Now that you have seen what other people did in creating their units, is there anything that you might do differently if you were to redesign your own unit?
Overall I'm pretty happy with my final project. I have to fight my natural teacher instincts to plan every minute - I think I added to many content lessons because I had a lot of the materials. The teacher in me can't let go because I need to have everything planned each day, every minute. With that, I wish I would have spent more time exploring some of the web 2.0 tools. I tried using some (ie Voicethread) but I think the knowledge of other tools might be more useful for the future. I did like using Canvas and I would definitely use it again - easy to navigate and it looks good.
Perhaps I could have used more "virtual visits." One group used a museumbox, another uised the Met, and I think this a great use of online tools that we can't use in the classroom. Maybe I could have incorporated a virtual visit to the Natural History Museum. Living in NYC makes me forget that not all classes have access to all these resources on just the subway. Online courses are great way to cross distances for students who are not near such spectacular resources.
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