This has been a long journey to the end of this class (and the year)! There was a lot for many of us to juggle with this class, other classes, and the things that were going on in our lives. Yet, we still made time to help out each other and contribute to one another’s learning.
Commenting on Blogs
I had a great time reading other’s blogs, especially their learning blogs. I loved seeing the successes and learning curves that everyone was going through just as I was going through my own. I also just really liked seeing all of the crafty things that others were pursuing/able to do. I mostly did read people’s learning blogs for those purposes, but I did try to go out of my way to comment on several people’s EDTC 300 blogs. I did like reading other people’s perspectives on the topics we were learning about, and I often found different perspectives that pointed out something that I hadn’t considered.
My goal for the semester was to comment on a minimum of 6 blog posts each week, and I succeeded at this. There was a part of me that wanted to comment more some weeks, but I knew that I had to put aside some time for creating my own blog posts. I logged copies of each of my comments on the linked document below. There are names and dates for each week that we were able to comment, although I maybe should have copied links and wrote out blog titles as well.
Discord Course Community
While I was worried about this aspect of the course at first, it wasn’t as daunting as I anticipated. Getting everything set up and ready to go was probably the worst part, and that wasn’t even that bad. However, keeping it running as intended was a struggle. I had downloaded Discord on my phone so that it would be easier, and faster, for me to reply to the questions that my fellow classmates asked. The notifications were working well, although I had to fiddle with my phone a bit to get them to work properly. Additionally, I had to go back and reset my notifications for the app no less than 3 times throughout the semester as they just decided to stop working. No other app on my phone has ever done this, so it was just plain weird. I have no idea how it kept happening.
Despite the spurts of time where I was not answering questions or involved in discussions on the Discord due to the notification issues, I think I contributed the best I could. I never had any questions about the course, so I just tried to answer the questions I could whenever I could. See the linked document below for a collection of screenshots of my Discord contributions. The photos are in chronological order. They are also in two documents, because I could not upload them as one whole document.
Miscellaneous Contributions
Other contributions that I have made are my analysis of educational articles within my regular EDTC blog posts. I think that I sufficiently analyzed and proposed good uses for each of the theories, concepts, and strategies that we encountered. I posted each of my blogs at the appropriate times (minus one week where I posted a day late, because of circumstances) so that my classmates would have a good amount of time to read and comment on my posts if they wanted to. Along with this, I think that I have sufficiently recommended and/or warned my classmates about the different sources and resources I encountered on both of my blogs.
I also feel like my Portfolio at large has been something that my classmates can look to as an example of how to set theirs up. Granted, a lot of its creation was done during my very first semester of my Bachelor’s Degree, but I have updated and revitalized it over time and for this class with the numerous resources and plans that I have accumulated since then. My Portfolio is now a place that others can hopefully gain resources and/or inspiration from.
There are probably some aspects that I am missing, but I do believe that all points outlined above include the bulk of my contributions to my classmates and the course community. Thank you for this class and what it has taught me!
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