We are now more than half way through our semester together and I suspect that students are heaving a sigh of relief upon the completion of the digital story assignment. In honor of this completion, we will slow down assignments and activity by pushing this week's assignments and discussions into next week. I think it is a good time for all of us to take a bit of a breather....Thus, Week 8 of CI 505 will look a lot like Week 7, with the addition of a software review and a chapter in Bransford.
Interestingly, the students in CI 505 at a distance have a better record of submitting high quality assignments on time than most of my typical on-campus 505 classes, and the record for this particular group has been outstanding. I also know that almost all of the students in this class are working full time. So I hope that a little break will help us all catch up and be ready for Week 9 with renewed enthusiasm.
No video this week......the attached photo booth picture will substitute.
3 comments:
I'm glad we are taking a break since I have fallen behind just a little on the readings. At the beginning of the semester I was very busy at work and I hadn't figured out a workable schedule for work, family, and school. I think I have a pretty decent schedule now, and I should be able to catch up over the next week so this break worked out perfectly for me!
I really appreciate this break. Working full time does make this difficult sometimes, but it also gives me an opportunity to "try out" many of the technologies we have been reading about and discussing and developing activities with ideas from the Bransford and even Papert texts. I probably would not get that opportunity as a traditional graduate student.
Anyway, thanks for the "catch up" break... it couldn't have come at a better time for me, and apparently others as well!
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