Hopes:

As with all courses I have had in this program, I hope to have a completed activity ready to implement in my classroom at the end of the summer.

I feel like I spend so much time working on the computer, in terms of design, I would like to learn some of the tricks for streamlining the creation of PBL activities so that I have some generic frameworks on which to add details.

Realistically, with trying to completing this entire course in half the time (In addition to my other courses and summer school teaching position), I essentially just hope to stay above water.  In other words, I imagine that my “reflective” journal will be more summarizing than actual thought.

Offerings:

The past year I was filling in for a woman on maternity leave, and so was out of the science lab for the first time in 13 years of teaching.  I taught in the computer lab, and held the titles of: “Digital Media Arts Instructor”, “School Technology Coordinator”, and “District Technology Liaison”.

This really helped me to get ahead in mastering Web 2.0 technologies.  Before I had created webpages using DreamWeaver and RapidWeaver, but I am now consistently blogging, using online teaching softwares, and setting up next year’s courses in Moodle.

I imagine being able to share my years of teaching experience, along with the numerous online resources I have found over the past year.  I am also enthusiastic about collaboration, as I really love designing curriculum.