Blog #3
I am going to start by saying, I now LOVE online classes! (at least ED205 because it is the only one I have taken). They are so much more convienent for me. I love that the fact that I can do my assignments when they most fit my schedule within the week that is given to me. I think that is the part I like most about the class, but what I also like is how I can see what others are thinking by blogs and the group discussions. It is a good way to get students to respond, because in the classroom students tend to just kinda freeze up. I think one of the things I would change is the one on one communication with the teacher. I mean there is always email but if a class is all online its hard to find time where you can sit down and discuss things and to make sure all your questions are answered. I feel you do a lot more on your own, and that is both and good and bad thing. You can become more computer efficient and more independent, but when it comes to having questions with the lab i feel like I can’t always have them answered. I think I still would like to have a mix of classes where some of them were online and others in a classroom. I think I would miss being around others, and I think the computer would become to much of a neccessity for me! I do think an English or history class may work onlinem because those are both discussion based classes. I know that math would not work all that well. But I know now that I would definitely take another online class!
