Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Online Class - Frustration of Online Learning
THANK YOU very much for your participation in the online class tonight. I know there were advantages and disadvantages to having class online. I would like to have a discussion here about a couple of aspects. I would like to continue the discussion we started about the FRUSTRATION many of you may have felt trying to learn in an online environment and parallel that to how YOUR FUTURE students may feel. How can you use the experience tonight to help you be a better teacher?
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The frustration I felt was huge. The post were coming so fast that I couldn't read them fast enough. By the time I was ready to reply to one post then it was completely off the view page and the class was on to something else. If this is how some of the students feel the I have a small idea what they are going through. This environment is extremley difficult for a student with just about any kind of learning disability. If you were in the classroom setting you could ask every little bit a few questions to make sure they were comprehending and keeping up. you could also let them read aloud to see if there is a problem.
I enjoyed class on the online class however I would never want to do it again. I felt like i was trying to read each comment and it was going so fast that I wasn't able to take everything in. After you regulated and told people to wait i felt like things did move a little better. I feel like you having people wait while you talk might be something little that made up feel not as frustrated like special ed. students may need just a little help in changing the flow of the class and everything would be better. I'm excited to get back in the classroom and learn some more.
Well, since I have satellite internet, and it was snowy and icy, (which makes for very bad reception much like satellite tv) I wasn't having much luck participating in the online class. I could read every other post sometimes, but eventually lost connection and was not able to get it back! So I would say that my frustration was extremely high!!! Technology stinks when it is not working for you.
However, I have since read the recording of the session and I believe that what I learned, what I can take to the classroom is that when trying new things, and having everyone else around you be able to just "get it" while you cannot, is a very bad feeling. I might recall how helpless I felt in the online class and how some of my students feel when they have problems grasping language skills. I would in turn, do everything possible to make them comfortable and let them know that it's okay not to "get it" the first time. I will do whatever neccessary to help them not experience that anxiety that I felt.
I agree, at first it was very frustrating trying to read what everyone was talking about. I would find myself scrolling back to read things and then not being able to get caught back up. Another distraction was the white board. Once everyone learned to use it, I would find myself focusing on that rather then the conversation that was going on. I feel that this relates to a child who has ADHD and the enviroment that we as teachers place them in. A classroom does not need to be all decorated and colorful. A classroom needs to be a place where one can consentrate and be able to focus on what they need to learn.
It was very frustrating to try and read everything that was being timed and then trying to understand the comments. I also think that is was a good way to understand how children with hearing issues and even some learning disabilities feel in class on a day to day basis.
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