Week 5

This timeline assignment should be interesting, I plan on doing a timeline of physical education and how it has changed over the years. The technology that may be incorporated into physical education these days is very interesting, I would like to do more research on the effectivness however.

Week 4

This weeks reading seemed very basic to me, simply the process of creating a team, designing a product and puting that product into production.
When designing any team you should choose people who have strengths in areas that you want to develop. You should also choose people who have different strengths than your own. That way when you get to the design phase you have all the bases covered, if you have chosen your team wisely you should be able to plan effectively and let everyone get to work on developing the product.
It is a basic concept, but actually rather difficult to execute at times you may not be able to find the right team for the project, but the job still needs to be done. If you keep the process simple, design, create, implement, then you will eventually be successful.

Reflections on Blogs

I found the following quote from the article to be very thought provoking; "The instructors felt that most students neglected their blogs and were not posting regularly or responding to their peers." The article didn't give detailed information as to why students were neglecting their blogs or not commenting. Is this really any different than a classroom discussion? In a highschool classroom are there some kids who are eager to comment and contribute to the discussion while others do not want to draw attention to themselves. Were these students neglecting their blog responsibilities because they were not comfortable with the technology or because they are not comfortable commenting in class regardless of the format.