Notes from a Meeting

The following post is from the email I sent to our class after the 4.16.08 meeting. This seems like a good place to preserve its contents.

Some stuff from last night's meeting:

A new Word doc with revised email addresses. Please replace your "class list email" with "revised class list email" doc that is attached. Katie uses her gmail account and I've added my gmail address. When you have time please re-invite Katie to your Jackdaw using her gmail address.

There seems to be an issue with gmail being hijacked by Otterbein when a gmail account is being established or perhaps accessed from an Otterbein account. I will try to get to the bottom of this. Keep me informed if you believe you are not receiving invitations to Jackdaws and other docs from everyone.

Denise bumped into the ceiling for upload size with her Jackdaw. Learn how to see your file size and pay attention to this size when uploading files to Google docs. This size limitation may influence your choice of media for your Team Project.

I appreciate the willingness of all of you to help each other and to ask for and accept help from your peers. This spirit of community and the patience you all demonstrate in working through the fits and starts of breaking new ground is a tribute to your devotion to the teaching craft. I've always believed that one of the best markers of great teachers is a high tolerance for ambiguity. In some ways being a teacher is like having selective amnesia... everyday is a new experience.

From the beginning I've viewed EDUC 675 OL as a "hybrid" course, mostly online but with a face-to-face component. The problem with that is once you meet face-to-face it's difficult to go back to totally online. In that spirit, and for those of you who have had difficulty making the first 2 meetings I will be available in Roush 204 next Wednesday April 23 from about 4:30 until 8 to discuss projects and assignments and to work through tech issues with those who choose to show up. We'll look at future Wednesdays as time goes by.

Speaking of days of the week, I believe I committed to posting new assignments and projects by Sunday evening a couple of weeks in advance of due dates. I will post these on Blackboard and notify you of postings via email. Also, it is possible that assignments and projects may be modified from time to time, if you are adversely affected by changes (if you've already completed the task) let me know.

One other thing, on Friday I'm severing my long term relationship with my ISP, Time Warner Roadrunner. We've drifted apart, I crave speed and reliability and the bird has lost in few steps in her old age. I've taken up with the glitzy fiber optic newcomer ATT. What you need to know is that my columbus.rr.com address will no longer work and that you should be using my heigle.1@osu.edu address. I will attempt to insure that my 'reply to' address in future email is the OSU address but double check.

Hey, I think I will post this message on my BLOG...


Keep speaking to me and to each other... there may be such a thing a virtual community.