This ended up being a tough week for a midterm, but it seems to have worked out in the end. I tried to step outside the box this time and create more of a video paper vs. a traditional paper. I don't think it was too well received--and I may have been off base--so I reworked it into a regular paper with the video paper attached. I approached the midterm from the stand point of an administrator with the TeacherEase grading/curriculum mapping program. One of the best things I was able to accomplish in my previous job was to get buy in from the teachers to track their curriculum and student assessment to see if they were really teaching what they thought they were. This tool seems like a good way to do that. I think it would be a nice tool for some things, but I know that much of the online teaching tool software, like Moodle and D2L have grading components. The curriculum component is what sold me.
I did have fun with the video paper. It is a neat tool to capture the screen and show how to do things or point out key items of interest.
I would have liked to have the midterm split into 2 segments. The first segment is to produce your paper and get it into a toolbox. The second part would be a week to edit and fine tune the product. I was able to get my paper done in the nick of time, but was unable to collaborate on the final product.
Building the toolbox, though was a nice exercise. I enjoyed looking at some of the tools other teams utilized in building their toolbox. Ours can be found at http://bhs.cusd220.lake.k12.il.us/media_folder/Assignments/Midtermhome.html
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It is difficult to do everything you want to do by the deadline - especially when you have high expectations. I think your project looks great - I know it exceeded my expectations. Good job! Sounds like some didn't agree with the video paper. That's good you were sensitive to their feelings but did what you envisioned too.
Jennifer Jenkins
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