How do I fair in Instructional Technology?

     That question won't be answered in this blog! ;)
     What will be answered is how I feel so far about my progress. so far I have been doing my best to keep up with my assignments. I am glad I did several assignments out of the gate to get ahead on my work, but I wish I had tried to find more time to work on my late assignments. most of my problems are finding time between work, my other online class, practicing, and going to rehearsals. I am also planning a vacation that is taking up time as well. I do have plenty of time to spare, I just need to push myself more to get into working on both this class and my other class' assignments when I have the time.
     And since I am not sure if i am supposed to discuss this or not, I will go ahead and do the rest of my blog.
    
     This assignment would be great as a general school work assignment for students in my classes. By having them keep progress of their own grades, it keeps them honest and gives me backup for parent complaints. There is trouble though, with keeping grades for ensemble classes, as many of those classes are graded more on participation, playing abilities, and extra practice time outside of rehearsal. a general music classroom would be a good place to incorporate this though.

     This activity is text book standard 2b. "Develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress." Obviously, because it is right in the text, "assessing their own progress." Also, 3c is assessed with this activity "Communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital age media and formats." I can communicate the grades of their kids to parents using this graph with student input into it.

Michael