Week three was all about Direct Instruction. What is direct instruction? Thank you to Matthew for clearing up the distinction between "DI" and "di." Evidently, they are instructional designs that have very specific steps to follow. I assumed the direct instruction was a more general term that referred to materials provided to students that would lead them to a specific goal. Dr. Kovalik pointed out this is the general definition she uses for the activities that she wanted us to post. Obviously I will have to do some more research, so I can better participate in discussion of "DI" v. "di."
I am a little disappointed that only two classmates have taken the time to look through my Building an Element Gizmo. I will try to recruit some more reviewers, this week.
Jake's discussion topics on different tools available for direct instruction was very nice. I am going to look into DimDim as a potential resource, to use in the future.
I was glad Ashley and Sara presented their topic in a blog, because I had been wondering how it would work. I have to admit, I absolutely hated the layout. I know now, that I will not use this format for class discussion, in my courses. It was clunky and a pain to open up comments and try to follow the conversation. Maybe a Wiki is more appropriate? Although, I'm not thrilled with the way our class wiki for ITEC 67438 is working, either. Maybe I'll have an epiphany in the last two weeks.
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