I was testing out my skills as an admin on Flipgrid yesterday, and was reminded of all the emails that can/will bombard students as a result of my posting, updating, and commenting. This led me to consider the magnitude of total emails a student might receive within and between courses. How many technology platforms is enough and when does it become too much?
Since these are relatively easy tasks they make it feel like I accomplished something even though I should probably be planning and building my courses in courseconnect. Here is a picture of my personal/professional website that I could also be working on. So far, I have done a relatively okay job using it as a repository for my publications and media interviews. Here is link if you want to click through it: https://michaeljlorr.com/ Not sure how I might use this in teaching, but my students always like to look at my website when I show them I have one.
Yes. I'm thinking about this, too, especially since students already don't want to check email. And they really won't check it if they're bombarded constantly. This is why I'm currently (you know, this week) into the idea of using hyperdocs. (Thanks, Stefani!) That way I can use multiple platforms but have the assignments contained in one slide deck. We'll see if I'm still enamored after I try to make one.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely start with a template to limit the insanity and potential rabbit hole of options at first.
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