Friday, December 7, 2007

Intro to Authoring Tools

Intro to Authoring Tools gave me some very useful knowledge this semester. I enjoyed reading the text, as I was able to learn about new things that I never really thought about in relation to e-learning tools. E-learning is something that I am very much interested in as I progress in my career. I was very happy with the way the course was run and the information that was presented. Although the birth of my son is one of the best things in my life, he did make it a little stressful at times as he would not let me work when I wanted to. Which is probably why the time stamp on some of these postings are late night. But anyway I am looking forward to taking Advanced Authoring Tools in the Spring.

Project 2

Being a math teacher, I always find that when I get involved with group projects for classes in the Educational Technology program that I am able to see how things work in other subjects. The end result of this project was positive for me because I learned a great deal about using authoring tools in education. The other members of my group (Dina, Stephanie, & Tara) were fantastic. Because I am very math-minded, and never really enjoyed Language Arts as a student, that never affected my contribution to the project, as mine was more of a technical role. Although the material that we presented in the project is not something that I could use with my students, the use of authoring tools can be integrated into my classroom teaching.