Exit Slip

Todays class seemed extremely long for me.  This was probably because of a massive headache and still some anger from the elections on the 2nd, but we won't get into that on here.  Back to what we did in class though.  We had another discussion group that gave us a great deal of conversation on our approaches to the digital world and how we can use it to better our assessments and change the design of curriculum.  The ideas we shared on how they go hand in hand was very interesting and the article we read on Professor Boyer's Twitter account help put our discussion more in perspective.  The idea of that charter school where the enironment seems very free and inviting is a good thing to look at.  Why isn't that possible on a large scale?  Why aren't there more of these schools?  I thought it was a great way to focus in on student's strengths but still challenging them and helping them to their full potential.  We also discussed some extra tips on how to use scratch.  We discussed better ways to give instruction on how to use it and to allow more time for the learner to read what is going on on the screen.  After this, we discussed the YES TEST for our annotated bibliography.  This was a good thing to discuss because I know for myself, my wiki bibliography was terrible.  This YES TEST is a good way for me to go back and fix this up to make it look more professional and more appealing.  This really helps me get back on the right path to do my technology inquiry wiki.  This project has kind of fallen off with many other things being due sooner.