Week 6 - Program for Online Teaching

Week 6: Internet Skills and Tools

• Take the quick Internet Skills quiz 
• Explore Dave Raggett's Introduction to HTML
• Learn about RSS feeds (try RSS the Oprah Way) and setup your own newsreader account (Google Reader orNetvibes are good choices). Add the Pedagogy First! blog feed to your reader.
• Learn how to embed a video to a Wordpress.com or Edublog blog.
• Post: Find a video on YouTube or another supported sharing site that teaches something from your class or that teaches you something about teaching online. Embed it in your post and comment on it, using a bit of html in the post by selecting <> as you construct your post to add the code.

Week 6 begins tomorrow ie Oct 7.  This week is mainly about Internet , web 2.0 skills and Tools These skills are one of my strength area. I started testing my skills with the quiz , Voila ! 

I scored 100% , superfun to take this quiz.  

I encourage all participants to take this quiz, it is an energizer. This week activities seem  a cakewalk for me and I am glad I would be able to utilize time to catch up to do activities from previous weeks. I have also added Pedagogy First feed to my Google Reader. I find RSS a pretty smart way to aggregate articles , resources on to one place so that I don't have to visit 10 different sites and I get to read articles of interest on one page through  Google reader. As far as finding & embedding video activity is concerned , I would like to share a video by George Siemens , I am influenced by his thoughts on open education, connectivism . I had the opportunity to meet and hear him in person during one of the Education conference organized this year in India. 

Hello POT Participants !

Hello Everyone,

I am bit late to the program as I was enrolled last year too but did not complete the certification. I bit more than what I could chew ie enrolled in 2 Certifications at same time along with my regular full time job at IBM.   However, I am pleased to share I have successfully completed Executive Program in Human Resource Management from one of the premier business schools in India ie IIM- Calcutta. Now this year, I can completely focus on Program for Online Teaching. Very kind of Lisa to include me to the program at this stage as I intend to make up for missed activities during couple of weeks. My Mom has been a teacher for more than 25 years and retired as Vice- Principal .I grew up in an environment where most emphasis is placed on Education, Learning & Personal Growth. hence the keen interest in Learning, Teaching, Education. For my further Introduction, please read my blog post from previous year

Regards,
Ruchi