Self-assessing

I'm all about self assessment. It is a great tool to evaluate your performance. Who knows better how you did than yourself? Of course, being honest with yourself is key. Since I have been teaching, I have really gotten into the habit of giving beginning surveys, exit surveys and the like. After going to a roller derby conference a couple of weekends ago, I got inspired to start giving self assessments to my team.

So, we were asked to assess ourselves for this course. Given that I was out of town for several days, and the fast-paced nature of this course, I got behind and I am still struggling to keep up. I think it is a major boon to have taught in a laptop model school AND to have take this course two summers ago, so I am familiar with many of these applications and am not afraid to jump right into using them. So understanding the assignments aren't the issue. There is some minor confusion over some small things-I'm still figuring out Diigo! My biggest challenge has been time-there is something due every day! Between work, keeping house, roller derby and my other online class it has been tough to stay on top of things!! I think I will feel more confident about this course when I get caught up! I also think I write a lot! Maybe it will make things easier if I edit my blog posts? I don't know. I like blogging, so I think I will keep being wordy! Overall, I am enjoying things immensely. New things are challenging and exciting to learn about and think about practical applications in my own online teaching and old things are getting remembered and polished. I really like this class!