Update on course
Written on March 20, 2008 by Devon Adams
Ok ok I’ve been completely overwhelmed by all of this, and I also didn’t realize how draining it is to build all of this. I know I could do it simpler, but forget that. It’s gotta be right if we’re sharing it with our community, and I don’t do anything half assed. Forget it. So what’s new with me? I’ve been off work for two weeks, and you can read about some of those adventures here and here. As for this class, I’ve been sitting here every day at my diningroom table looking out at my yard, having the rugrat under foot, and meeting with Shelley weekly (and more). Let’s see, I’ve begun a major discussion with myself over copyright issues, learning more about Creative Commons (which I knew nothing about as soon ago as two months), and having discussions with those issues with people from all over the place. We are building in copyright mini-lessons for each of modules. We’re going to hit them hard with Creative Commons week 1-2 (which I see people planning), and then we’re moving into a copyright mini-lesson for each module. Shelley’s working something out with all of that, and I’ve contacted Coop to get her videos of the copyright presentations she did with V Diaz last week.
A large portion of my focus right now is writing the theoretical underpinning sections of week 1-2. Our chosen text is more of a reader than anything (with some cool activities) but there’s little background theory, so we’re building that up. Breaking down several rhetorical texts, extracting the common elements, and then writing our own information. Love to develop it into something like an animated flash video (but that’s down the road — maybe through Echo360?), but for now text and podcasting those sections. I also would like to begin vidcasting some of the vidcast tech tips for each week. One of the earliest ones will be on Flickr, which is my preferred image repository (Picasa feels limiting to me!). Still plugging away, and I know I should be sharing Week 1-2 with people, but it’s soooooooooooo ROUGH. But that’s life, eh?
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