During our Blackboard session we talked about an upcoming video project. In order to complete the project we will be collaborating with students from Kansai University. Together we will create a short web-based video that shares stories about social media use. At first I was really nervous. I don't like to offend people even when it's an accident. After the presentation during blackboard I felt much better and excited actually. I had two people in my breakout room who actually did this project or a project very similar to this one. So I was able to hear their experience. I was well aware of the time difference because I collaborated with someone who resides in Japan however, his first language was english (I believe). I actually enjoyed meeting at 11pm Hawaii time because my kids were in bed. After reading the articles I definitely feel much better. I think it's just good to be aware. The more knowledgeable I am about working with second langauge learners, the more confortable I feel.
The class is progressing well for me. I am very thankful for the calendar because that is my go to place to see what is due. After checking the calendar, I locate the assignment(s) under the weekly topic tab. I don't quite know how I am doing in this class as far as grades, but I do know I have submitted all required assignments. I really like having blackboard collaborate every other week versus everyweek. I find myself more engaged. I have taken a previous course with Dr. Bert which included blogs as well. I know we were required to comment on other people's blog as well. One question I have is do we comment on 3 people's blog posts every week? Or is it done when it is on the calendar? Sorry if this is a silly question.
Hi Brittany,
ReplyDeleteYou asked a great question about commenting on each other's blogs, and I noticed that the commenting assignment wasn't listed in the weekly email and was wondering the exact same thing. Here I am commenting at 15 minutes before the deadline just in case ; )
I was pretty nervous about starting the Kansai project as well, and was a little overwhelmed. We had a pretty rough start with our first meeting with the Kansai students tonight—mostly having to do with the technology not working properly. I'm still feeling pretty overwhelmed with this project and am hoping things will get easier as we move forward.
Also, ditto on wondering how we're doing as far as grades. I checked the class page on Laulima and it doesn't look like it's been updated at all. I was wondering if that was because I registered through the Fall extension class code, and maybe all the gradebook stuff is listed under the regular Fall class code? That's the problem I had with the 687 course I'm taking. Hopefully no news of grades means we're all getting A's ; ) Hope your collaboration project for this course goes well!
Mahalo,
Kaulana