Communicate Reflection

Communicate Reflection

Answer in a complete paragraph response:

How has the Communicate module prepared you to meet each standard listed above? Yes

Please reference each standard by providing specific examples or links from your work in Communicate.

•  Standard C: The online teacher plans, designs, and incorporates strategies to encourage active learning, application, interaction, participation, and collaboration in the online environment.

Students will take part in a variety of exercises that lead him/her through the content. By communicating what the expectations are it helps the student know what the next steps should be. Getting started in a course is often one of the hardest times for a student. Finding their way around, knowing how to submit work and where it find help when needed are essential. It is important for the teacher to guide the student through this starting process to help them understand and gain confidence in the online environment.

Criteria C - Communicate 2 News: Describes how, as an online instructor, the participant plans to incorporate news items and announcements into the online classroom.

Using announcements in the LMS which go out to the students.

As an online instructor, how do you plan to incorporate news items and announcements?
Weekly Announcements
List of links to important videos
Monthly News letter

I would use these resources to inform the students about available iClasses, AP News and any new resources available to them.  Students would receive this information in an email  and could subscribe so they would get this email as soon a the information was posted.


What resources would you reference to format news items?
Announcements or Communications page in LMS
Weekly emails




Standard D: The online teacher promotes student success through clear expectations, prompt responses, and regular feedback.
Teacher must be very clear in what they want. Because they cannot see you, it takes away one method we have of communicating in the outside world. We must be cognoscente that a student is not going to be able to understand what we mean without directly telling them, One example is that often a student will not see all the different parts of the course. There is content, grades, Announcements and Discussion areas. Making a video of all these different areas is often a good way of showing students around.








Standard E: The online teacher models, guides, and encourages legal, ethical, and safe behavior related to technology use.
Videos are one of my favorite ways of showing the student how to do a task or what the expectations are. It is important in Computer Science (my area) to model how the code works and what errors can occur. This is best done with video.









Standard J: The online teacher interacts in a professional, effective manner with colleagues, parents, and other members of the community to support students’ success.
 Be sure to follow FERPA rules always! When communicating with students in the written form it is important to greet them by name, Discuss the concern and welcome questions. Never state an opinion or engage in any form of put-down, or sarcastic comment!







Standard K: The online teacher arranges media and content to help students and teachers transfer knowledge most effectively in the online environment.
Creating your space for students is important so that they can find all the required and helpful resources. The use of color is one way to do this. Creating a table (HTML) and coloring the cells is one way of delineating each area of importance.


Which strategies will you take away from the Communicate module and apply to your own teaching practices?
Rubrics with feedback are very effective.



Criteria C - Communicate 2 News: Describes how, as an online instructor, the participant plans to incorporate news items and announcements into the online classroom.
I use announcements for items that affect all my students in that subject area. Things like, how to sign up for the AP tests, lists of videos I'v made for a unit, example problem when there is a section or content that need scaffolding. 

Example: 


Hello, class!
Can't believe it, we are now into Week 3! A lot happened in week 2 which we will build on as the course progresses.

What happened last week?

You spent the week choosing your job and started to think about what makes a good job for you personally. There
were many factors to think about. Salary is always on top of the list but it may not be the most important thing about
the job.  Look at Section 12.5 “Normal Distribution.”


This week's work will be used twice! It's a two-fer!! Milestone #1 is the first part of your Final Project. You will write it this week and then all you have to do for the final is do the suggested edits and insert into Final Project! These are due on  Sunday 1/27/19 to be considered for full credit.

1. Finish any work not done in week 2 first! You can still get 90% on those assignments and you need them to move onto
   week 3!
2. The Milestone One project is due this week:  3-4-1 Final Project Milestone One: Job Offer Comparison.
3. Students must select a “track” in this theme (NOT a job!) for the sake of comparing three job offers.
   The three tracks are Humanities, Communications, and Design.
   Wait a minute! Didn't we already do this.. well, in week 2 you did pick a track and some of you picked a job,
   but you just needed to pick a track. Now we are going to look at more details of the jobs. 
4. This milestone scaffolds directly to the final project, as you will base your job selection on the comparisons made
   at this point.
5. You will need to use the statistics found on the Bureau of Labor website (BLS.gov) to complete this milestone,
   specifically on the following page: Occupational Employment Statistics

Other helpful links at this site: 

∙ Wage data by state

• Criteria F - Communicate Reflection: Reflects on teaching, and shares which lessons from Communicate will be most beneficial to you as an instructor in the online teaching environment.
• Which lessons were most beneficial for you?
  Rubrics - allow me to be consistent when grading free response or programs.

• 02.04 Primitive Data Types: doubles Grading Rubric
  Components	Points Possible	Points Earned
  Comments include student's name, the date, and a description of the program.	2	2
  Program compiles with no errors.	1	1
  Program runs with no errors.	1	1
  Output is correct and user-friendly.	2	2
  Integer variables are correctly declared using meaningful names.	2	2
  Double variables are correctly declared using meaningful names.	2	2
  Integer variables are correctly initialized.	2	2
  Double variables are correctly initialized.	2	2
  print() or println() methods correctly used.	2	2
  String literals and variables are correctly concatenated	2	2
  Thoughtful PMR included.	2	0
  Total	20	18