First, the good:
I found that this course was helpful in that I learned from my peers some good strategies for teaching. I found that the things that everyone else found online and posted were more helpful to me than the things that I found on my own. I liked the blog idea. It was completely new to me and I was scared at first. I like the idea of a classroom blog and I will probably incorporate it somehow into my future classroom. I think it will be a great way for me to communicate with them, showcase their work, and have them self publish things that they have written.
Second, the not so good:
I found the online portion of the class off putting because I have never taken an online class before. I feel that this class is simply a restating of a lot of information that we already have learned. By the time we take this class, we are getting ready to graduate. I feel that this class is similar to CI 2800 and would be better off at the beginning of our educational journey. I found that a lot of the material was a rehash of things that we have already learned in our content classes. I think that this class was ill placed in our Block schedule and that the learning in this class came primarily from conversing with other colleagues, which is something that we do all the time anyway.
