Reflections

At this time I'm using blackboard and web links in my class to keep students engaged as well as to introduce resources to the student. I would like to incorporate more creativity with blackboard to keep the students engaged. I would like to make the f2f and blackboard discussion activities blend more. I would also like to blend the virtual clinical experience with the clinical component as well. My goal is to have the students view a skill from a virtual clipping and come to skill lab more prepared to ask questions and perform with a little bit more knowledge about the skill. A lot of assignments are given to the students via blackboard but making the activity more creative is what I'd like to improve upon.

While putting the group project together I saw how short snippets of information was used instead of long videos to relay information to the student. The web links helped the students to view information that was related to the subject matter and the student could view that web link as many times as they needed. Different activities were used to reach various types of learning styles as well. The use of word search puzzles could be used to help the kinesthetic learner. This is an activity I would like to incorporate into my class activities. This helps to develop problem solving skills and strengthen vocabulary.