Talk:Jay Chakravarthy
Have you created your portfolio page yet?Please link it here... -- Jianwei Zhang 17:17, 4 March 2009 (EST)
Have you created your portfolio page yet?Please link it here...
Feedback on your work
- Jay, it seems like you have gotten off to a good start with this. Your main page looks good, you can use the : to indent if your want. I am waiting for your portfolio page/lesson, let me know when you get it posted and I will take a look for you! If you have any questions about how to create a page or add text let me know, it is not that hard once you get the hang of it!
- Todd
Re: Feedback on your work -- Todd Lewis 11:48, 7 April 2009 (EDT)
Your moved ahead quickly with your site, looks good to me. I would suggest creating links on your secondary web pages back to your main pages for ease of navigation. I just did that yesterday, which makes it easier for me to get around my site as well.
If you get a chance can you take a look at my "Performance and Counrse Objectives" section of my site, I made some updates to the list but was not sure if they are correct as being course objectives rather than tasks.
thanks, Todd
Re: Re: Feedback on your work -- JayChakravarthy 13:03, 11 April 2009 (EDT)
Todd,
Thanks for your feedback. It took me some time to get to know how to view different pages. I have left a feedback for you on your page. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll work more on those links this weekend.
Thanks,
Jay
Re. objectives and ICM -- Jianwei Zhang 21:07, 7 April 2009 (EDT)
Great to see that you've quickly caught up! Good progress!
(a) In your ICM, you identified the following target objective: "Choose an unsafe website for the purpose of identifying the risks." This looks more like a learning activity than an objective. You may want to reword it as something like "Identifying potential risks... "
(b) Your ICM is supposed to be used as a tool to help inform the organization of your units and their sequencing. But currently your ICM does not match with the units you have listed. For example, one important objective and unit relates to strategies to deal with online safety issues, and this has not been reflected in your ICM. So you may want to add that. Your unit 2 on how the Internet works is not reflected in your ICM either. But I have a different suggestion: You may re-consider if, and to what level, that is really needed for learners. Do they need to understand TCP/IP for the participants to be able to understand online safety? No. Then, what are the things they really need to know? Do you want to teach them in this mini-course or refer them to resources available online?
(c) I like your plan to help the teachers develop an inquiry project for their students, and want to encourage you to go even further. You may focus your course on safety issues that are especially compelling in education regarding student and teacher Internet use, and highlight strategies and awareness that teachers should help their students develop. By doing so, this mini-course will become more relevant to teachers (and their students), thus not a general course on online safety.
Re: Re. objectives and ICM -- JayChakravarthy 13:38, 11 April 2009 (EDT)
Dr. Zhang,
Thank you for the suggestions. You are right, the ICM does not match with the usits, it was just one of the objectives I tried mapping. I have created another Instructional curriculum map which lists unit-wise focus on topics. Somehow I am not able to link it here. I’ll try one more time to get it appropriately linked.
I'll also work on the other suggestions that you have offered.
Thank you.
Jay
A Special issue on online safety in Ed Week -- Jianwei Zhang 13:16, 16 April 2009 (EDT)
Jay, You may find this reference helpful/useful:
Digital Directions Spotlight April 2009: Internet Safety and Security
Re: A Special issue on online safety in Ed Week -- JayChakravarthy 11:00, 19 April 2009 (EDT)
Dr Zhang,
Thank you for the web site link. The article recognizes the fact that schools have begun with the process of orienting students and parents about online safety. It is evident that the teachers need to first know about safe online environment. So I guess online safety awareness has to be incorporated into the school curriculum, at every stage such as the elementary, middle and high school.
Thank you, Dr. Zhang, the article provided me with more focus on the topic.
Jay
Site Review from Partner -- Todd Lewis 09:21, 20 April 2009 (EDT)
Jay,
Good work on you final project. If you want to directly link to an uploaded document such as your curriculum map you can use the code (Click edit to see code):
You can look at my units if you decide to make any changes. I like the way you included a discussion section and a quiz. Students tend to enjoy interacting with each other and discussion time can be motivational. It also allows students to get other points of view. You have a lot of good information and topics within your assignement, I will check back soon and see if you have updated anything.
Todd