So I didn't blog for Friday again, because I had no idea what we're supposed to blog about. Now that's not an excuse to not participate, so I instead have decided to write a little bit about what we did in class today.
In class today we openly discussed how we thought the class and its structure was working, and how the different modes of communication for class are contributing to the overall course objectives.
So we decided that most of these modes are counterproductive because often times, they take away from the quality aspect of thing; that quality vs. quantity debate. For example, it takes long enough to read, summarize, and blog many of these articles that nobody really has time to comment on what their peers have to say. Individualistically, when you spend an hour working on your blog and nobody ever comments- it becomes somewhat disheartening.
We also discussed the tutor assignments and corresponding googlegroups. Personally, I think the tutor program is a good idea; although many of our 'clients' do not need much help, it facilitates a positive learning experience regardless of the kind of relationships that are being formed(which was also brought up in class). Many people had issues with the googlegroups and I totally agree. I think Katie brought up a good idea in suggesting that instead of trying to discuss things through the disarray of google's internet threads, we could just spend 15-20 minutes on Fridays conversing and sharing what we've been doing. Not only would this provide for a more personal exchange of ideas, but the interaction itself is necessary when working with tutors. I mean, we're not tutoring through google groups are we?
Just my thoughts so far, maybe more on this later. Stay classy Elmhurst.
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Thanks for the summary of Friday's discussion, Brett.
Hey Brett,
Just want you to know that I liked your blog. I think it accurately describes what we talked about. For me the most frustrating part of class is the myriad of different places we have to go just to figure out what we really have to do just to get a good grade. I agree with a lot of what the theorists in class have to say, especially about collaboriative learning and talking. I think that if we had more opportunity in class to actually discuss and understand the readings opposed to spending so much time worried about how many blogs we have to write and where.
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