Dear Reader
I am busy doing a year plan. Yes, I know, I've already finished one day of school and they aren't completed yet. (Naughty Helen!) In my defense, my website was my year plan and I thought it was pretty amazing... And then I tried to use it to make individual lesson plans and I got overwhelmed.
Online courses give you a wide variety of what you can do. They are designed with the idea that the user has an undefined amount of time to complete the section. On my website, I have embedded short explanation videos for those users with very little time, and multiple links to other resources for those with lots of time.
In class, I only have 1 hour of contact time a day. This requires a much closer eye on the time in order to get through the content. The content was already allocated to weeks in my calendar, so all I needed to do was put this into a spreadsheet.
I have included all of our teaching weeks for the year and any notes for those weeks (like exam time). I have a column for the section of content to be taught, like Exponents, and then a column for the specific content or skills (copied straight from the SAGS/CAPS document) next to it. I've also chosen to include which chapters and exercises from the Mind Action Series suite the content. It's still a work in progress, but you're welcome to check up on it by clicking here.
It's interesting to notice these differences and I think the comparisons could help those who are developing online courses to be used in a classroom environment. For example, in schools where devices are shared, an online course would have to apply similar strategies to cope with the limited contact time.
Well Reader, I have procrastinated too much now. I must get on with it.
Until next time, much love!
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