraNormal!!! Go YOU! I love this. Great work. It's nice to hear you have goats. Goat and sheep cheeses are my absolute favorites. Do you make cheese?
It sounds like you really have a handle on teaching. It's great to meet you. Cheers! Dr Courduff
That introduction blog is too cool! Way to go. What program creates the avatar you used? I can think of several unique and interesting school use applications for such a program. I teach several sections of Honors Chemistry, and that would be very engaging for my students to see a pre-lab instruction from an Albert Einstein avatar covering my instructions. I also instruct a web design applications class, and using a program like this would help them get the idea of CGI and computer animation. I enjoyed your statement of education, and too feel that in order for learning to be purposeful it needs to be learner-centered. I like the point you made about not becoming “cookie-cutter” in our teaching approach so that different learning styles are not being ignored. This is a particular challenge I find teaching at a private Christian college preparatory school, the “one size fits all” program. For your questions I think the prize chicken is the false one, I can see raising horses in Texas. Thank you for your information and wonderfully done Intro blog.
That introduction blog is too cool! Way to go. What program creates the avatar you used? I can think of several unique and interesting school use applications for such a program. I teach several sections of Honors Chemistry, and that would be very engaging for my students to see a pre-lab instruction from an Albert Einstein avatar covering my instructions. I also instruct a web design applications class, and using a program like this would help them get the idea of CGI and computer animation. I enjoyed your statement of education, and too feel that in order for learning to be purposeful it needs to be learner-centered. I like the point you made about not becoming “cookie-cutter” in our teaching approach so that different learning styles are not being ignored. This is a particular challenge I find teaching at a private Christian college preparatory school, the “one size fits all” program. For your questions I think the prize chicken is the false one, I can see raising horses in Texas. Thank you for your information and wonderfully done Intro blog.
Terry,
ReplyDeleteIncredibly well done, the use of an avatar for a “principles of design” course is very fitting… I was so taken by your intro blog that I have had to watch it three times to focus more on what was being said than the surroundings… Your statement about being captivated rather than captive is so unbelievably true. When students are there merely because they have to be there everyone ends up paying for it. They can become disruptions and the focus of the classroom, rather than the material and the lesson. Students leaning at different paces is always challenging in any classroom. Meeting the needs of those already complete while meeting the needs of those who need additional time and instruction is something that can be addressed through the use of technology and it is here where I hope to seize on the lessons learned from you, my more experienced classmates, as well as the professor and the material.
Thank you for a brilliant introduction.
Blessings,
Ron Ramsdell
Hi Terry,
ReplyDeleteYou used XtraNormal!!! Go YOU! I love this. Great work. It's nice to hear you have goats. Goat and sheep cheeses are my absolute favorites. Do you make cheese?
It sounds like you really have a handle on teaching. It's great to meet you.
Cheers!
Dr Courduff
Hi Terry,
ReplyDeleteYou used XtraNormal!!! Go YOU! I love this. Great work. It's nice to hear you have goats. Goat and sheep cheeses are my absolute favorites. Do you make cheese?
It sounds like you really have a handle on teaching. It's great to meet you.
Cheers!
Dr Courduff
Terry,
ReplyDeleteThat introduction blog is too cool! Way to go. What program creates the avatar you used? I can think of several unique and interesting school use applications for such a program. I teach several sections of Honors Chemistry, and that would be very engaging for my students to see a pre-lab instruction from an Albert Einstein avatar covering my instructions. I also instruct a web design applications class, and using a program like this would help them get the idea of CGI and computer animation. I enjoyed your statement of education, and too feel that in order for learning to be purposeful it needs to be learner-centered. I like the point you made about not becoming “cookie-cutter” in our teaching approach so that different learning styles are not being ignored. This is a particular challenge I find teaching at a private Christian college preparatory school, the “one size fits all” program. For your questions I think the prize chicken is the false one, I can see raising horses in Texas. Thank you for your information and wonderfully done Intro blog.
Serving in Christ,
Thomas Walls
Terry,
ReplyDeleteThat introduction blog is too cool! Way to go. What program creates the avatar you used? I can think of several unique and interesting school use applications for such a program. I teach several sections of Honors Chemistry, and that would be very engaging for my students to see a pre-lab instruction from an Albert Einstein avatar covering my instructions. I also instruct a web design applications class, and using a program like this would help them get the idea of CGI and computer animation. I enjoyed your statement of education, and too feel that in order for learning to be purposeful it needs to be learner-centered. I like the point you made about not becoming “cookie-cutter” in our teaching approach so that different learning styles are not being ignored. This is a particular challenge I find teaching at a private Christian college preparatory school, the “one size fits all” program. For your questions I think the prize chicken is the false one, I can see raising horses in Texas. Thank you for your information and wonderfully done Intro blog.
Serving in Christ,
Thomas Walls