Special Topic and Online Facilitation

Hello Again,

I am checking in again with my class status information. This seems so formal but I guess I have to get use in a sense to be a little informal and comfortable with blogging online. It is easier if I didn't know anyone had access to my information but then again, for what, I am not giving any private information right.....

Anyway, I gave my presentation about a week ago and it went pretty good at least I think. I get so involved in trying to perfect things that sometimes I loose focus and that almost most happened with my presentation on "Blended Learning". The PowerPoint of my presentation is as follows: (Just Click on the Link or cut and paste this in the your we browser address box).. http://blackboard.wayne.edu/courses/1/IT_7130_0709_001/db/_1195125_1/Blended%20Learning%20Presentation.ppt?bsession=45806336&bsession_str=session_id=45806336,user_id_pk1=246092,user_id_sos_id_pk2=1,one_time_token=

Considering the time that I spent on putting the presentation together using various technologies it was too bad. I did have some technical issues even with trying to be as prepared as possible but those are some things that you have to deal with the best way that you can for productive teaching and learning. You should always have a back up plan and in most case with teaching, it usually good old fashion hard copy and/or the traditional stand up teaching style of teaching. This is why I chose the topic of "Blended Learning". We use it all of the time and don't really realized it from using PowerPoint with presentation, Video presentations, web casts presentation and event an outside speaker to come in and give a talk. These are all forms of "Blended Learning". When you get the use more technology assistance with learning as I did with my presentation such as Audience Response Keypad and an example of Video Conferencing/Web casting, technical difficulties should definitely be considered with planning. Check out my PowerPoint presentation and you might be able to see for yourself. With all things considered, I think that it went well overall.