For the Project Implementation portion of my TechQuest, I created a podcast detailing what I hope will go well and what I may have difficulties with. If you're using an RSS reader to follow my page use this Feedburner feed to optimize your experience.
Gerlach-techquest-podcast by Jger
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I enjoyed listening to this podcast. It really makes sense to approach the issue of providing quality feedback to students using two different strategies: peer review and Teacher Jing conferences. Even though you aren't in a classroom, you did an awesome job of evaluating the benefits and pitfalls of the tools you hope to use with students: VoiceThreads, Jing and Google docs. I'm looking forward to listening to your Jing TechQuest peer review post. I'm curious to see what it looks like=8-)
Jeff,
AWESOME Podcast, very informative. I couldn't agree with you more on the need to increase the amount of truly meaningful feedback that students receive. I like your ideas for reserving teacher feedback for major assignments for example, and also for embedding student feedback into the course structure itself. This shared "burden" of giving feedback will transform the so-called burden into a genuine forum for learning, collaboration, and ideas exchange.
You do great justice to Jing in discussing its potential to replicate face-to-face interaction. Nice point that VoiceThread works best for image projects, and that it requires students to take time and slow down in their comments to one another.
I am very much looking forward to exchanging our papers and giving feedback this weekend. When I first got your paper I thought, oh, would uploading it to Google Docs be the best way to provide written feedback? What a dunce! After listening to your podcast just now, I realize that a vodcast would better simulate beneficial face-to-face review of work. Therefore, I'll read your paper and talk about it using Camtasia this weekend :)
Despite being out of the classroom for a while Jeff, you are still very realistic. You mentioned feedback as a burden and my hope is after you get your next job, and you start to implement these technologies, you will enjoy the process much more. The two technologies sound like they will complement assignments really effectively including text tasks. You also sound like you have really looked into how they work and are very familiar with their benefits and drawbacks – so you are set to go. I have worked a lot with Voicethread and it has so many uses, I agree it is an excellent tool. Maybe your next stage would be to write a proposal for your school to purchase the Educational version of Voicethread, so you can walk into the door of your next job, or even at interview and have it on the table early. It will impress your employer. Fiona
Jeff-
You speak very authoritatively about your project. I would love to see how Jing would work out in a classroom. Also, I never thought of Voicethread as a means for peer review. I am intrigued by the private function of Voicethread. I think a lot of students would feel more comfortable and safe if only the teacher and peer reviewer could see their work. Good job on everything!
-Katy
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