The assignment was to establish a Google group. Kristine was designated as the Group moderator for our small group. We were each to post a discussion question and respond to the other group members’ discussion questions. We were supposed to also post a page with links to items for a topic relating to something in the class. Finally we are to create a word document to be saved in Google Docs and posted to the Google group and then posted to our Blogfolio.
I have used Yahoo groups in the past and find them easier to use, but that may be due to being already familiar with them.
I didn’t have any trouble setting up a group in Google Groups, but trying to follow the postings was confusing to me. It seems to all run together. I couldn’t tell if a posting was for a discussion question, a response to a discussion question or the page/list of links we were required to post without opening the post. Perhaps if some guidelines had been established as to how to name the subjects of the posts it might have made things a little clearer for me.
I also get frustrated when I log in to try to respond to posts, but some of the students wait until the day of class to do their postings. I work and have to come straight to class from work and so am unable to access the websites prior to class. One of my co-workers is in an on-line class. They are required to make their initial posting within 3 days of the class and the responses must be posted within 5 days of the class. This allows everyone a couple of days to do the response and gives the instructor a couple of days to view them.
All in all, I am learning there is more than one way to accomplish some of these actions. There are tools available to anyone who is willing to spend some time figuring out how to use the. An investment of time up front may be rewarded with time saved later on. Knowledge of these tools will go a long way in allowing a teacher to come up with innovative ways of getting information to the students.
To view my artifact for this weeks reflection on Groups Assigment click here for the page of Ethics Links
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14 years ago
I agree with you that it takes a little getting used to, but in the end the more that you work with the program the better you will be able to navigate through it as well. Additionally, I find it frustrating to not be able to respond to posts because they have not be finished yet. I will admit that I slipped this week, but normally I finish my reflections at least three days ahead of class to allow for others to post a response. I am just as busy as the next person, working full time, being a single mom, going to school and a part time job, but I try to think of everyone else to make sure they have enough time so we all can make a good grade in this class.
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