Sign-Up

Anyone can follow a course on P2PU. Participating is the next level of engagement. The sign-up is a space where interested individuals can express their interest and background in the topic and commit to working with the rest of the participants. Please answer the following set(s) of questions if you want to become a participant or organizer.

Standard Set

This set of signup questions is common to all study groups, courses, ... in P2PU. The answers to these questions will be public once you get accepted.

Public Custom Set

This set of signup questions is particular to this course. The answers to these questions will be public once you get accepted.

Between Participants Custom Set

This set of signup questions is particular to this course. The answers to these questions will be visible to all participants once you get accepted.

Answers

• 
  SandyJ   Sept. 1, 2011, 10:19 a.m.

  Bio:

  Hi!  I  am a secondary education teacher with a major in science. I am endorsed to teach English, science, math,  health, and technology. I am a media specialist, technology coordinator, and hold an administrative leadership license for the State of NM.

  I currently work at New Mexico State University as a lead instructional consultant specialist. I work with NM K-12 educators and districts statewide and locally to support professional development for the integration of learning technologies and online teaching and learning.  I also teach for New Mexico State University in the Online Teaching and Learning Certification Program.  I enjoy my time spent with IDEAL NM (state virtual school) where I am an eCourse designer and an eTeacher. 
   

  Location: New Mexico

  Standard Set Answer:

  • What made you interested in this topic?

  I am a online teacher and learner.  These topics are my career!

  • What do you hope to achieve by participating?

  Best practices for online teaching and learning change as our technology changes.  In order to "keep up" I must seek and learn new ways to educate online. 

  • Are you interested in helping with the course organization?

  Sure!  What can I do to promote and continue to offer open source information, professional development, or other opportunities to teachers?

  
   

  Public Set Answer:

  • Have you taught online or are you committed to doing so in the near future?

  I have been teaching online for the past 7  years.

  • This course involves developing online course materials. (See sylllabus.) Please address your ability to do that and talk about what online course materials you plan to develop for this course and on what platform.

  I am able to produce online course materials.  I will be using Canvas for development.

  • Look at the sylllabus for this course. Are there any comments or changes you'd like to suggest, either for the group or for yourself individually? Can you commit to the tasks described?

  Not as this time.

  • What do you think you can contribute to this course on online and blended learning? (At P2PU, peer learing is a focus, which means that everyone is both a learner and a teacher.)

  I believe my experience with online learning and course development will be an asset to this learning community.  I am willing to share and learn from my peers.

• 
  Mireille   Aug. 31, 2011, 5:39 p.m.

  Bio:

  I'm a corporate educator currently on sabbatical.and going back to work in the fall

  Location: Toronto Ontario Canada

  Standard Set Answer:

  What made you interested in this topic?

  • to learn more about what makes good blended and online learning environments

   What do you hope to achieve by participating

  • meet new people, share resources, and acquire new ideas and skills

   

  Are you interested in helping with the course organization?

  • where I can, yes

  Public Set Answer:

  Have you taught online or are you committed to doing so in the near future?

  • I have taught online

  This course involves developing online course materials. (See sylllabus.) Please address your ability to do that and talk about what online course materials you plan to develop for this course and on what platform

  •  I have plenty of topics I can choose from and at the moment I'm not sure what to choose.  It depends on what other people are teaching and what they are interested in.

  Look at the sylllabus for this course. Are there any comments or changes you'd like to suggest, either for the group or for yourself individually? Can you commit to the tasks described?

  • I can't offer anything because I find it's easier to offer suggestions when I'm participating.  It looks good. 
  • I can commit to the taks described.

   

  • What do you think you can contribute to this course on online and blended learning? (At P2PU, peer learing is a focus, which means that everyone is both a learner and a teacher.)
    • resources
    • support
• 
  Matt Nupen   Aug. 30, 2011, 12:49 p.m.

  Bio:

  I teach science at a Sobriety High School, a small charter school in Minnesota.  I'm interested in finding creative ways to use art and visuals in science education. So far these have included a lot of hands on activies with more and more involving the arduino. 

  Location: Minnesota

  Standard Set Answer:

  I have taught a few science and technology classes that used a class website (wordpress and buddypress) to facilitate some assignment submission, collaboration, discussions, and research.  I teach at a high school serving "at-risk" students with poor attendance.  I would like to find out how a mixed online/face to face class would help students stay engaged and on track with their assignments.  My plan is for students to use the online classroom at school exclusively. This will allow for asynchronous discussions and a place to record feedback and ideas on assignments.

  My goal is to use the online classroom to allow students to stay engaged while working indepently on some projects and assignments.  I want to find out what others are doing and get ideas to integrate as I develop a kitchen chemistry course.

  This class interests me because I'm not sure how to best create a blended classroom for students with poor attendance and no internet at home. I'm hoping to get ideas from others and find other teachers with similar goals.

  Public Set Answer:

  • I taught a moodle based science class for half a year and used a class website for two years in my face to face classes for group work, student sharing of assignments, and discussions.
  • I have already create a kitchen chemistry curriculum that I use in f2f classes.  I want to modify the course so that some assignments will be completed online.
  • It would be interesting to have other students to run a webinar walking through their online classroom and how they made their decisions.
  • I have experience developing inquiry based lessons for at risk teens. I also have experience developing a class website and decent html/javascript skills.