10/2/2014 October 1, 2014For the past couple of weeks we have been working on learning about Creative Commons licensing and what it means for us as users of content belonging to others. We started with exploring Flickr/Creative Commons and students chose a photo to use for their project. And here is where the trouble began. Some students were so indecisive about choosing a photo and getting started, or not following directions and spending time on a copyrighted image and having to start over, that they fell behind in their work. The assignment (Digital Citizenship 1) had 3 parts: A- creating a table for the photo information, B- creating a KWL chart about the photo, and C- sharing the information gathered in a blog post. I am going to borrow from one of last year's posts to sum up a problem that a number of students seem to have, and that is basically no concept of time management. One very big problem that many of our students face is time management, which is definitely a learned skill. There is not much time to spare for walks to the bathroom and getting a drink, or dawdling with getting something just right when that something is not even one of the required elements for the project. We barely have 40 minutes in the lab after transitioning from one location to another. Another source of lost time is not paying attention to directions, which are posted in a step by step format online and also reviewed orally on the Smart board. Yet some students think they can barrel on without paying attention to directions and just guessing or trying to figure out what comes next, only to find out they have wasted time doing the wrong thing. So spending time on silly things such as finding just the right cute puppy to use in the photo project or just the right pen color to write your name on the chart on the Smart Board will use up valuable working time that will have to be made up somewhere. And that somewhere will be time spent outside of class on the project. Students who completed parts A and B before the October 1 class received their feedback and were able to proceed with Part C. Those who only finished A and B at the end of class on October 1 will now have to wait for their feedback and finish Part C on their own. The due date for blog posts to be submitted for review is October 7, since on October 8 we will begin a new project. Everything that needs to be completed can be finished at home. The directions, the Google Doc, the blog, are all available from any location. Late work will be accepted, but there will be a penalty. If anyone runs into any difficulty or has any questions regarding the assignment, I will be happy to offer assistance via email. Time Passing by FRITS AHLEFELDT is licensed under CC BY ND 2.0 Comments are closed.
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