The One Where She Gets Too Far Ahead of Herself

I can't wait until tomorrow evening.  That's when I'll officially get to dig into my portfolios.  They have until tomorrow to be done with them, so I'm antsy.  I've been stalking their portfolios since I gave the assignment and things are looking good.  That, in itself, makes me happy.  I wasn't sure how this was going to go when I launched this just a few short weeks ago.

Most of my learners have completed their portfolios and I think that they will have been successful with this assignment.  I'm hoping that they remembered to edit and refine their work; I can see this being the 'weak spot' for many.  I tried to be as clear as possible when I did that piece.

Otherwise, I'm seeing good things.  Learners have done, by and large, what I asked them to.  They have noted that they learned something through this revision process.  I am also happy to say that they even enjoyed (at least some of them) the Wiki pages.

I'm almost done.  They're almost done.  But in the words of the musical Hamilton....

Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy?

Too Good to be True?

The class I teach is a blended course, so we only meet four times in a given semester.  Since we are now in the process of wrapping up the term, we have gathered again to give final presentations.  (I love these presentations--they are the highlight of my semester!)

As part of the conversation I had with students when we met last Thursday, I encouraged them to make their Wiki accounts if they hadn't already (so I had a flood of six during class) and asked how things were going.

One of my students said, "It's easy."

This makes me understandably nervous.  Understandably, because this is one of my most technologically resistant students.  

I'm also optimistic that by working through the semester the way we have, she has allayed some of her nervousness and become more confident when tackling new technologies.  

During the conversation, it does appear that the video was helpful.  At the very least, they watched it. Because it outlines the assignment, I am very thankful for that.  I do hope that building their portfolios is 'easy.'

The assignment is still 'in process,' so I'll peek at the wikis shortly.  I want to give them as much room as possible so that they can do the work they need to do.